13. reason n. 原因；理由

　 (1) + to do sth. You haven't any reason to leave me.

(2) + for sth. / doing People must have a reason for saying such things.

(3) + 从句；从句用why / for which引导 That is the reason why you should leave.

(4) for + reason，为了某种原因He is retiring for reasons of health.

[比较] cause“原因；起因”

　the cause of the fire 火灾的起因(引起某种后果的起因)

　the reason for being late 迟到的理由(做某件事的理由)

12. owe的用法owed, owing

▲ 搭配：

①(常与for连用)欠，欠债I owe you for your help.我感谢你的帮助。(也可以是owe sth.或owe sb. sth) The food cost ￡4 , but I only paid ￡3 so I still owe ￡1. 食品要4英镑，可我只付了3英镑，因此我还欠1英镑。I owe you an apology. 我该向你道歉。

☆ owe sb sth for sth 或 owe sth to sb for sth 为…欠某人…

② 对…负有义务；感恩；感激We owe our parents a lot. 我们十分感激父母。

③(常与to连用)归功于；由于She owes her success to good luck. 她把成功归功于幸运。The young writer owed his success to his teacher's encouragement. 年轻作家把自己的成功归于他老师的鼓励。

[考例][2004湖北] "How much do I ____ you?" "Oh, no," Paul said.

　　 A. Owe　　 B. lend　　 C. give　　 D. offer

[考查目标]考查owe的词义和用法。

[答案与解析]A owe表示“欠”的时候是及物动词，可以接双宾语。

11. moment的用法 n.

① 片刻；瞬间 He will be here in a moment. 他一会儿就来。At the moment I am working.　 此刻我正在工作。

② 时机；机遇；时宜 Choose your moment to visit him. 你选个合适的时机去拜访他。

③ 重要性 a matter of great moment

一件极重要的事情

▲搭配：

① at any moment 随时；在任何时候；马上

② at the last moment 在最后关头

③ at the moment 此刻；(正当)那时

④ every moment 时时刻刻

⑤ for a moment 片刻

⑥ in a moment 一会儿，不久；立即，马上

⑦ the moment(that)... 一……就……

[考例][NMET 2004 II] "Can I? I don't think I can," Racy said with a laugh. "But I do have ____ when things come to me for no reason."

　　 A. events　 B. chances　 C. feelings　　 D. moments

[考查目标] moment的词义。

[答案与解析] D moment可以指“时刻”，在本句中用了复数，意思是“一些次”。

10. marry

　 (1) vi. 结婚　 He didn't marry until he was fifty.

　 (2) vt. 和……结婚　 Jean is going to marry Hubert.

　 (3) vt. (父母)嫁(女儿) He married his daughter to a businessman.

　 (4) vt. (教士等) 为……主持结婚仪式 We've come to ask if you will marry them.

　 [比较]

　 (1) get married (to sb.) 强调动作

　 His oldest girl got married last month.

　 (2) be married (to sb.) 强调状态

　 How long have you been married?

9. interrupt的用法vt, vi

① 阻断；中断 Don't interrupt me. 别打断我。Traffic in the city was interrupted by a snowstorm. 市内交通被暴风雪所阻断。

② 打岔；插嘴 It is rude to interrupt. 打断别人的话，是不礼貌的。 “Don't interrupt,” he said.“别插话, ”他说。

▲构词：

① interrupter n. 打岔者，打断者

② interruption n. 打岔．打断，使中断的事物

[考例][2005山西模拟] Be quiet! It's rude to ____ people when they are talking.

　　 A. stop　 B. introduce　 C. prevent　　 D. interrupt

[考查目标] interrupt的词义。

[答案与解析]D　 interrupt的意思是“打断；使中断”．

后接指人或指物的各种名词。

8. impression n. 印象

　 (1) impression (on sb.) (给某人)印象His speech made a strong impression on his audience.

　 (2) impression (of sth.) (对某事物)印象；想法That's my first impression of the new college.

　 (3) impress sb. with sth. 给予某人深刻印象 = impress sth. on sb. 使某人铭记 The teacher impressed on his students the importance of speaking. = The teacher impre- ssed his students with the importance of speaking.

7. hunt的用法

▲ 构词：hunter n. 猎人，搜寻者

▲ 搭配：

① hunt for / after追猎；寻找，搜寻

② hunt out 找出；调查出

[考例]He wandered in the street, ____ a new jacket for his nephew.

　　 A. hunting for　　 B. waiting for

　　 C. shooting for　　 D. aiming for

[考查目标]本题考查hunt for的意思。

[答案与解析]A hunt for原来是“猎取”的意思，引中为“搜寻，寻找”。

6. escape (vi, vt ) escaped, escaping

　 (1) 逃走；跑掉 + from / out of = run away from

　 The soldier escaped from the enemy's prison.

　 (2)逃脱；逃避 + n. / doing

　 He narrowly escaped death / being killed.

　 There's no way to escape doing the work.

　 escape还可表示：

①(液体等)漏出 gas escaping from the pipe 煤气从管中漏出Water escaped rapidly from the drainpipe. 水从排水管中迅速流出。

② 避免escaped death 免于一死There is no escaping him. 怎么也避不开他。

③ 疏忽，忽略 Nothing escaped his attention. 什么也逃不过他的注意。 You cannot expect that something may escape the teacher's attention. 你不要奢望有什么能逃过老师的注意。

escape n

① 逃走The thief made his escape. 小偷逃走了。

②(气体)漏出，泄出；解闷She reads love stories as an escape. 她读爱情小说解闷。

5. encourage的用法

▲ 构词：

① encouraging adj. 鼓励的，给予希望的，振奋人心的。令人欢欣鼓舞的

② encouraged adj. 被激励的，受到鼓舞的

③ encouragement n. 鼓励，激励

④ discourage v. 使泄气；劝阻

▲ 搭配：① encourage sb to do sth 鼓励某人做某事 ② be encouraged by 受……鼓励／鼓舞

[考例] [2004北京]My advisor encouraged ___a summer course to improve my writing skills.

　　 A. for me taking　　 B. me taking

　　 C. for me to take　　 D. me to take

[考查目标] encourage的用法。

[答案与解析]D encourage sb to do sth鼓励某人干某事。句意为：我的导师鼓励我参加一个夏季课程来提高我的写作技巧。

4. determine的用法

▲ 构词：determination n. 决心，决断，决意；决定，确定

▲ 搭配：

① determine to do sth 决定做某事

② determine on / upon (doing) sth 决定

③ a man of determination 有决断力的人

▲ 辨析：decide；determine这两个词都有“决定”的意思。decide的含义是“不再迟疑不定”，而

determine含义是“把某件事确定下来”。

在be determined to do…这个固定的结构中。过去分词determined的词义为“下定了决心”。

decide的名词为decision，determine的名词为determination。例如：At first，she decided to go to the police，…起初，她决定去找警察……

▲ 友情提示: decide后跟宾语从句时，其含义有时是“断

定”。I decided that I must have taken a wrong turning somewhere. 我断定我一定是在某处拐错弯了。The determination of the meaning of a word is often difficult without a context. 脱离上下文来确定一个词的含义常常是困难的。

注：在determine to do...，determine on (upon)... 和determine that...。(宾语从句)三个搭配中，determine的词义和decide几乎没有多大差异。He determined / decided to learn medicine. 他决定学医。

注：decide sb to do sth 决定使某人做某事What decided you to give up your job? 什么因素使你决定放弃你的工作?

[考例][2001京皖春招] Before Sam can repair his bicycle, he must know why it does not work. For example, he must ____ the parts that are wrong.

　　 A. check　 B. determine　 C. correct　 D. recover

[考查目标]determine的用法。

[答案与解析]B　 determine和decide在一般情况下意思相同。