2017届高考英语一轮复习课件：选修8 unit1 A land of diversity（新人教版）_高考复习指南

2017届高考英语一轮复习课件：选修8 unit1 A land of diversity（新人教版）

　　答案：①was discovered　②from　③adventurers　④followed　⑤but　⑥to make　⑦despite ⑧They　⑨the　⑩it 考点探究演练 1.elect vt. 选择；选举；推选归纳拓展 elect sb. to be/as＋n. 选举某人当…… elect sb. to do sth. 选某人做某事 by election 通过选举

　　②It was Thompson who was elected ________ (replace) Ellis in the committee. ③He lost the ________ (elect) by one vote. ④The monitor of our class was chosen _______ _______(通过选举)．答案：①elected Tom to be/as　②to replace　③election　④by election 2．occur vi. 发生；出现；存在归纳拓展 sth. occurs to sb. 某人突然想起某事 It occurred to sb. that ... 某人突然想起…… ②他突然想到第二天早上要去参加一个重要的会议。 ________ ________ ________ ________ ________ he had an important conference to attend the next morning. (2)用occur的相关词语完成下列小片段。 When John was walking along the river bank, a good idea ①__________________(他突然想起). He rang up the general manager at once and told him of the good idea. The general manager decided to take action immediately and John's idea turned out to be very successful. ②__________________(他从未想过) he would make such a great success in business. 答案：(1)①occurred to him to ask　②It occurred to him that　(2)①occurred to him　②It never occurred to/struck/hit him that 3．means n. 手段；方法 (单复数同形) 归纳拓展 by means of 用……方法；借助…… by all means 一定；务必；好的；当然可以 by no means 决不；一点儿也不 by this means 用这种方法辨析　means/way/method 词汇含义 means “方法、方式、工具”(单复数相同)，着重于具体的手段 way “一般的或个人的特殊方式或方法”，与技巧或效果的好坏无关 method “有系统的、有效率的、精心拟定的方法”，也可以指抽象概念 4．majority n. 大多数；大半归纳拓展 the majority 和the minority单独作主语时，若强调整体，谓语动词用单数形式，若强调个体，谓语动词则用复数；但当其后是复数时，谓语动词通常也用复数。 “the/a majority of ＋名词”用作主语，其谓语动词的数应与名词的数保持一致。