M1U3 reading 重点单词词组讲解及练习

M1U3 reading 重点单词词组讲解及练习

1. work out锻炼；消耗完（精力）

You can keep fit by working out regularly.。

【拓展】work out还可表示“演算出”、“制定出”。如：

It was so difficult a problem that no one could work it out.

They spent a whole night working out the plan..

2．stay vi. 保持；处于

除作“停留”外，stay还可以后接形容词、过去分词等作表语，说明主语所处的状态。如：The supermaket stays open until 10 p.m every day.

Some girls want to stay slim by taking weight-loss pills.

3．figure n. 体形；数字

The girl has a good figure, which makes others envy her...

【拓展】figure还可以作动词，figure on指望；figure out “计算出；领会”。如：

We figured on your coming early.

They’ve figured out the best way to solve the problem.

4．weight n. 重量；体重

What’s the weight of each bag.

【拓展】put on weight增肥；lose weight减肥。其对应的动词为weigh, “称……的重量”或“（某人/物）重达……”。如：

The biggest elephant in the world weighs nearly 5 tons.

5．ashamed adj. 感到羞愧的

通常在句中作表语，如：feel ashamed of 对……感到羞愧；be ashamed to do sth对做某事感到羞耻。

【拓展】shame n. 羞耻（不可数）；让人羞耻(可惜)的人或事（可数）；shameful可耻的；shameless不知羞的。

Shame on you! 真丢脸！

He is a shame to his school. 他给学校带来了耻辱。

You should feel ashamed of your shameful thoughts.

6．priceless adj. 无价的

priceless意为“极其珍贵，而不能以价格来衡量”。如：

Health is priceless.

【拓展】value 价值；valueless 毫无价值的。

It is valueless, for it is made of common stones. 它不值钱，因为它由普通大头做成的。7．recover v. 恢复；重新获得

Word came that he is recovering well 有消息说他康复得很好。

【拓展】recover from illness从疾病中康复过来；recover one’s health恢复健康；recover one’s breath喘过气来。

8．failure n. [U]失败；[C] 失败的人或事

Failure is the mother of success.

He is a success as a teacher, but a failure as actor.

【拓展】end in failure最终失败；heart failure心力衰竭。其对应的动词为fail，如：fail (in) the exam考试不及格；fail to do sth没能做某事。如：

Their performances ended in failure.

He failed to catch the early bus.

9．contain vt. 容纳；含有

Don’t eat food containing too much fat or salt. 别吃高脂高盐的食物。

【拓展】比较contain 和include

contain 表示容器里“装有……”，或某物质中“含有……（成份）”。而include 表示集合]群体中“包含”个体。常用于“现在分词including+名词或代词”或“名词/代词+过去分词included”中。如：

Fruit contains a lot of vitamins , including VB and VC.

10. harmful adj. 有害的

Smoking is harmful to your health.

【拓展】名词harm “损害；伤害”不可数，do harm to 伤害……；动词harm“伤害”，harm one’s health损害健康；harm one’s image 有损形象。如：

What he said meant no harm. 他说的并无恶意。

Harm set, harm get. 害人反害己。

11．attractive adj. 有吸引力的

She was such an attractive girl that she became the focus of the party.

【拓展】动词attract “吸引”, attract one’s attention引起某人的注意。名词attraction“吸引力”，a tourist attraction旅游景点。

12．embarrassed adj. 感到尴尬的；难为情的

feel embarrassed about对……感到尴尬

【拓展】动词embarrass “使……难堪”；embarrassing令人尴尬的。

We’ll not be friends if you embarrass me in public any more.

13．diet n.食谱；饮食

Regualr exercise combined with balanced diets is the healthy recipe for life.

【拓展】go on a diet 节食

She is on a diet in order to lose some weight.

辨析diet 和food

diet指为了某人特殊目的（如医疗；锻炼；瘦身等）而规定的饮食搭配, food泛指可食用的东西。

14．properly adv. 得当地；恰当地

Can you show me how to use the word properly?

【拓展】形容词proper “恰当的；合适的”，无比较等级。in a proper way用恰当的方式.

Fill in the blanks with the proper forms of the given verbs.

15. I used to go to the gym three times a week ,but ……

used to 过去常常做；过去曾经（状态）

Jim used to go fishing at night ,______________ ?

16. I regret taking those weight-loss pills .

regret doing sth : 后悔做过某事（该事已经做过了）

regret to do sth : 遗憾将要做某事（动作尚未发生）

1. You should feel _______ of such bad behavior at the party.

A. shameful

B. shamed

C. shameless

D. shame

2. He goes to the gym to ________ his extra energy every day after work.

A. work on

B. work at

C. work out

D. work for

3. Food stored in fridge may _________ for much longer time.

A. be stayed fresh

B. stays freshly

C. staying fresh

D. stay fresh

4. The concert we paid attention _______ out ________last week.

A. to turned; a failure

B. turned; a failure

C. to turning; a failure

D. turned; failure

5. Seawater ________ lots of chemicals, _________the salt.

A. includes; containing

B. includes; including

C. contains; including

D. contains; contains

6. How lucky he was __________his lost watch!

A. recovering

B. to have recovered

C. recovered

D. recovery

7. This kind of cloth, if __________, can last for more time.

A. washed properly

B. washes proper

C. washing properly

D. washed; proper

8. I’m over weight. Taking regular exercise is the best way I think of ________.

A. losing weight

B. putting on weight

C. to lose weight

D. to put on weight

9. Smoking _______your health. So if you don’t smoke, never try to start.

A. is harm

B. does harmful to

C. is harmful for

D. does harm to

10. Each girl dreams to have an _________.

A. attractive figure

B. attracted body

C. attracting figure

D. attraction figure

11.My daughter _____ sleep with us at night , but she got used to _____ by herself when she turned eight .

A. used to ; sleeping

B. was used to ; sleeping

C. got used to ; sleep

D. used to; sleep

12. It’s difficult to ______ the lady , for she is always changing her ideas .

A. put out

B. bring out

C. figure out

D. point out

13. Cheating in the examination is a _________ conduct .

A. ashamed

B. shame

C. shameful

D. good

14. – You were so brave to give your own opinion to the boss at the meeting .

-- I regret _______ , I have been fired

A. doing that

B. to do that

C. not doing that

D. not to do that

15. He was much ________ about the _______ thing .

A. embarrassing ; embarrassed

B. embarrassed ; embarrassing

C. embarrass ; embarrassed

D. embarrass ; embarrassing

16. I regret ______ that you are putting on weight , but you’d better not risk _______ the

weight-loss pills .

A. to say; taking

B. saying ; taking

C. to say; to take

D. saying ; to take

17.Mary _________ to know where you have been , as she has something to tell you .

A. is hoped

B. is dying

C. is wanting

D. dies

18. A new ______ bus service to Pudong Airport started to operate two months ago .

A. normal

B. usual

C. regular

D. common

19. My study plan _______ and I got high scores in the exam .

A. worked

B. helped

C. did

D. counted

20. She prefers ______ TV rather than _______ homework .

A. to watch ; to go

B. to watch ; do

C. to watch ; doing

D. watching ; do