注意:该句型that从句中谓语动词多用一般过去时态。
二、it的几个特殊用法
1. make it
①表示“成功;做到;赶上”。如:
The train is due to leave in five minutes ? we will never make it. 火车再有五分钟就开了,我们是绝对赶不上了。
You can’t make it to the other shore in this weather. 天气这么恶劣,你可到不了对岸。
②表示“规定时间”。如:
-Shall we meet next week? 下星期我们碰一次头好吗?
-Yes. Let’s make it next Sunday. 好的,让我们约定下星期日碰头吧。
2. as it is
①用于句前,表示“事实上”。如:
I thought he would get better, but as it is he is getting worse. 我认为他会好转,但事实上他一直在恶化。
②用于句末,表示“照原样”。如:
Leave the chair as it is. 那椅子照原样放着,别动。
3. as it were可以说;在某种程度上
He is, as it were, a walking dictionary. 他好比是一本活字典。
4. see to it that ... 注意;留神;负责
See to it that everything is ready. 注意一切都要准备就绪。
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从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. It was a week _____ the boy got ______ again. He was sent to hospital at
once.
A. before; to be hurt B. since; to be hurt
C. before; hurt D. since; hurt
2. -Would you like a cigarette?
-No. It’s seven years _____ I gave up smoking.
A. after B. since C. when D. before
3. It is high time that we _____ hard at our lessons. The examination is only in two weeks’ time.
A. worked B. work
C. will work D. are going to work
4. I would appreciate _____ very much if you could give me some advice.
A. this B. that C. it D. you
5. -Let’s fix a date _____ the meeting before we do anything else, shall we?
-Ok, let’s make _____ 2:30 tomorrow afternoon.
A. for; it B. for; it at liuxuepaper.com