归纳拓展
助记
①The witness is a girl, who witnessed
the traffic accident on the highway, and
she will give witness to it in court. 这位 目击者是一名女孩，她目睹了高速公路上的
那起交通事故，她将要为此事出庭to/because of/owing
to/thanks to
在句中常作状语、表语和后置 定语，一般不放在句首。 because of 常作状语。 owing to 常作状语。 常作状语，译为“多亏了，由 thanks to 于”。
due to
①(2010· 高考福建卷) In April, thousands of
Section Ⅱ
Warming Up &
Reading—Language Points
要点透析讲练互动
词汇精研
1puzzled adj.困惑的，茫然的 男孩失
(教材P2)Boy missing, police puzzled
踪，警方茫然
归纳拓展
①The question puzzled all of us. 这问题使我们都困惑不解。 ②Their reason for doing it is still a puzzle to me.
②The judge called John to witness her innocence. 法官让约翰证明她的无辜。 ③The year 1917 witnessed a great
revolution in Russia.
伟大的革命。
1917年俄国爆发了
3－1完成句子
(1)他是一起凶杀事件的目击者。 He is___________________a a witness to terrible murder. (2)这些画证明了画家的创造力。
1－2单项填空 (5)(2012· 石家庄市高一上期末) From her
______ expression, we know that she
didn’t understand the meaning. A．excited B．exciting
C．puzzled
D．puzzling
解析：选C。句意“从她困惑的表情中我们知 道她没懂什么意思”。puzzling“令人困惑的”; puzzled“感到困惑的”。
3witness 组织等)
n ．目击者，证人；证物；证据，
证明 vt. 目击 , 见证；是„„的地点 ( 或时间、 ( 教 材 P2)Witnesses also say they saw Justin walking towards his house at
10∶45 p．m..
目击者们也说晚上10点45分他们看到贾斯廷 正往回家的方向走。
(4)________it is true，everyone must
accept it.
A．Assuming that B．Assumed that C．Assuming D．Assumed
解析：选A。句意：假如那是真的，人人都
必须接受它。assuming that...意为“假设/假 如(某人或某物)……”，故选A。
名师微博
puzzle作为名词时意为“令人费
解的人或事；谜”，是可数名词； puzzlement 意为“迷惑，费解”，是不可 数名词。
2due
adj.由于,因为(常和to连用)；预期的；
适当的；到期
(教材P2)This incident has received great interest due to reports of strange lights in the sky and of alien visits around the time the boy disappeared. 该事件引起了公众的极大兴趣，原因是有各 种关于男孩失踪前后天空中出现奇怪的亮光 和外星人造访地球的报道。
①(2010· 高考陕西卷)It never occurred to me that you could succeed in persuading him to change his mind. 我从没想到你能 说服他改变主意。 ②Didn’t it occur to you that your husband
witness to These paintings give ___________the
painter’s creativity.
(3)她被亲眼目睹的暴虐场面惊呆了。 She was shocked by the violent scenes she had witnessed _______________________. (4)2008年爆发了全球金融危机。 The year 2008 witnessed _______________________a crisis all over the world. financial
5occur
vi.发生；出现
(教材P3)Mr Foster was working that night
on his road construction job，and was not home when these events occurred. 家。 归纳拓展 那天 晚上福斯特正在路上干活，事件发生时他不在
解析：选C。根据句意“十九世纪有许多阻止黑 人权利和进步的法律”可知需用一般过去时。
(6)A lot of soldiers and medical workers have been sent to rescue the people buried in the earthquake, and hundreds of newspaper reporters have been sent to __________ the disaster.
___________ because of such a small mistake.
2－2单项填空
(5)The old man said the accident
_______ careless driving，so a lot of money _______ be paid by the driver. A．was due to；was due to B．due to; was due to
3－2单项填空
(5)The 19th century ________ the greatest number of laws stopping the rights and
progress of the black.
A．witnesses C．witnessed B．is witnessing D．has witnessed
we do now?
假定那是真的，我们现在该怎么办？ ⑤Your assumption is wrong. 你的假定是错误的。
4－1完成句子 It is generally assumed that (1)____________________________( 普遍认
为)
(2)stress is caused by too much work. (2) _________________________( 认 为 „„ It is reasonable to assume 是有道理的 )the economy will continue to improve.
holidaymakers remained stuck abroad due
to the volcanic ash cloud. 在四月份,由于火山灰许多度假者仍被困国外。 ②A great deal of money is due to you. 该付给你很多钱。 应
③The electricity bill is due today.
A．describe
C．witness
B．experience
D．cover
解析：选D。考查动词辨析。句意：很多战
士和医疗工作者被派去营救地震中被掩埋的
人,数百名记者已被派去采访这次灾难事件。 cover采访，符合题意。describe描写；
experience经历；witness见证。
4assume
C．is due to；was due to
D．is due to；due to
解析：选A。根据句子结构可知第一、二空
所填内容都在句中作表语,因此可以排除B、
D两项；根据said可确定宾语从句的时态应 为一般过去时。句意为：这位老人说事故是
由于粗心驾驶造成的，因此司机应偿付许多
钱。所以第一、二空中应填的was due to分 别意为“由某人/某事(引起的)”和“应支付”。
他们为什么干那件事仍然让我费解。
③ The situation was more puzzling than ever. 局势这时更加令人捉摸不定。 ④ He stared at the words in complete
puzzlement.
他注视着那些语句，茫然不解。
学以致用
1－1选词填空：
puzzled/puzzling/puzzle/puzzlement (1)The findings of the research puzzled me—they’re not at all what I __________ would have expected.
vt.假定，设想；认为
(教材P3)．..she assumed that Kelly was having a bad dream，and sent her back to bed. ……她认为凯利做了个噩梦，并且把她
送回床上睡觉了。