besides与except的用法.doc

besides; except; except for; but用法的区别
这四个介词或者短语都可以表示“除了…”的意思。但except仅表示“除了…”，排除在外，后面可以接that，what，when等引导的从句；而besides表示“除了…还有…”的意思，表示包含在内；except for表示“除了…”要不是...，它引出一个与前面的词相反的原因或者事例；but的意思与except接近，它主要与某些不定代词如nothing，all，anything， no one，anyone等连用。例如：
"Except for one old lady, the bus was empty."
　　公共汽车上要不是坐了一位老太太就是空的。
She can do everything except cook.
　　除了做饭之外她什么都会。
He had considered everything except the weather.
　　"他什么都想过,唯独没考虑到天气。"
I know nothing about it except what I have read in the papers.
　　"除了在报上读到的以外,我对这件事一无所知。"
Most of the Chinese people usually go to work on the bike
    except when it rains.
　　"除了雨天,大多数中国人一般都骑自行车上班。"
Besides milk and cheese, we need vegetables.
　　除了牛奶和干酪外，我们还需要蔬菜。
Besides football, I like playing basketball and table tennis.
　　除了足球以外，我还喜欢打篮球和乒乓球。
No one but me passed the exam yesterday.
　　昨天除了我以外没别人考及格。
Nobody but Li Ming talked to Lao Wang today.
　　除了李明，今天没有人跟老王说话。
except, except for/that, besides和but的用法****题：
1. No one knew Mr Beson's address _______ his daughter.
   A. except   B. excepts    C. only   D. besides
2. Do you know any other foreign language ______ English?
   A. except   B. but    C. beside    D. besides
3. I know nothing about the young lady    she is from China.
   A. except  B. except for    C. except that    D. besides
4. Sandy could do nothing but ________ to his teacher that  
   he was wrong.