Unit 10 The world around us (2009·合肥高三质检)目前,食品安全问题引起了人们的广泛关注。一些生产厂商为了降低成本追求利润,缺乏足够的安全措施,致使一些劣质或有害食品流入市场,对人们的健康产生极大的危害eep构成的句型 2.If...then...如果……那么…… 3.主语+be used to****惯于…… 4.too much...太多的…… Ⅴ.重点语法 Review Direct and Indirect Speech(复****直接引语和间接引语) Ⅰ.词汇聚焦 1.measure v. 测量;测度;n. 尺寸;措施 [思维拓展] ①measure the rope with a ruler用尺子量绳子 The room measures 10 meters 。 ②take measures (to do...)采取措施(做……) make sth. to one’s measure 按照某人的尺寸做…… for good measure另外增添;外加 ③measure up符合标准;合格 They found a stone ball in the cave, which ______ about 2 metres across. A. measured B. was measured C. weighed D. was weighed 解析:该题谈论的是石球的直径而非重量,故应排除C、D两项。当measure表示“有……长(宽、高等)”时为不及物动词,不用于被动语态。 答案:A 2.latest adj. 最近的 [指点迷津] ①latest是late的最高级形式,“最近的;最新的” the latest news最新消息 the latest fashion最新样式 ②late be late for迟到(adj.) come late来迟(adv.) late into the night到深夜(adv.) ③later稍后,随后 later on以后,后来(只作状语)(adv.) twenty years later二十年后(用于过去时态)(adv.) sooner or later迟早,总有一天(adv.) See you 。(adv.) ④lately(=recently)近来,最近(adv.) ⑤last最末的(地);紧接前面的;刚过去的;最不可能的 the last lesson最后一课(adj.) the last man to tell a lie最不可能说谎的人(adj.) arrive last最后一个到达(adv.) ⑥latter后面的,末了(尾)的 the latter half of the year下半年(adj.) the former 前者 the latter 后者(n.) Of the two ______ pieces of news the ______ is more of interest than the former. A. last; latest B. latest; later C. latest; latter D. latter; last 解析:“最新的两则消息”应为the two latest pieces of news; “后者”须用the latter,对应“前者” the former,故正确答案为C。 答案:C 3.devote vt. 把(时间、精力等)贡献给……,致力于…… [思维拓展] devote oneself(one’s life, one’s time, one’s energy) to sth./doing sth.(=be devoted to sth./doing sth.)把生命(时间、精力等)投入到……,专心致志于…… devoted adj. 疼爱的,忠实的,喜欢的 [注]devote...to...(be devoted to...)中的to是介词,后接名词或v.-ing形式,不接不定式。 [指点迷津] 下列动词短语中的to都是介词: look forward to盼望,pay attention to注意,lead to导致,通向, stick to坚持,object to反对,get down to着手做,be reduced to沦为,降为,look up to尊敬,point to指向,see to注意,处理,照料,turn to求助于 Her son, to whom she was so ______, went abroad ten years ago. A.