There is a very simple way of measuring the height of a water-tower，which we cannot measure by climbing．
    Suppose，for example，that we wish to find out the height of the water-tower，AB，in a factory．We first of all go to where the water-tower is standing and measure a distance of，say，90 feet from it，in a straight line

Jim wrote out a prescription for Mrs Green. “There you are,”he said. "That should cure you. And how is Susan getting on?" Susan was Mrs Green's daughter. "She has just qualified as a teacher," Mrs Green said. "Her ambition is to find a teaching appointment abroad. I'm afraid I don't app

If you dig down deep enough into the earth, you will find rock. Over the top of most of this rock there is a layer of soil, like icing on a cake. You may call it earth or dirt, but the real name is soil.
The top layer of this soil is not very deep, but

1.Can you tell me__________.
A.who is that gentleman B.that gentleman is who
C.who that gentleman is D.whom is that gentleman(NMET95)
2.__________leaves the room last ought to turn off the lights.

8.No one can be sure__________in a million years.
A.what man will look like B.what will man look like
C.man will look like what D.what look will man like(MET91)
9.He asked__________for the

近年来高考试题对倒装的考查一般结合其它语法现象和习惯句型进行。如虚拟语气中条件从句的倒装；no sooner．．．than，not until等引起的倒装等。下面笔者结合高考试题中关于倒装的考查，简要分析一下倒装句式的六大命题热点。

研读近十年高考英语阅读理解题，不难发现，篇幅长，信息量大，知识覆盖面广，并且，掺杂了大量的长句、难句，有许多句子直接涉及到考题，学生尽管认识单词，但由于长、难句的语法结构复杂，学生不易抓准主句，从而导致似懂非懂，容易丢分。现将近年高考英语中出现的部分长、难句，分析其句子成分，进而翻译，理解，清除阅读理解中的障碍。
一、找准主句。其关键是看在主谓结构前有没有连词以及结构中是否有关系代词或关系副词。若有，即为从句；若无，即为主句。

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
学校英语俱乐部拟于10月20日举办一个"戏剧之夜"，你班在选择剧目时遇到了困难。请你根据以下信息给某大学外教Professor Taylor写一封信，请他给你们一个建议。
1．Professor Taylor是英国戏剧方面的专家；
2．剧本不应太难，内容应与校园生活相关；

单项填空。
1.I__________that he work out the problem by himself.
A.hope B.suggest C.wish D.want
2.-What suggestion did you put forward at the meeting.

11.-Has Nancy finished typing these reports.
-No,and they__________an hour ago.
A.should be finished B.should finish
C.should have finished D.should have been finished

21.-We were lucky to have arrived an hour earlier.
-That's it.Otherwise we__________away by the sudden flood.
A.were washed B.would be washed
C.would have been washed D.had been washed

按要求改写下列各个句子。
1.It was raining,so they decided to put off the sports meeting.(变为简单句)
2.Tom kept quiet about the accident,or he would lose his job.(变为简单句)
3.Turning to the r

1.Without electricity human life__________quite different today.
A.is B.will be
C.would have been D.would be(MET91)
2.I insist that a doctor__________immediately.
A.has been sent

6.If my lawyer__________here last Saturday,he__________me from going.
A.had been;would have prevented B.had been;would prevent
C.were;would prevent D.were;would have prevented(MET89)
7.-If

Notes
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