Ⅰ. surprise，surprising及surprised的辨析
1. surprise v 使吃惊
surprise sb 使某人吃惊
The bad news surprised me.
2. surprising adj. 令人吃惊的
What he said is surprising.
3. surprised adj. 吃惊的
We all felt surprised when we heard the news.
be surprised at 对……感到吃惊
be surprised to do sth 做某事而感到惊讶
be surprised that从句因……而惊讶
4. surprise n. 惊讶
to one’s surprise 使某人吃惊的是
in surprise 吃惊地
【典型例题】
1.I got home for my birthday from my college on Friday evening. No one was
at home,and Mom and Dad hadn’t left me a note. This made me _________.
A. surprised
B. happy
C. angry
D. excited
【答案】C
【解析】
考点：考查形容词。
2. Much to our _________, Sam wasn’t _________ at the _________ news.
A. surprise; surprised; surprise
B. surprise; surprised; surprising
C. surprised; surprising; surprised
D. surprising; surprised; surprise
【答案】B
【解析】
试题分析：句意：使我们惊讶的是，山姆对这个意外的消息一点也不惊讶。surprise为名词，Much to our surprise出乎我们的意料，surprised感到意外的，一般是人作为主语;surprising令人惊讶的，一般是物作为主语，故选B
考点：形容词的辨析
Ⅱ. too much,too many与much too辨析1.too much 太多
①后接不可数名词
There is too much rain these days
②修饰动词，放在动词之后
Watching TV too much is bad for your eyes
2.too many 太多，后接可数名词复数
There are too many things for me to do every day.
3.much too太，修饰形容词或副词
It’s much too cold in winter.
【典型例题】
1.The new kind of car is _____ dear, I don’t have _____ money.
A. too much; much too
B.much too; too much
C. too much; too much
D. much too; much too
【答案】B
【解析】句意：这种新型汽车太贵，我没有太多的钱。Too much 后面接不可数名词；much too接形容词；根据句意，dear意为“昂贵的”是形容词，money是不可数名词。故选B
考点：考查词语辨析。
2. Watching TV___________ is __________bad for our health.
A. too much; too much
B. much too; much too
C. too much; much too
D. much too; too much
【答案】C
考点：考查近义词的用法。
Ⅲ. need 的用法
need v 需要
◆用于肯定句是实义动词
(1) need sth 需要某物，例如：
I need your help.
(2) 人做主语，sb need to do sth 某人需要做某事，例如：
Do you need to drink more water?
(3) 物做主语，sth need doing sth = sth need to be done，例如：
My TV set needs repairing.
◆用于否定句是情态动词
needn’t = don’t have to 没有必要，例如:
We needn’t start doing it now, we have a lot of time left.
【典型例题】
1.David needs ______ a good rest.
A. has B. to have
C. have D. having
【答案】B
【解析】
试题分析：句意：大卫需要好好休息。根据sb need to do sth 某人需要做某事，故选B。
考点：考查need用法
2. —Must I finish my homework now?
—No, you ______. You can go home now.
A. needn’t B. mustn’t
C. shouldn’t D. can’t
【答案】A
【解析】
试题分析：句意：--我必须现在完成我的作业吗？--不，你不必，你现在可以回家了。MustI do sth? 的否定回答是，不必，you needn’t . 故选A。
考点：考查need的用法
Ⅳ. thanks to及thanks for辨析1. thanks to 多亏；由于。为习语介词，thanks不可以改为thank you，to后也不接动词原形，这个短语表示原因，意为“由于”、“多亏”，to表示感谢的对象
2. thanks for ，意为“因……而感谢”，for强调为何而感谢，其后可接名词或v-ing
thanks相当于 thank you ，可以写为thank you for
【典型例题】
1. _________ the Hope Project, many homeless children can go to school.
A.Thanks for
B. Thanks to
C. Thanks as
D. Thanks in
【答案】B
【解析】
考点：考查动词的用法。
2. Thanks to my friends, I got a good job in the city.
A.Because of
B. With the help of
C. Thanks for
D. Thanks a lot
【答案】B
【解析】本题的含义是多亏我的朋友，我在城市里找到了一份工作，找到工作是朋友，故也可以用在我朋友的帮助下，with the help of可以表示在……的帮助下，故选B。
考点：考查词义辨析。
Ⅴ.because / because of 辨析
because ：连词，后接句子
because of ：介词短语，后接名词或/ving
(1) because of n/ving /代词宾格(用于句中)
She’s worried because of her son.
(2) because conj 从句（引导原因状语从句）
He didn’t go to school yesterday because he was ill.
(3) because 还可以回答why 引导的句子
— Why do you like pandas?
— Because they are cute.
(4) because 和so 不能一起连用，二者只能用其一。
【典型例题】
1. I didn’t go to the party not_____ the weather , but _____I didn’t feel well.
A.becauseof; because
B.because; because of
C.because; because D. because of; because of
【答案】A
【解析】
考点：考查连词的用法。
2. Tony didn’t come to school last week _______he was ill. And ______his illness he missed a lot of lessons.
A. because; because
B. because of; because of
C. because; because of
D. because of; because
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析：句意:Tony上周没有来上学因为他生病了。并且因为他的病，他旷了很多课。because是一个连词，后面引导原因状语从句；because of 后跟名词、动名词或名词性从句。根据他们的用法可知选C。
考点：考查连词和短语。
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