Unit 1 A land of diversity
means, majority, percentage, occur, make a life, keep up, take in, a great / good many
1. means n. 手段；方法
by this means 用这种方法
by means of 通过；用；借助于
by no means 决不；一点也不（放在句首时，句子用部分倒装语序）
by all means 务必、不惜一切地；（用于交际英语表示同意）当然可以，没问题
eg: Today an airship is used as means of advertising.
The burglars entered the house by means of a ladder.
By no means is this the first time you have been late.
注：1 means作为一个单复数同形的名词，常与主谓一致结合起来进行考查；要注意，means作主语时，前有 several, some, many, few, all等修饰语时，谓语用复数。
2 way多与in连用，构成in…way
method多与with连用，构成with…method
means多与by连用，构成by…means
approach多与to连用，构成approach to…
2. majority n. 大多数；大半
in a / the majority 占大多数
get a majority 获得多数票
have a majority over sb 获得多于某人的票数；战胜某人
by / with a majority of 以大多数…赢得…
minority n. 少数
in the minority 占少数
eg: He won the seat with a majority of 71 votes.
A majority of people believe smoking is harmful to health.
The majority of lone parents are divorced or separated women.
注：1 单独用作主语，谓语动词用单数、复数均可。The majority were / was against the plan.
2 单独用作主语，如果后面的表语是复数，那么谓语动词也用复数。The majority who attended the meeting yesterday are students.
3 The majority of
不可数名词 +单数谓语动词
The majority of the damage is easy to repair.
3. percentage n. 百分比；百分率
1 percentage“百分比，百分率”，其前不用具体的数字修饰，可以被high，low等形容词修饰。
2 percent“百分之…”，相当于“%”，其前面往往用具体数字修饰。
3 “a percentage of + n.”在句中作主语时，谓语动词的单复数视名词的单复数而定。
eg: The unemployment percentage keeps rising in the recent financial crisis.
Over ninety percent of my classmates have an English dictionary.
4. occur vi. 发生；出现
occur to sb 发生在某人身上
it occurs to sb to do sth 某人想起做某事
sth strikes sb
sth comes to sb 某人突然想起…
It occurs to sb that-clause
It strikes sb that-clause
eg: It occurred to me to visit my parents.
It occurred to her that she might adopt a homeless child.
I was going along the street looking for a place to park when the accident occurred.
5. make a life 习惯于新的生活方式、工作等
come to life 突然苏醒；突然开始工作；突然变得活跃
live / lead a…life 过着…生活
come back to life 苏醒过来；恢复生气
bring…back to life 使…苏醒过来
full of life 充满生气
for life 终生；一生；终身
start a new life 开始新生活
to the life 栩栩如生；逼真
make / earn a / one’s living 谋生
eg: They went to the West and decided to make a life there.
To our surprise, he came to life soon.
The rescue team brought the baby back to life.
6. keep up 坚持；维持；沿袭（风俗、传统等）
keep (on) doing sth 继续、重复做某事
keep sth up 使某物保持在高水平
keep sb from doing sth 阻止某人做某事
keep on 继续
keep out of… 不进入（某处），留在外边
keep to sth 遵守；信守
keep up with… 跟上…；与…同步前进
eg: I hope the fine weather will keep up.
Police warned bystanders to keep away from the blazing building.
She kept on working although she was tired.
Things will only work out if we all keep to the plan.
7. take in 包括；吸收；理解；欺骗
take away 拿走；使离开；消除（病痛等）
take down 记下来；拆掉
take for （错）当做；（误）以为
take off 起飞；匆匆离去；脱下；大获成功
take on 呈现；雇用
take over 接收；接管；取代
take up 占去，占据；开始；从事
eg: He certainly took us in with his stories about his experiences in
This kind of cloth takes in water easily.
Learning English takes up a lot of my time.
8. a great / good many 许多；很多
a great many + 可数名词的复数
a good many + 复数谓语
a good / large number of
a good / great deal of + 不可数名词 + 单数谓语
a large amount of
lots of +
plenty of 不可数名词 + 单数谓语
large amounts of + 不可数名词 + 复数谓语
quantities of + 可数名词的复数/不可数名词+复数谓语
a mass of + 可数名词的复数/不可数名词 + 单数谓语
masses of + 可数名词的复数/不可数名词 + 复数谓语
eg: Tom found that there were a great / good many people already there.
It seems that a great / good many of them are out of work now.
A great many of the flowers were white.
注：a good / great many后接复数名词，但 a good / great many后接of时，必须加限定词，如these / those / the / one’s等，然后再加名词复数。
9. That is why today over 40% of Californians speak Spanish as a first or second language.
句中的why引导的为表语从句，注意以下句式区别。
1 That’s why… 这就是为什么… (why从句表示结果)
2 That’s because… 这是因为… (because从句表示原因)
3The reason why…is / was that… …的原因是… (表语从句常用that引导，而不用because)
eg: Tom came late for the meeting. That was because he was ill.
Tom was ill. That was why he came late for the meeting.
The reason why Tom came late for the meeting was that he was ill.
练习：
1. ---Do you think we should put an ad in the paper for the lost child?
---Yes, .
A. that’s all right B. by all means
C. it just depends D. never mind
2. The majority of the students in his class for the plan.
A. is B. are C. is going to D. will
3. A large of the hotel’s income from the visitors to the lake nearby.
A. percentage; are B. percentage; is
C. percent; are D. percent; is
4. ---How did it that you made so many mistakes in your homework?
---I myself haven’t figured it our yet.
A. bring about B. come about
C. come across D. occur to
5. Has it ever you that this old book might be valuable?
A. occurred B. occurred to C. struck to D. come
6. 事故使他终身残废。
7. 这对夫妻过着幸福的生活。
8. In the face of all these difficulties, we’re not discouraged and our spirits well.
A. keep up B. go up C. hold up D. pick up
9. Don’t us in suspense any longer—what happens at the end of the story?
A. allow B. keep C. stay D. promise
10. The students find it easy to what you teach.
A. take up B. take on C. take in D. take off
11. They look honest but sometimes we are by them.
A. taken in B. taken up C. made up D. put up
12. the students in our school go to college in their teens.
A. A good many B. A great many of
C. A great deal of D. A lot of
13. The reason death was feared was no man could experience it twice.
A. why; that B. why; because
C. why; why D. because; that
Unit 1 A land of diversity
1—5 BBBBB 6. The accident left him disabled for life
7. The couple are living a happy life. 8—13 ABCABA
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