6. The parents came from the far-away village, making an ____ for their naughty son.

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5. We must ____ our success to our parents and teachers.

4. Since it was a bit later，we had to ____ up.

3. I recognized the man the ____ I saw him at the corner.

2. I have made a ___that every department in our company should buy a computer of this kind.

1. will never forget the ____ given by Mr. Wang, which helped me overcome a lot difficulty.

18. trouble

　 (1) 麻煩；煩惱；煩心的事 (可數(shù)，不可數(shù)) It is a pity to give you so much trouble. / Life is full of troubles.

　 (2) 困難；費(fèi)事 (不可數(shù)) have trouble with sth. / have trouble (in) doing sth. (= difficulty)　 Did you have much trouble in finding the post office? / I hope you won't have any trouble with the work.

　 [相關(guān)短語]

　 (1) ask for trouble 自尋煩惱；自找麻煩 What made you write such a letter? It was asking for trouble.

　 (2) (be) in trouble 有煩事；有困難；出事；惹麻煩 He never came except when he was in trouble.

　 (3) put sb. to trouble 給某人造成麻煩；增添麻煩 I am sorry for putting you to so much trouble.

　 (4) take trouble to do sth. 費(fèi)心做某事；費(fèi)心 It was good of you to take the trouble to help us.

[牛刀小試1] 用所給單詞的適當(dāng)形式填空：(speed，owe，encourage，decide，moment，apologize)

17. stare的用法 vi, vt -- stared, staring 凝視，注視

He stared at the word trying to remember what it meant. 他盯著這個單詞，努力想記起它的意思。

[習(xí)慣用語] stare one in the face 近在眼前；擺在眼前

▲辨析：gaze；stare；glare這組動詞的一般含義是“凝視”。

gaze表示“目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地看”，并含有“驚嘆”、“羨慕”或“入迷”的意思。例如：She gazed at the carpet for some time, and then added, "You don't need bookcases at all." 她對地毯凝視了一會兒，然后補(bǔ)充說：“你根本不需要書柜�！�

stare 特別表示“睜大眼睛凝視”，并含有“驚奇”、“傲慢” 或“茫然”的意思。例如：The noble stared at the blank sheet of paper for a few seconds. 那位貴族對那張空白紙凝視了幾秒鐘。

glare 表示“兇狠而且?guī)в型�脅性的瞪眼睛”的意思。例如：The trapped eagle glared at his captors. 被誘捕到的雄鷹兇狠地瞪著捕獲它的人。

[考例][NMET 1999] ____ him and then try to copy what he does.

　　 A. Mind　　 B. Glance at　 C. Stare at　　 D. Watch

[考查目標(biāo)] stare 等近義詞辨別。

[答案與解析]D　 watch意思是“觀察”，是長時問關(guān)注；而stare at卻是“盯著”。含有驚奇、傲慢的感情色彩。

16. speed的用法

▲搭配：

① at a high speed 以很大的速度

② at full / top speed 用全速，開足馬力，盡力(快)地；

③ with great / an speed 用全速，開足馬力

④ speed up 加速，快點(diǎn)

[考例]We had tried our best but the boss still shouted, " ____!"

　　 A. Speed up　　　 B. No hurry

　　 C. Wait a minute　　 D. Slow down

[考查目標(biāo)]本題考查speed及其構(gòu)成的短語的意思。

[答案與解析]A　 speed up意思是“加速，快點(diǎn)”的意思。

15. serve v.

　 (1) 為……服務(wù)／工作 A slave serves his master.

　 (2) 接待(顧客) The shop assistant is serving a customer.

　 (3) 侍候吃飯，端(菜)；供應(yīng)(飯菜) Lunch is served now.

　 (4) serve as 充任(某職務(wù))作……用 She served as a model for several painters. / This box will serve as / for a seat.