作者：彭琴

1. Their population has now increased to 435,000,and today they make up about 13﹪ of the population. 如今毛利人口已經(jīng)增加到約44萬(wàn)人,約占總人口的13﹪。

1) make up意為"彌補;編造;組成;構成;占;化妝;安排、拼湊成"等。例如:

The teacher helped him make up the lessons he had missed when he was ill. 老師幫他補上了他生病時(shí)所缺的課。

Our teacher asked us to make up a dialogue in groups. 老師要求我們按小組來(lái)編對話(huà)。

The whole story is made up. 整個(gè)故事都是編造的。

I object to the way the committee is made up. 我反對委員會(huì )的組成方式。

She never goes out without making herself up first. 她不化妝是從不外出的。

I can make up a bed for you on the floor. 我能為你鋪個(gè)地鋪。

2) be made up of是make up"組成;構成"的被動(dòng)形式。例如:

This medical team is made up of five doctors and ten nurses. 這支醫療隊是由五位醫生和十位護士組成的。

3) make up for意思是"補償;彌補"。例如:

This beautiful autumn makes up for the wet summer. 今年秋色宜人,彌補了夏季潮濕的缺點(diǎn)。

[原題再現]

The world is ________ seven continents and four oceans.

A. made up of B. made out of C. made from D. made in

答案: A

2. At the time of his death, one person praised him as follows: "Future generations, it may be, will hardly believe that such a person as this walked upon this earth."在他逝世的時(shí)候,有一個(gè)人對甘地作了如下的贊譽(yù):"后代人也許難以相信,在這個(gè)人世間,曾經(jīng)有這樣一個(gè)人走過(guò)。"

1) as follows 是固定詞組,意思是"如下"。例如:

The results are as follows: Philip Carter 1st, Sam Cohen 2nd, Sandra Postlethwaite 3rd. 結果如下:菲利普?卡特第一名,薩姆?科恩第二名,桑得拉?波斯爾思韋特第三名。

2) such后跟單數可數名詞時(shí),應在such后加不定冠詞,不定冠詞不能位于such之前。例如:

It was such a lovely day we decided to go for a picnic. 天氣非常好,我們決定到郊外去野餐。

[原題再現]

It is ________ work of art that everyone wants to have a look at it.

A. so unusual

B. such unusual

C. such an unusual

D. so an unusual

答案: C