表示好处
1）It has the following advantages．
2）It does us a lot of good．
3）It benefits us quite a lot．
4）It is beneficial to us．
5）It is of great benefit to us．
例如：
Books are like friends．They can help us know the world better，and they can open our minds and widen our horizons．Therefore，reading extensively is of great benefit to us．
表示坏处
1）It has more disadvantages than advantages．
2）It does us much harm．
3）It is harmful to us．
例如：
However，everything divides into two．Television can also be harmful to us．It can do harm to our health and make us lazy if we spend too much time watching television．
EX1
1.(1)The new railway will _______ the people on the line.
(2)The people on the line will ______ the new railway.
A. benefit B. benefit of C. benefit from D. benefiting
2.(1)This kind of fruit is ______ sugar and water.
(2)What interested you ______ at the exhibition is the iceboat.
A. mostly B. best C. most D. almost
3.(1)It was such a good film ______ I saw it yesterday.
(2)Don’t talk about such things _______ you don’t understand.
A. which B. that C. as to D. as
4.(1)—Have you paid for these books?
—Yes, I’ve ________ ￥20 _______ them.
(2)I’ll ______ you back.
A. pay B. paid for C. pay…for D. paid…for
EX2
Love is a lamp
Love is ___utmost importance to us humans. Everybody not only needs love, but also should give others love. As can be seen from the picture, "love is a lamp ___ is brighter in darker places.” This is indeed true. People in darker places need more light ___ other people. Maybe even a dim light can give them much hope ___ a better life. Maybe just a thread of light will call forth their strength ___ courage to help them step out of their difficulties.
EX3
What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. It needs exercise. Mental (done with the mind) exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists (心理学家) think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent. If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.
Parents should also be careful with what they say to young children. According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive (helpful) things to their children, such as “That was a very clever thing you did.” or “You are such a smart child.”
1. The words “intelligent” and “brilliant” in the first paragraph probably mean _______ while “dull” in the second paragraph means ________.
A. bright and splendid; slow in thinking and understanding
B. pretty and handsome; ordinary-looking
C. great and important; common
D. hopeful and helpful; careless
2. According to the context we can guess that a genius is ________ while an idiot is ________.
A. a normal person; a funny person
B. a strong person; a weak person
C. a highly intelligent person; a foolish or weak-minded person
D. a famous person; an ordinary person
3. A person ________ is more likely to become a genius.
A. whose parents are clever
B. often thinking about difficult problems
C. often helped by his parents and teachers
D. born with a good brain and putting it into active use
4. It is better for parents ________.
A. to praise and encourage their children more often
B. to be hard on their children
C. to leave their children alone with nothing to do
D. to give their children as much help as possible
5. Which of the following is NOT true according to the article?
A. Parents play an important part in their children’s growth.
B. The less you use your mind the duller you may become.
C. Intelligence is obviously the result of where and how you live.
D. What makes a person bright or stupid is still under discussion.
EX4
My Favorite Sport
My favorite sport is football. I was a member of 1._______
our school football team. We practise for three times 2._______
every week and often watch football match on TV 3._______
together. Play football not only makes us grow up 4._______
tall and strong but also give us a sense of fair play and 5._______
team spirit. We must keep in mind that we play 6._______
for the team instead ourselves. Also, the sport 7._______
teaches us the important of obedience（服从）.Each 8._______
player must obey captain, who is the leader of 9._______
the team. And they must not break the rules too 10._______
if we want to win the game.
1.AC 2.AC 3.BD 4.DA
of
which
than
and
for
Keys: 1. A 2. C 3. D 4. A 5. C
说明：该文写了作者的一项体育爱好——足球运动。
解析：
1．该文写的是个人爱好，基本时态为一般现在时，故was应为am
2．Practise 后的for去掉，表频率的时间装语前不用介词
3．经常看足球赛的各种赛事，match应用复数matches
4．动词短语不能做主语, Play football 改为Playing football动名词短语作主语
5．根据并列连词not only…but also…的用法，前后动词形式一致，give改为 gives 与前面动词makes一致
6．无错
7．instead是副词，后不加宾语，instead of 后能加宾语，所以instead后加of
8．“教会我们服从的重要性”，important是形容词，应改为名词形式importance
9．这里特指球队的队长，captain前加冠词the
10．文章是从作者的角度，即用第一人称来写的,因而，they应改成we