四、将下列句子改为同义句
1. Do you know the distance between the Earth and the Sun?
Do you know
?
2. They ask how many new students there will be next year.
They ask
next year.
3. We want to know how American schools are different from Chinese schools.
We want to know
.
4. He was absent from school because he was ill.
He was absent from school
.
5. The old man was in good health when he was 90 years old.
The old man was in good health
.
6. If you don't support us, we won't win the Maths competition.
, we won't win the Maths competition.
7. I hope to live in a big house with a swimming pool in the yard.
I hope to live in a big house
in the yard.
8. Are you aware what she is worried about?
Are you aware
?
解析:
1. 本题考查距离表达的同义转换,"the distance between A and B"可转换为"how far A is from B",注意宾语从句用陈述语序。
2. 本题考查数量询问的宾语从句转换,"how many+可数名词复数+there will be"可转换为"what the number of+可数名词复数+will be",用what引导宾语从句询问数量。
3. 本题考查差异表达的宾语从句转换,"how...are different from..."可转换为"what the differences are between...and...",用what引导宾语从句表达两者间的差异。
4. 本题考查原因状语的转换,because引导原因状语从句,可转换为"because of+名词短语",此处"he was ill"对应"his illness"。
5. 本题考查时间状语的转换,"when sb. was+年龄"可转换为"at the age of+年龄",表达在某人多少岁时。
6. 本题考查条件状语的转换,if引导的否定条件状语从句可转换为"Without+名词短语","If you don't support us"对应"Without your support"。
7. 本题考查定语从句替换介词短语,"with+名词短语"作后置定语可转换为which/that引导的定语从句,先行词为"house",从句用一般现在时表达特征。
8. 本题考查固定搭配的同义转换,"be worried about"与"worry about"同义,宾语从句中可将"what she is worried about"转换为"what she worries about"。