by accident ; It was my fault . ; earn the passage by doing ; account for ; on the contrary ; bring up

Task 3 Do exercises .

用适当的介词填空。

1. He should have finished his homework ___ this moment.

2. The beautiful house ___ your left is Tom's.

3. As a matter ___ fact, he is a cheat, so don't believe him.

4. I only found my lost pen ___ accident.

5. He was standing there until the ship sailed out ___ the bay.

6. The little girl stared ___ the little cats in their basket.

7. I didn't wake up __________ eight o'clock this morning.

8. He could not account ____ the time he spent away from his work.

9. The boss once earned his living by working ____ a nurse in a hospital.

10. I never smile ___ those who are rude to me.

11. He is unwilling to work ____ such little money.

12. Luckily, I met an old friend of mine ____ my way home.

13. I don't care _______ the price, so long as the car is in good condition.

用括号中所给词或短语的适当形式完成下列句子。

make a bet; go ahead; by accident; stare at; account for; on the contrary

1. Don't _________ me like that. It's not my fault anyway.

2. He could not __________ his absence from school.

3. He __________ that he would win the game.

4. It doesn't seem ugly to me; ______________, I think it's rather beautiful.

5. I don't know whether he did it __________ or by design.

6. If you want to take a shower, just ________ and take one.

根据括号内的提示翻译下列句子。

1.假如时间允许，我们就去购物。(permit)

2. 你对待他人要有耐心。(be patient with)

3. 迟到并不是我们的错。(It is not ... fault)

4. 老实说，因为我太累了所以没有给你回信。(to be honest)

【总结反思】

Task 3 Do exercises .

用适当的介词填空。

at ; on ; of ;by ; of ; at; ; until \till ; for; as ; at ; for ; on about

staring at ; account for ; made a bet ; on the contrary ; by accident ; go ahead

If time permits, we'll go shopping.

You should be patient with the others.

It was not our fault (that) we were late / for being late.

To be honest, I didn't reply to your letter because I was so tired.