精英家教网 > 初中英语 > 题目详情

知识点三 elderly,elder 与 old

三词均可指“年老的,年迈的”。其区别是:old指年事已高,接近生命的终点;elder表示 “年龄较大的,年长的”,指相对于某人或某事来说年龄比较大;elderly指已过中年,意为 “较老的,接近老年的”,是绝对意义上的年纪较大,常有尊敬和威严的意味。

3.  (选词填空) She was an (elderly,elder,old) woman,perhaps sixty years old.

练习册系列答案
相关习题

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

八、 (2015 •呼和浩特) 根据上下文及首字母提示补全短文。(10分) 

    In a town in France,there was a farmer who lived alone. Every day he s 1 a pound of butter to his neighbour,who was a baker. One day the baker decided to weigh the butter to see i 2 he was getting a pound. After he weighed it,he found that he wasn’t. The baker then took the farmer to the judge (法官).

   The judge wanted to know the farmer’s way to weigh the butter. The farmer replied ,“ I'm so p 3 that I do not have enough money to buy anything to weigh it. H 4 ,I do have a kind of scale (天平).” The judge asked ,“Then h 5 do you weigh the butter?” The farmer replied , “Before the baker started buying butter from me,I had bought bread from him. So now every time when I b 6 home the bread from the baker,I put it on the scale and give him the butter of the same w 7 ”

   We always get back what we give to others. Whenever you take action,ask yourself this question ,“Am I honest?”

     Honesty or dishonesty can become a habit. Some dishonest people can lie w 8 a red face. Others lie so m 9 that they do not even know what the truth is any more. But who is it bad for? In fact,those who lie will hurt t 10 by their own dishonest behaviour.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

    6. My grandfather is too old to travel around (改为同义句)

     My grandfather is to travel around.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

3. '—Who is your favourite - (主持人) ? —Dong Qing is,I think.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

10. If you’re in British people’s way,they (not touch) you or push past you.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

5.  (2015 •南通) (聋哑的) people can’t hear,so they always use their hands to communicate.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:


   About ten years ago when I was a student at college?I spent my summer holidays working at a museum. 1 was hard for me then. Dad had lost his job and Mum was sick in bed. I was 2 if I would be able to go on with my study the next term. One day while I was working,I saw an old man come in with a little girl in a wheelchair. As I looked 3 at this girl,I found that she had 4arms or legs. She was wearing a little white dress and she also had a hat on. As the old man pushed the wheelchair up to me?I was busy with my work. I 5 my head toward the little girl and gave her a wink (眨眼). When I took the money from her grandfather,I looked back at the girl,who was giving me the prettiest,largest smile I have 6 seen. Suddenly her handicap (生理缺陷) was   7 and all I saw was this beautiful girl,whose smile almost gave me a better understanding of what life is all about. She 8 me from a poor,unhappy college student and brought me into her 9 of smile,love and warmth. Tm now a successful businessman and whenever I get down and think about the troubles of the world,I think about that little girl and the unforgettable lesson about life that she 10 me.

() 1. A. Work   B. Life C. Business   D. School 

() 2 A guessing   B. hoping C. checking   D. wondering

() 3. A. further   B. nearer C. closer   D. longer

() 4. A. none   B. no C. both   D. neither

() 5. A. turned   B. guided C. held   D. lifted

() 6. A. almost   B. never C. ever   D. even

() 7. A. driven   B. covered C. lost   D. gone

() 8. A. saved   B. took C. helped   D. taught

() 9. A. mind   B. place C. earth   D. world

() 10. A. taught   B. took C. told   D. brought

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

2.  (2015 •眉山) 我确信越来越多的人会因为健康而戒烟。

Im sure more and more people will smoking because of health.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:初中英语 来源: 题型:

() 3.(2015 •扬州) 一You look pretty in green,Kate.

丁hank you. I like green. Green give me energy

A. can        B. must

C. should      D. has to

查看答案和解析>>

同步练习册答案