what he could to do考题的应对策略
The soldiers tried their best and did what they could _________ against the flood.
A. fight                  B. to fight              C. fighting               D. fought 
有的同学一看到空格前的情态动词 could 就断定此处应填动词原形 fight，即断定选A答案。其实选错了，正确答案应是BA。这是一个省略句，即在 could 后省略了动词 do，若把句子补完整应为The soldiers tried their best and did what they could do to fight against the flood (士兵们竭尽全力抗洪)。即句中的不定式短语 (to fight against the flood) 用作目的状语的，而不是与情态动词(could)一起构成谓语。请再看类似例句：
(1) He did what he could to help us. 他尽力帮助我们。
(2) He saved what he could to buy a car. 他尽量节约每一分钱以便买车。
(3) He ran as fast as he could to catch the early bus. 他拼命地跑以便赶上早班车。 
至此，有的同学可能又会想当然地认为，今后只要遇到类似结构的题选带to不定式就万事大吉了，但也不一定，例外还是有的，还得具体问题具体分析。请看下例：
(4) He ran as fast as he could _________ to catch the early bus.
A. to hope                  B. hope                C. hoping                  D. hoped

若根据以上“经验”认为此题要选A答案，那就又错了。此题应选 C，其中的现在分词短语 hoping to catch the early bus 用作伴随状语。

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(5) He spent every minute he could _________ spoken English.
A. practise                  B. to practise         C. practising            D. practised
【分析】此题应选 C，它与以上各题的情形均有所不同，虽然与上面的第(4)题的答案一样，均为动词的 –ing 形式，但也不完全一样：第(4) –ing 的 hoping 为现在分词，在句中用作伴随状语；而此题的 practising 是动名词，之所以用它与前面动词 spent 的搭配有关，即 spend … (in) doing sth。
(6) Mr Smith made up his mind to devote all he could _________ his oral English before going abroad. 
A. improveA.B. to improve             C. improving           D. to improving
【分析】此题答案选D，注意两点：一是 devote … to … 是固定搭配，意为“把……贡献给……”；二是其中的 to 是介词，不是不定式符号，后接动词时要用动名词

very impossible还是quite impossible
请看下面一道题：_________ he said at the meeting the other day was _________ impossible. 
A. That, very             B. That, quite             C. What, very               D. What, quite 
【分析】此题应选D，但容易误选C，第一空填 what，用作动词 said 的宾语，这是对的；但第二空按汉语意思填very，表示“很不可能”，这是不对的。按照英语习惯，修饰那些表示极限”(limit)意义的形容词（如：impossible, empty, full, certain, sure, right, wrong, enough, alone 等），不宜用 very，而用 quite。注：quite 有两个主要意思：一是表示程度，意为“相当”、“还算”“用法与 fairly, very, rather 一样，只是程度或语气不同)，此时主要修饰那些可以显示出程度的形容词或副词；二是表示极限(limit)，意为“完全地”、“全然地”等，此时主要修饰那些没有程度差异的形容词或副词。

  1.—How lovely these children are!
  —Yeah.They______ memories of my childhood.
  A. called out B. called for C. called up D. called on
  【解析】call out“出动, 向…叫喊”， call for “需要，要求”， call up“召集, 使想起, 提出, 打电话给”， call on“号召, 呼吁, 约请, 访问”。此句意思是“他们引起了我对童年的回忆。”因此选C。
  【答案】C
  2.Many kids ________ the net bar, and _____had a bad effect on their studies.
  A. are addicted to; it B. get engaged in; which
  C. are related to; what D. are addicted to; which
  【解析】be addicted to 意思是“对…上瘾”，符合题意。And 是一个并列连词，后面应该是并列句，而不是从句，因此排除B和D。be related to“与…有关”，不符合题意，因此排除。
  【答案】A
  3.After studying in a medical college for five years, Jane her job as a doctor in the countryside.
  A.set out B.took over C.took up D.set up
  【解析】set out“出发, 开始” take over“接收, 接管”take up“从事” set up“设立”根据题意，应选C。
  【答案】C
  4. Though we _________serious natural disasters, we are sure to overcome all difficulties.
  A. give away B. affect with C. suffer from D. deal with
  【解析】give away“分发, 放弃, 泄露”， affect“影响”及物动词， suffer from“遭受” ，deal with“处理”。从“ we are sure to overcome all difficulties.”这句话可以推断出前半句的意思应该是“尽管我们遭受着严重的自然灾害”，因此应选C。
  【答案】C
  5. The shop assistant was fired as she was _________ of cheating customers.
  A.accused B.charged C.blamed D.caught
  【解析】be accused of “被控告” accused与of 搭配，符合题意。 be charged with“被控告”charge 和with 搭配。 blame “责备”。 
  【答案】A

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