1. Traditional diets often have too much fat and too many calories for the 21st-century person. If we want to keep up with the high pace of modern life ...

　　(Reading)

　　[考点1] 形容词traditional在此意为“传统的, 惯例的, 习俗的”，其名词形式为tradition。

　　[考例] In _____ Chinese culture, marriage decisions were often made by parents for their children.

　　(上海2004)

　　A. traditional B. historic

　　C. remote D. initial

　　[点拨] 选A。句意为 “在中国的传统文化中，子女的婚姻通常由父母决定”。historic意为“历史上著名的或重要的”；remote意为“遥远的, 偏僻的”；initial意为“最初的，开始的，第一个的”，均不合题意。

　　[考点2] keep up with意为“跟上，不落后于”。

　　[考例] Would you slow down a bit, please? I can’t ______ you.

　　(北京 2001春)

　　A. keep up with B. put up with

　　C. make up to D. hold on to

　　[点拨] 选A。句意为 “放慢点，好吗？我跟不上你了”。put up with意为 “忍受，容忍”；make up to意为 “讨好, 拍马屁, 献殷勤, 报答”；hold on to意为 “抓住，抓牢，保持”，均不合题意。

　　2. Stores offer all kinds of food and snacks and we have to make many choices.(Reading)

　　[考点] offer意为“备有……出售, 出（价）”。

　　[考例] They’ve _____ us ￡150,000 for the house. Shall we take it? (湖南2004)

　　A. provided B. supplied

　　C. shown D. offered

　　[点拨] 选D。句意为“他们出价十五万英镑买这栋房子，我们接受吗？”。provide意为“提供”; supply意为 “供应”; show意为“展示”，均与题意不符。另外, provide 和supply常用于以下结构: provide sb. with sth.=provide sth. for sb.; supply sb. with sth.=supply sth. to sb.。

　　3. We should also eat carbohydrates, the main fuel for our body, which we can get from bread, rice and noodles. (Reading)

　　[考点] should表示“应该”，强调现在应该承担的责任或义务，也可以表示劝告或命令。should have done表示“本来该做某事而实际上没有做”， 其否定形式表示“本来不该做某事却做了”。

　　[考例1] I often see lights in that empty house. Do you think I _____ report it to the police? (NMET 2004 III)

　　A. should B. may

　　C. will D. can

　　[点拨] 选A。“常看到那个空房子的灯亮着”是一件令人生疑的事情，所以问“我应该向警察报告吗？”。

　　[考例2]

　　—I’ll tell Mary about her new job

　　tomorrow.

　　—You ______ her last week.

　　(福建2004)

　　A. ought to tell B. would have told

　　C. must tell D. should have told

　　[点拨] 选D。句意为“——明天我就告诉玛莉有关她新工作的事情。——你上星期就该告诉她”。

　　4. We ought to learn more about our body and the fuel it needs to keep fit. （Reading）

　　[考点] ought to的用法和should差不多，只是语气稍重一些。其否定式为ought not to（oughtn’t to）。ought to have done同should have done，意为“本应该做某事而没有做”。

　　[考例1] There was a lot of fun at yesterday’s party. You ______ come, but why didn’t you? (上海1999)

　　A. must have B. should

　　C. need have D. ought to have

　　[点拨] 选D。句意为“昨天的晚会很有趣。你本应该来，可你为什么没有来呢？”。must have done表示“过去一定做过某事”，是对过去发生情况的肯定推测，不合题意。

　　[考例2] Sir, you ______ be sitting in this waiting room. It is for women and children only.

　　(上海1996)

　　A. oughtn’t to B. can’t

　　C. won’t D. needn’t

　　[点拨] 选A。由“It is for women and children only”可知, 说话者是告诉那位先生“不应该”在此候车室候车。can’t表示“不可能”；needn’t表示“没有必要”。

　　5. Only in that way will we be ready for the challenges and opportunities in life. (Reading)

　　[考点] 副词only放在句首而且强调状语时，句子的谓语动词部分要用部分倒装结构，也就是把谓语动词中的系动词、助动词或情态动词置于主语之前。助动词应根据句子的时态和人称而采用不同的形式。

　　[考例] I failed in the final examination last term and only then ______ the importance of studies.

　　(重庆2004)

　　A. I realized B. I had realized

　　C. had I realized D. did I realize

　　[点拨]选D。and并列的后一分句中，副词only在句首，强调作状语的副词then，所以应用部分倒装结构。then时间状语是一般过去时的标志。

　　6. Fruit gives us carbohydrates, which our body and brain use for energy.(Integrating Skills)

　　[考点] energy意为“精力, 力气，能量”, 通常用作不可数名词。

　　[考例] To regain their _____ after an exhausting game, the players lay in the grass. (上海2002)

　　A. force B. energy

　　C. power D. health

　　[点拨] 选B。句意为“在一场筋疲力尽的比赛之后，为了恢复精力，选手们躺在草地上”。 force意为 “力量，武力”；power意为 “能力，力量，权力”；health意为 “健康”，均不符合题意。