Unit 2What's the best thing about school?1 ． We spend the first 10 minutes in our classroom while ourteacher checks which pupils are present or absent. 开始的十分钟我们会待在教室里，老师会检查学生的出勤情况。present 意为“出席的”， absent 意为“缺席的”，在此都是形容词，作表语。如：Most of the people were present at the meeting and a fewpeople were absent.大部分人出席了今天的会议，还有少数人缺席。be present at 出席be absent from 缺席at present 目前，现在Mike was seriously ill, so he was ________ the meeting.A ． present atC ． absent fromB ． present fromD ． absent atC题意：麦克病得很严重，因此他缺席会议了。 bepresent at 出席； be absent from 缺席。根据题意可知选 C 。2 ． We have two more lessons before school finishes. 放学前我们还有两节课。“ 数词＋ more ＋名词”表示“又；再”，相当于“another ＋数词＋名词”。如：I want two more apples.＝ I want another two apples. 我还要两个苹果。We don't have enough nurses to look after the patients.Atleast ________ are needed.(2009 年重庆 )A ． ten another nursesB ． more ten nursesC ． other ten nursesD ． another ten nursesD题意：我们没有足够的护士照顾病人。至少还需要十个护士。表示“另外十个”可用 another ten nurses 或 tenmore nurses 。
