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 nee
