Unit 4
Making the news

Learning about language
1 In the reading passage several expressions are used in an idiomatic way. Find them and fill in the chart.
Discovering useful words and expressions
cover a story
trick of the trade
get the facts straight
get to the wrong
end of the stick
this is how the story goes
get a scoop
Complete Sentence B using a word or
phrase from the reading passage which
has the opposite meaning to the words
underlined in Sentence A.
1. A By accident she broke that
beautiful bowl.
B She ___________ broke that
beautiful bowl.
deliberately
2. A He did not steal the vase so he didn’t
do anything wrong.
B He did steal the vase so he is _____.
3. A She does not get absorbed in her
studies for long.
B She can _____________ her studies
for a long time.
guilty
concentrate on
4. A The journalist went out with an
untrained photographer.
B The journalist went out with
a/an ___________ photographer.
professional
5. A Chris is not interested in starting
his new job.
B Chris is _____ to start his new job.
6. A “This room needs a light clean,”
explained the housewife.
B “This room needs a ________ clean,”
explained the housewife.
thorough
eager
7. A The law allows people to defend
themselves against a charge.
B The law does not allow people to
______ themselves __ a crime.
8. A I don’t mind losing that skill if it
is not useful.
B I don’t mind _______ that skill if
it is useful.
accuse
of
acquire
Answer keys for Ex.3 on Page 28:
assistant,
photographer,
delighted,
assist,
editor,
deadline,
colleague,
amateur,
submitted,
published,
dilemma,
assessed,
unusual,
Meanwhile,
sceptical
Inversion
Grammar
1. Never will Zhou Yang forget his
first assignment at the office of …
2. Not only am I interested in
photography, but I took…
3. Only if you ask many different
questions will you acquire all
information you need to know.
4. Here comes my list of dos and
don’ts.
在英语中,主语和谓语的语序通常
是主语在前,谓语在后。但有时为了
语法结构的需要,或者是为了强调,
谓语的全部或一部分却提到主语
前面,这种语序叫做倒装。
倒装可分为:
a.全部倒装 b.部分倒装
倒装(Inversion):
基本语序natural order
subject 主+ predicate 谓+object 宾
I 　 love English.
倒装 Inversions
把谓语动词放在主语之前, 叫倒装结构。
如果全部谓语放在主语之前, 叫全部倒装;
如果只把助动词或be 动词等放在主语之
　前, 叫部分倒装。
Here comes the car. (全倒)
Never will Zhou Yang forget…(半倒)
动词主体仍在后面
1. There goes the bell.
2. Out rush the children.
3. Never was he interested in the
pop stars.
4. In front of the house was a
small garden.
5. Only then did I realize that I
was wrong.
6. No sooner had she gone out than
the phone rang.
1.
2.
4.
goes
rush
was
Inversion(倒装句)
① 若有主从句,哪句倒装。
② 部分倒装还是完全倒装。
原句自然顺序是：　
Many students are there in the classroom.
全部倒装
1. 用于 there be 句型。　
There are many students in the classroom.
(there be+主语)
２. 用于“here (there, now, then) + 不及物
动词 + 主语的句型中, 或以out, in, up,
down, away 等副词开头的句子里面,
表示强调。
Here comes the bus.
There goes the bell.
Now comes our turn.
Out went the children.
名词
注意：
代词作主语时, 主谓语序不变。
Here comes he. ×
Here he comes.
Away went they. × 　　　
Away they went.
3. 当句首状语是表示地点的介词词组时,
也常引起全部倒装。
From the valley came a frightening sound.
Under the tree stands a little boy.
Here comes the bus.
On the wall hangs a picture.
Out rushed the puppy.
Away went the girls.
1) ____ a letter for you.
There are B. Is here
C. Here is D. Is there

2) ____ a big paper-making factory
by the lake.
There stands
B. Does there stand
C. Standing there is
D. It is standing
C
A
3) _______ and caught the mouse.
Up the cat jumped
B. The cat up jumped
C. Up jumped the cat
D. Jumped up the cat
4) -Where is your father?
-Oh, _______.
A. here he comes
B. he here comes
C. here does he come
D. here comes he
C
A
5) Look out! ______
A. The bus come there
B. There comes the bus.
C. Does the bus come?
D. Comes the bus there.

6) Under a big tree ____, half asleep.
A. did sat a fat man
B. a fat man sat
C. did a fat man sat
D. sat a fat man
B
D
1. 用于only开头的句子(修饰副词、介词
短语或状语从句)
Only in this way can you learn English
well.
部分倒装
2. 用于 never, hardly, seldom, little, at no
time, not only, rarely, little, not a bit 等
否定词开头的句子里。
Never shall I do this again.
３. 用于no sooner than, hardly when 和
not until的句型中。
No sooner had she gone out than the
class began.　　
Not until the teacher came did he
finish his homework.
４. 用于 so, nor, neither 开头的句子, 表示
重复的内容。此句谓语应与前句谓语的
时态形式一致。
Jack can not answer the question.
Neither can I.
He has been to Beijing. ____________
So have I.
So he has
我也去过。(不同人/情况)
是的, 他确实去过。
(同个人/情况)
1) My wife is a teacher, and ___.
A. so am I B. so I am
C. also I am D. too I am
2) She is not fond of cooking, ___ I.
A. so am B. nor do
C. neither do D. nor am
3) Mr. Smith promised to help me and
____ the next day.
A. neither he did B. so he did
C. neither did he D. so did he
A
D
B
Such an interesting book is it that John has
read it twice.
５. 在 so/such …that 的结构中，若so/such
置于句首，则句子部分倒装。
1) It is such an interesting book that John
has read it twice.
2) It is so interesting a book that John has
read it twice.
So interesting a book is it that John has
read it twice.
6. 由as 或though 引导的让步状语从句有时也用
倒装句，即把表语或部分谓语提前。
他虽然是个孩子，但已经熟知英语。
Child as/though he was,
he had a good command
of English.
他虽有耐心，但也不愿意等三个小时。
Patient though/as he was, he was unwilling
to wait three hours.
7. 用于某些祝愿的句子。
1) May you succeed!
2) Long live China!
I have never seen such a performance.
Never have I seen such a performance.
You will find the answer to this question nowhere.
Nowhere will you find the answer to this question.
这里绝不允许吸烟。
At no time are you allowed to smoke here.
In no way are you allowed to smoke here.
只有当 not only…but also 连接两个分句时, 才在第一个分句用倒装结构。如果置于句首的Not only…but also
仅连接两个并列词语，不可用倒装结构。
Not only you but also I am fond of music.
Not only can mp3s provide us with fun, but also they can help us learn English well.
Only after being asked three times did he come
to the meeting.
Only by practicing everyday can you learn English well.
高考真题
(10江西, 33) Not until he left his home ______
to know how important the family was for him.
A. did he begin B. had he begun
C. he began D. he had begun
2. (10四川, 9) We laugh at jokes, but seldom _____
about how they work．
A. we think B. think we
C. we do think D. do we think
A
D
3. (10江苏, 33) —Is everyone here?
—Not yet…Look, there_______ the rest of
our guests!
A. come B. comes
C. is coming D. are coming
4. (10重庆, 33) At the meeting place of the
Yangtze River and the Jialing River______,
one of the ten largest cities in China.
A. lies Chongqing B. Chongqing lies
C. does lie Chongqing D. does Chongqing lie
A
A
5. Only when I left my parents for Italy.
_____ how much I loved them.
(2008重庆)
A. I realized
B. I had realized
C. had I realized
D. did I realize
D
6. _____ you eat the correct foods ____
be able to keep fit and stay healthy.
(20008 江苏)
A. only if; will you
B. Only if; you will
C. Unless; will you
D. Unless; you will
A
7. It was announced that only when the
fire was under control _____ to return
to their homes. (2008江西)
A. the residents would be permitted
B. had the residents been permitted
C. would the residents be permitted
D. the residents had been permitted
C
8. ______ by keeping down costs will
Power Data hold its advantage over
other companies. (2006 浙江)
A. Only B. Just C. Still D. Yet
9. Only then _____ how much damage
had been caused. (2006陕西)
A. she realized B. she had realized
　C. had she realized D. did she realize
A
D
1. ---Do you know Jim quarreled with his brother?
---I don’t know, _______.
A. nor don’t I care
B. nor do I care
C. I don’t care neither
D. I don’t care also
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B
2. Not until all the fish died in the river ____ how serious the pollution was.
A. did the villagers realize
B. the villagers realized
C. the villagers did realized
D. didn’t the villagers realized
A
3. Only in this way ____ do it well.
A. must we B. we could
C. can we D. we can
4. Hardly ____ when it began to rain.
A. had he arrived B. arrived he
C. he had arrived D. did he arrive
C
A
5. Only when class began ____ that he had left his book at home. A. will realize B. he did realize C. did he realize D. should he realize
6. Not a single mistake ____ in the dictation yesterday. A. did he make B. made by him C. he made D. he had made
C
A
7. No sooner ____ his talk than he ___ by the workers.
A. he finished; surrounded all
B. did he finish; did surround
C. had he finished; was surrounded
D. after he finished; was surrounded near
C
8. At the foot of the mountain _____.
A. lie a beautiful lake
B. does a beautiful lake lie
C. lies a beautiful lake
D. do a beautiful lake lie
9. I finally got the job. Never in all life
___ so happy.
A. did I feel B. I felt
C. I had felt D. had I