模拟演练： 1.I should say Henry is _______________(与其说是个作家不如说是)as a reporter. 2.Mr.John is a happy man who_________________(从帮助别人中得到快乐)。 3.The sports meet which was planned to be held last Friday____________________________(最终因天气不好而取消了)。 4.Cancer is ______________(仅次于)heart disease as a cause of death. 5.It is a pity that we should stay at home when we have____________________(这么好的天气)。 答案： 1. not so much a writer (“与其说，不如说”可以用not so much…as…的结构来表达) 2. derives pleasure from helping others (“derive from ”意为“从…获得…”，from是介词，所以后面要接动名词。要注意区分“derive…from”和“deprive sb. Of…”后者意为“剥夺某人的…”) 3. was finally called off/cancelled because of the bad weather (分析题干可知句子的主语为“the sports meet”, which was planned to be held last Friday是修饰它的定语从句，且事情发生在过去，故谓语动词应该用过去时单数。因动词“取消”的逻辑主语不是句子的主语，因此要用被动语态。“取消”的表达法有“call off,cancel”等) 4. second only to.(本题考查be second to的结构，注意不要漏译副词“仅仅”) 5. such fine weather.(such 可以表示“如此，这般”之意，其后可直接跟名词，表强调) 更多信息请访问： 百考试题四六级频道百考试题四六级论坛外语在线题库