英语考点考例回顾
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1. alternative
【考点】alternative既可以作形容词，也可以作名词。
作形容词时，只能作定语，用于名词之前，意为：①非传统的，另类的；②可供替代的。如：
Electricity companies were blamed for failing to develop alternative energy sources.
Do you have an alternative solution to the problem?
作名词时，意为“可供选择的事物”。如：
We had no alternative but to fire Jesse.
There is a vegetarian alternative on the menu every day.
【考例】
①We need alternative energy badly, and to really take advantage of it we need to be able to move electricity around far more readily than we can now. (2011年北京卷阅读理解D篇)
②After the plan was abandoned, a private company which already transported millions of tons of the city’s waste by train to a landfill site near Dunbar, offered an alternative solution when it suggested opening a huge waste site near Portobello. (2011年湖北卷阅读理解C篇)
③As an alternative consider checking into a self-catering flat with its own kitchen. Often these flats are hidden away on the top floors of city centre buildings. (2013年湖南卷阅读理解A篇)
2. select
【考点】select既可以作动词，也可以作形容词。
作动词时，意为“选择，挑选， 选拔”。常用结构为：select sb. / sth. as / for sth.; select sb. / sth. from sth.; select to do sth.。如：
All our hotels have been carefully selected for the excellent value they provide.
They selected the winner from six finalists.
He was selected to play for Australia at the age of only 18.
作形容词时，意为“精选的，作为……精华的，优等的”。如：
Only a select few have been invited to the wedding.
【拓展】
selection n. 挑选，选拔，可供选择的.事物，被选中者，入选者
selective adj. 选择性的，有选择的，认真挑选的，严格筛选的
【考例】
①Here is your best chance to travel around the UK in 2012: More than 200 B&Bs (bed & breakfast) across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are selected to offer you amazing services for your stay at their lowest prices! (2012年四川卷阅读理解B篇)
②Below is a selection from a popular science book. (2013年浙江卷阅读理解B篇)
③I originally proposed this idea to my headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school ...