英语短语系列知识点考点复习hold off/hold one's breath hold off使不接近；抵抗；拖延 例句The rain held off just long enough for us to have our picnic. 雨一时下不起来，我们有足够的时间吃完野餐。 Could you hold off making your decision until next week? 你可以推迟到下星期再做决定吗？ Will the rain hold off until after the game? 这场雨能拖到比赛结束之后再下吗？ 新概念第二册摘要写作答案 英语在线听力室 新概念英语适合多大的孩子学 hold on等一下，停住；坚持下去；抓牢 例句Hold on a minute while I get my breath back. 停一停，让我喘口气。 I don't think I can hold on much longer. 我觉得自己坚持不了多长时间了。 He held on to the rock to stop himself slipping. 他紧紧抓住岩石以免自己往下滑。 •slip [ v.滑动，滑倒 hold one's breath屏息 例句How long can you hold your breath for? 你能屏住呼吸多久？ Hold your breath and count to ten. 屏住呼吸数到十。 The audience held its/their breath as the acrobat walked along the tightrope. 杂技演员走钢丝时，观众都屏住了呼吸。 .acrobat [n.杂技演员 . tightrope [n.(供杂技演员表演用的)绷紧的绳索或钢丝 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。 Over the past six years my life has changed. I moved from a __1__ neighborhood to a neighborhood where drugs were of higher value than __2__. Every time I saw the violence in the street, I __3__ to study hard. My determination was what __4__ me to work hard at my lessons. I do let the negatives  influence me (__5__， right？). I let them influence me in a way that makes me try very hard for something better. I refuse to be the beggar and drug taker at the corner, __6__ endlessly, asking for a dollar in order to see another __7__. My parents want the best for me. They are both __8__ to me and it was sad to learn that their marriage broke up. Seeing them both in pain is something that I have to __9__. There are times when I feel like I could have done something different to __10__ the situations. I like playing baseball. It is __11__ to me. One day, I felt a sharp pain in my __12__. It kept me from __13__ entirely. A yoga (瑜伽) teacher __14__ me. She said, “That is some knot (硬结), Sean! You're __15__！” At that moment, tears filled my eyes. The year­long suffering seemed to __16__ at once. That knot in my back was more than just a __17__. It meant the pain that I felt but nobody could __18__. It was a symbol for how greatly my __19__ affected me. I needed someone to __20__ me, someone to push that knot out of my back. 1．A.distant B．large C．poor D．safe 2．A.survival B．money C．education D．hope 3．A.decided B．remembered C．prepared D．agreed 4．A.taught  B．pushed C．allowed D．begged 5．A.strange B．difficult C．obvious D．simple 6．A.sleeping B．crying C．complaining D．shaking 7．A.solution B．friend C．day D．point 8．A.familiar B．similar C．true  D．important 9．A.live with B．wait for C．clear away D．talk of 10．A.report B．improve C．check D．create 11．A.close B．equal C．meaningful D．useful 12．A.leg B．head C．hand  D．back 13．A.running  B．playing C．walking D．fighting 14．A.examined B．found  C．asked D．changed 15．A.angry B．stressed C．young D．dangerous 16．A.fall behind B．build up C．come back D．set off 17．A.pity B．pain C．worry D．shock 18．A.discover B．control C．see D．believe 19．A.situations B．habits C．efforts D．ideas 20．A.protect B．remind C．help D．warn 答案 1-5DCABA  6-10DCDAB  11-15CDBAB  16-20CBCAC