化茧成蝶I don‘t know the answer to this question. 我不知道这个问题的答案。
answer 可作及物动词，意为“回答，答复”
The boy can answer this question. 那个男孩回答了这个问题。
★ The answer ______ the question is hard.
A. to B. in C. of D. on
2. The number of candles is the person’s age. 蜡烛的数量是这个人的年龄。
⑴ the number of 意为“。。。的数量”，后跟名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用单数。 The number of students in our classroom is 56.
※ a number of 意为“许多”，后跟复数名词。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。
A number of students are playing basketball.
★ ----What _______ the number of the students in your school?----About two thousand. A number of t hem ______from China.
A. is; are B. is; is C. are; is D. are; are
3. The birthday person must make a wish and blow out the candles.
⑴ wish 此处用作可数名词，意为“心愿，愿望”；make a wish 意为“许个愿望” My wish is to be a teacher. 我的愿望是当一名医生。
It‘s easy to make a wish. 许下愿望容易。
⑵ wish 作动词，意为“希望，但愿”
I wish to have a good job. 我希望有一份好工作。
⑶ blow out 意为“ 吹灭” ，out 是副词，遇到代词则放中间。blow it out
4. If he or she blows out all the candles in one go, the wish will come true.
in one go 意为“一口气” 相当于“at one go ”. go 在此处用作可数名词，意为常用于口语，其前可加不定冠词，have a go 意为“试一试”
I can swim about 30 meters in/at one go. 我能一口气游30米左右。
5. In China, it is getting popular to have cake on your birthday.在中国，在生日时吃蛋糕正变得流行。
popular 意为形容词，意为“受欢迎，流行的”.get popular 意为“变得流行”. She is very popular. 她很受欢迎。
Popular作定语时，口语中常简略为pop,如pop singers 流行歌手 可构成词组be popular with…受到。。。的欢迎、喜爱 Pop music is popular with young people.流行音乐受到年轻人的欢迎。
★ The Old Town of Lijiang is _______with tourists(游客)for its beautiful old buildngs.
A. popular B. famous C. special D. different
【运用提升】 ( U )
一. 单项选择
（ ）1. Let‘s buy two _____. I‘d like some ______ for lunch.
A. fish; fishes B. fishes; fish
C. fishes; fishes D. fish; fishes
（ ）2. —What‘s ______ the menu? —Kinds of noodles.
A. in B. at C. on D. of
（ ）3. Linda doesn‘t like soup ______ porridge.
A. and B. or C. so D. also
（ ）4. They ______ have juice and tea.
A. also B. too C. either D. and
二. 补全对话从方框中选择最佳选项完成对话，其中有两项多余
