6.hold out 伸出； 坚持  hold out my hand 伸出我的手 
【hold 相关的短语】 hold on 抓住; (打电话时用语)别挂断... hold up 举起;. hold back 阻碍; hold on to 坚持; 不放弃 
（ ） Li Lei wanted to tell her everything, but something made him ______. A. hold up B. hold back C. hold on D. hold out
【2014 四川内江】35. — May I speak to Rachel? — ______ ,but I’m afraid you have the wrong number.
 A. Yes, please B. hold on C. This is Tom D. Sorry 
【2014 甘肃白银】56. I want to know if an English Singing Competition ____ next month. A. will hold B. will be held C. holds D. is held 
【2014 四川达州】33. —Excuse me, could you please tell me if the sports meeting ________ on time? —Hard to say. If it ____ tomorrow, we’ll have to put it off. 　　
A. will hold; rains B. will be held; rains
 C. will be held; will rain D. holds; will rain 
8. We don’t like to rush around, so we don’t mind if people are a little late sometimes. 我们不喜欢匆匆忙忙的，所以有时如果有人迟到一会儿，我们也不介意。 
【解析】run → ran →run v 跑 rush out 冲出去 rush hour 交通拥挤时间run out of =use up 用完 
【拓展】a bit / a little 辨析： 
【相同点】a bit 和 a little 作程度副词修饰形容词、副词、动词或比较级时， 意义相同，为“一点儿, 有些”。 He walked a bit / a little slowly.他走路有点慢。 
【不同点】a little 可直接修饰名词；而 a bit 后须加 of 才可以。 There is a little water in the bottle.= There is a bit of water in the bottle. 否定形式： not a little 作状语，相当于 very / quite, “很， 非常”； 作定语和宾语时，相当于 much, 意为 “许多”。 not a bit 作状语时，相当于 not at all, 意为“一点也不”，作宾语时则相当于 not much。 He is not a little (= very) hungry. 他饿极了。 He is not a bit (= not at all) hungry.他一点也不饿。21cnjy.com
 用 a bit 或 a little 填空。
 1. There is _________ time left.
2. This will give us a _________ of time. 
3. He went to sleep soon, for he was not _________ tired. 
4. I don't want to stop to have a rest, because I am not _________ tired. 
8.We often just drop by our friends’ homes if we have time 如果我们有时间，我们经常回顺便 拜访朋友家。 
【解析】 drop by 顺便拜访 可以直接使用,也可以在 by 后面加表示地点的词。 Drop by often when you are free.有空时常来拜访。 drop by sb. = drop in on sb. 顺便走访某人 drop by one’s home = drop in (at) +地点 拜访„ 
① When I return to my hometown, I usually ______________(顺便看望) my old friends. ）
③People in colombia needn’t make plans to meet their friends .They often just drop by
A. give a ride to B. give up visiting C. forget to visit D. come over to 
【追踪训练】 ( )① I often drop ________ my uncle’s home.
A.by B. over C. in D. in 
( )② We always _______ our friends’ homes without ______ plans. A. drop by; make B. drop by; making C. visit; make D. visit; to make 
【解析】as... as one can 尽可能......,尽量...... = as ... as possible 
10.【解析】make an effort to do sth 努力做某事
12 【解析 1】abroad adv 在国外；到国外 My father often goes abroad. abroad 用法：表示到（在）国外，是一个副词，前面不加介词。 go abroad 出国 live abroad 住在国外 at home and abroad 在国内外 
13【解析】clean ... off 把......擦掉 
【拓展】clean up 把……打扫干净（v. + adv.） 
【四川南充】The classroom was so dirty . I decided ____. A. clean it up B. to clean it up C. clean up it
【2014 云南中考】31. — Oh, dear! Your room is untidy. — Sorry, mom. I’ll _____. A.set it up B.clean it up C.put it up D.look it up 
【2014 浙江温州】Alice likes doing housework.She ________her room every afternoon. A.cleans B.cleaned C.is cleaning D.has cleaned 
14 【解析】relax v. 放松 relaxing adj. 使人放松的,令人感到轻松的 relaxed adj. “宽松的, 不加以约束的”, 后面常接介词 about。 be relaxed about 对……感到放松, 对......比较随意relaxation n. ① “放松,消遣”时, 是不可数名词；② “休闲活动”是可数名词。 
【2014 云南昆明】—Where would you like to go this Mid-Autumn Festival? — I’d like to go_____________. A. everywhere relaxing B. somewhere relaxing C. peaceful anywhere D. peaceful somewhere