基測英語試題解析_12

基測英語試題解析_12
used to V

1. My husband _______ send me flowers every week before we get married. But now he never does.   (A) should  (B) used to  (C) was going to  (D) was afraid to  (91-1) 2. Willy has changed a lot. He ______ get up early to exercise. But now he wakes up late and is late for school every day.   (A) forgot to  (B) hated to  (C) used to  (D) volunteered to  (92-2)

1. (B)  2. (C)

【解析】
第1-2題都是used to V的用法。
used to(過去常常)的定義：
If something used to happen, it happened often in the past but does not happen now.

 1. 第一題的圖示： 

Past (過去)                We got married     Now  (現在)
-------X------------------------------------x-------------------X-------------------
     l---My husband sent me flowers---l           (He doesn’t send me flowers)

 2. 第二題的圖示： 

Past (過去)                                  Now  (現在)
-------X------------------------------------x--------------------X-------------------
     l---Willy got up early to exercise---l      (He wakes up late and is late 
                                                                            for  school every day.) 
 句型提示

肯定句	Bill used to swim a lot when he was a child.
否定句	Bill didn’t use to swim a lot when he was a child.
疑問句	Did Bill use to swim a lot when he was a child?

【比較】
 (A) Jack is used to working late. (Jack習慣工作得晚)
 (B) Jack used to work late, but now he comes home early every day.

    (Jack以前常常工作得晚)