探究点 1 prefer 的用法
prefer 动词,意为“较喜欢”,相当于 like...better,后面可以跟名词、代词、动名词或动词不定式。
I prefer classical music to pop music.
和流行音乐比起来,我更喜欢古典音乐。
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|搭配|意义|例句|
|prefer doing/to do sth|更喜欢做某事|My mother prefers to shop online at weekends. 我妈妈周末更喜欢在网上购物。|
|prefer doing sth to doing sth|比起做某事更喜欢做某事|I prefer reading to playing chess. 比起下国际象棋,我更喜欢阅读。|
|prefer sth to sth|比起某物更喜欢某物|I prefer pandas to lions because they're cute. 比起狮子我更喜欢熊猫,因为它们可爱。|
|prefer to do sth rather than do sth|宁愿做某事而不愿做某事|My little sister prefers to stay at home rather than go to the movies. 我妹妹宁愿待在家里而不愿去看电影。|

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prefer 的现在分词形式是 preferring,过去式和过去分词是 preferred。
情境应用
1. I prefer ______ at home to ______ out on such a rainy day.
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2. In the past, his father ______ reading books to watching TV after work. (prefer)

3. I prefer ______ at home today. (stay)

4. I ______ apples ______ oranges. (比起……更喜欢)

5. I ______ do housework ______ sit there doing nothing. (宁愿……而不愿……)

1.C 2.preferred 3.to stay/staying 4.prefer; to 5.prefer to; rather than

1. 考查prefer doing sth to doing sth结构，to为介词，后接动名词，选C。
2. 由In the past可知用一般过去时，prefer的过去式为preferred。
3. 考查prefer to do sth或prefer doing sth，此处可填to stay或staying。
4. 表达“比起……更喜欢”用prefer sth to sth，主语I，动词用原形prefer。
5. 表达“宁愿……而不愿……”用prefer to do sth rather than do sth，主语I，动词用原形prefer。

探究点 2 calm 的用法
calm
作形容词,意为“镇静的；沉着的”,在句中作定语或表语。calm 常与 be、become、feel、get、keep 等系动词连用,可用 quite、very 等副词修饰
作动词,意为“使平静；使镇静”。calm down 意为“平静下来”

Talking with my friends when I am unhappy usually calms me down.
当我不开心时,跟我的朋友们聊天通常能让我平静下来。
Whenever she feels angry, she always makes herself calm down by playing the piano.
不管什么时候生气了,她总是弹钢琴使自己得以平静。
情境应用
1. The sunlight is shining on the and it is so warm now. (平静的海)
2. When the father , he took his son to the hospital as soon as he could. (平静下来)

1. calm sea
2. calmed down

1. 根据题意，题目中空格部分要表达“平静的海”，应使用形容词形式。“calm”作为形容词，意为“镇静的；沉着的”，可以用来修饰“海”。因此，空格处应填入“calm sea”。
2. 根据题意，题目中空格部分要表达“平静下来”，应使用动词短语“calm down”。由于主语“the father”是第三人称单数，若使用一般现在时需用第三人称单数形式，但根据后文时态可知这是在描述过去发生的事情，故应使用一般过去时。因此，空格处应填入“calmed down”。