Question

All of us went to the movies ______ John. He had to look after his sick mother. A．except B．.

All of us went to the movies ______ John. He had to look after his sick mother. A．except B．beside C．with D．besides

Answer 1

A

试题分析：except意为"只有……除外;除去……",后跟名词或代词作宾语,强调从整体中除去部分,即except后的部分不包括在整体之内；besides意为"除了……以外还有……",即"除去一部分还有另外一部分"的意思；with表示带有，伴随，用某种工具；beside在旁边；句意：除了约翰以外，我们都去看电影了。他不得不照顾她生病的母亲。结合语境可知选A。 点评：英语介词的一个特点是一词多义，并且介词间语义交叉现象很多，习惯用法也很多，有时很难从词义上区分开来。故学习中要注意不断总结，熟记一些介词和动词的固定搭配用法及习惯用法，是完成此类问题的捷径。