Question

Tom, did it ever___ to you that you would be punished for cheating on exam?

Tom, did it ever___ to you that you would be
punished for cheating on exams?
B) happen C) occur
选哪个，请详细比较这两个词，谢谢。

Answer 1

47. Tom, did it ever________ to you that you would be punished for cheating
on exams?

A) happen C) reflect　　B) occur D) strike

答案：B

译文：Tom，你是否曾经想过会因为考试作弊受到处罚了吗？

解析：occur to sb.浮现在某人的脑海中; 被某人想到。

occur 比较正式的用语，可用于具体或抽象的事物，通常指按计划或规律在较为确定的时间“发生”的事，在表示具体的事物时，可与happen换用。

如：I'm
afraid that this would occur during my absence.

= I'm afraid that this would happen during my absence.

恐怕这事会在我不在时发生。

但是，如果表示“某想法”出现在人的头脑之中，这时不能用happen代替。

Dose it ever occur to you that I am sometimes thinking?

我时不时想的那件事你是不是也曾再你头脑中出现过？

happen常指具体事件的发生，特别指那些偶然的或未能预见的“发生”。

比如：

New things are happening all around us.我们身边总有新事发生。

Happen还可表示“碰巧；恰好”之意。

如：It happened that I had no money on me.我刚好没钱了。