48課 Did you want to tell me something
    Dentists always ask questions when it is impossible for you to answer. My dentist had just pulled out one of my teeth and had told me to rest for a while. I tried to say something, but my mouth was full of cottonwool. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises. Meanwhile, my tongue was busy searching out the hole where the tooth had been. I suddenly felt very worried, but could not say anything. When the dentist at last removed the cotton wool from my mouth, I was able to tell him that he had pulled out the wrong tooth.
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    4. He knew I collected match boxes and asked me whether my collection was growing.
    他知道我收集火柴盒，于是問我收藏的火柴盒是否在增加。
    真題測試 測試語言點(diǎn)：whether引導(dǎo)賓語從句
    Elephants have their own way to tell the shape of an object and ___ it is rough or smooth. (2005年高考天津卷，第2題)
    A.不填 B. whether C. how D. what
    答案：選B
    分析：whether引導(dǎo)的賓語從句和the shape of an object并列，都作tell的賓語;whether...or...意為“是....還是”。
    翻譯：大象有自己的方法來辨別物體的形狀，它還可以辨別物體是粗糙的還是光滑的。
    5. He then asked me how my brother was and whether I liked my new job in London.
    接著他又問我的兄弟近況如何，問我是否喜歡倫敦的新工作。
    6. In answer to these questions I either nodded or made strange noises.
    作為對這些問題的回答,我不是點(diǎn)頭,就是只能發(fā)出很奇怪的聲音。
    真題測試 測試語言點(diǎn)：“祈使句 + and / or”的用法
    Follow your doctor's advice, ____ your cough will get worse. (2005年高考遼寧卷，第30題)
    A. or B. and C. then D. so
    答案：選A
    分析：本題考查的句型結(jié)構(gòu)是“祈使句 + and/ or”，前面的祈使句表示條件，or或and 引導(dǎo)的分句表示結(jié)果。
    翻譯：聽從醫(yī)生的建議，否則你的咳嗽將會越來越嚴(yán)重的。