Test Fifteen
    名詞性分句中的虛擬語氣
    虛擬式常用于出現(xiàn)在wish, would rather, suppose, imagine之后的that分句中，表示一種臆想的（通常是不可能發(fā)生的）情況。例如：
    I wish it were spring all the year round.
    I'd rather I were not at the site of the accident.
    在“It's time + that分句”結(jié)構(gòu)中，that分句中應(yīng)使用一般過去時。例如：
    It's time that I went.
    在If I were you 這一分句中，were不能換成was,應(yīng)當(dāng)特殊對待。例如：
    Were I to do it （If I were to do it）, I should rely on you.
    近義詞辨析
    surprise, amaze, astonish, astound
    這組詞均含有“使人驚奇、驚異”的意思。
    surprise
    指因出乎意料的、突然的事或前所未有的人或特殊的事而感到驚訝。
    It doesn't surprise me that his parents did not allow himto marry beneath him.他的父母不允許他同地位比他低的女子結(jié)婚，這并不使我感到驚訝。
    amaze
    強(qiáng)調(diào)對意外的事感到迷惑，或表示驚嘆之情。
    He's amazed that she should get promoted over his head.他對她得以邁過他而提升感到驚異。
    astonish
    指對很不平常的事大為吃驚，難以置信。
    It astonished him that his son had been caught cheating in the exams.他的兒子考試作弊被抓住了，這使他大為吃驚。
    astound
    強(qiáng)調(diào)完全出乎意料，用以往經(jīng)驗(yàn)知識無法解釋，其驚訝程度很強(qiáng)。
    The enormous changes in the quality of life of the inhabitants astounded us.城鎮(zhèn)居民生活質(zhì)量的巨大變化令我們驚愕。