插入语六大用法小结
在英语学习中，插入语是一个比较重要的知识点。由于插入语是一种独立成分，通常与句中其他成分没有语法上的关系，许多同学在学习过程中会有一定的困难。其实，插入语大都是对一句话进行附加说明或解释，通常由一个词、一个短语或一个句子构成，常置于句首、句中或句末，一般用逗号或破折号与句子隔开。下面举例归纳插入语的几种用法。
例1 _____the more expensive the camera， the better its quality.
A.General speaking B.Speaking general
C.Generally speaking D.Speaking generally
解析：本题答案为C.generally speaking为分词短语，意思是“一般来说”，在句中用作插入语。
小结：许多分词短语可以用作插入语，这样的分词短语有：strictly speaking（严格地说），generally considering（一般认为）， judging from……（根据……判断）等。
例2 Two middle-aged passengers fell into the sea. ____，neither of them could swim.
A.In fact B.Luckily
C.Unfortunately D.Naturally
解析：本题答案为C.unfortunately为副词，意思是“令人遗憾地，不巧，可惜”，在句中用作插入语。
小结：常用作插入语的副词或副词短语有：indeed（的确），surely（无疑），however（然而），frankly（坦率地说），obviously（显然），naturally（天然地），luckily （happily） for sb.（算某人幸运），fortunately（幸好），strangely（奇怪），briefly（简单地说）等。
例3 Your performance in the driving test didn’t reach the required standard，_____， you failed.
A.in the end B.after all
C.in other words D.at the same time
解析：本题答案为C.in other words为介词短语，意思是“换句话说”，在句中用作插入语。
小结：常用作插入语的介词短语有：in conclusion（总之），in a word（简而言之），in short（简而言之），in general（一般说来），in a sense（在某种意义上），in my view（在我看来），in his opinion（按照他的看法），in fact（事实上），at first（首先）， in addition（此外），of course（当然），to my surprise（使我惊奇的），to her regret（使她遗憾的），for example（例如）等。
例4 It is so nice to hear from her._____，we last met more than thirty years ago.
A.What‘s more B.That is to say
C.In other words D.Believe it or not
解析：本题答案为D.believe it or not为一分句，意思是“信不信由你”，在句中作插入语。
小结：用简短的句子结构作插入语，它们常置于句中或句末。这类简短的句子有：I am sure（我可以肯定地说），I believe（我相信），do you know（你知道吗），you see（你明白），I’m afraid（恐怕），it is said（据说），I suppose（我想），what’s more（而且），what’s worse（更糟糕的是），that is（也就是说），what is important（重要的是）等。
例5 _____ with you，I have no money to spare.
A.To be frank B.What’s more
C.In addition D.However
解析：本题答案为A.to be frank为不定式短语，意思是“坦率地说”，在句中用作插入语。
小结：常用作插入语的不定式短语有：to be sure（无疑地），to sum up（概括地说），to tell the truth（老实说）等。
例6 _____， he should have done such a thing.
A.Speaking general B.Strange to say
C.Luckily D.Of course
解析：本题答案为B.strange to say为形容词短语，意思是“说也奇怪”，在句中用作插入语。
小结：常用作插入语的形容词或其短语有：true（真的），funny（真可笑），needless to say（不用说），most important of all（最为重要），worse still（更糟糕的），even better（更好）等。
【试题设计】
1._____， he often forgot to turn off the lights.
A.Even better B.Strange C.However D.Fortunately
2.Greenland， _____ island in the world，covers over two million square kilometers.
A.it is the largest B.that is the largest
C.is the largest D.the largest
3.An awful accident_____，however，occur the other day.
A.does B.did C.has to D.had to
4.Yesterday Jane walked away from the discussion. Otherwise，she ____ something she would regret later.
A.had said B.said C.might say D.might have said
5.Boris has brains. In fact，I doubt whether anyone in the class has ____IQ.
A.a high B.a higher C.the higher D.the highest
6.Helen was much kinder to her youngest son than to the others， _____，of course，made the others envy him.
A.who B.that C.what D.which
7._____ the general state of his health，it may take him a while to recover from the operation.
A.Given B.To give C.Giving D.Having given
8._____，success results from hard work.
A.Worse still B.Sure enough
C.To sum up D.What’s worse
9.As I know，there is _____ car in this neighborhood.
A.no such B.no a C.not such D.no such a
10.He made another wonderful discovery， _____ of great importance to science.
A.which I think is B.which I think it is
C.which I think it D.I think which is
11.One day， _____，Newton saw an apple fall from a tree.
A.to sum up B.what’s more C. it is said D.in addition
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