高考必会词详解精练 (13)6

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2002年高考阅读理解第73题：
The most important idea behind the kind of party planning described here is that _______.
A. it brings parents and children closer together
B. guests play a part in the preparation of a party
C. parents are spared the trouble of sending invitations
D. it provides a subject of conversation
（选项C的意思是：家长们省去了发邀请信的麻烦。）
2001年高考阅读理解第5篇：
... it wasn’t unusual to hear a man say he didn’t know his friend’s marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa.
…… 听到一个男人说，直到一天晚上他的朋友突然出现，问能不能睡在他家沙发上，他才知道朋友的婚姻出了大麻烦，这恐怕不是稀罕事。
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“麻烦”的搭配：
be in trouble 遇到麻烦，遇到困难
take the trouble to do sth. 费心做某事
get into trouble 碰到麻烦