词汇fault, error考点聚焦考题研读知识点 【原句呈现】Why is everything always my fault?(查一查字典“mistake, error, shortcoming”的意义和用法)             Miss Xu made an error and mixed up my results with someone else’s!(P34) 【考点聚焦】 ①He didn’t pass the exam, but it was his fault for cheating in the exam. 他考试不及格，但那是他考试作弊的错。 ②It would be rude to find fault with her appearance.对她品头论足是不礼貌的。 ③It was not our fault that we were late.迟到不是我们的错。 error是通用词，指任何错误，“犯错误”可以说commit/make an error。 mistake指判断或理解方面，或指因考虑不周而造成的错误，搭配是make a mistake犯错误。 by mistake错误地 fault表示“过失”，多用来指缺点，特指缺乏某要素因而不完美。 There is a fault in this machine.这台机器有一处毛病。 人教版高中英语音频 人教版初中英语 人教版高中英语电子课本 构成短语“find fault with”挑剔，找毛病，找茬，找岔。 shortcoming 缺点，可指人或事物的本质上不足之处(常用复数) In spite of his shortcomings, I still like him.尽管他有缺点，我仍然喜欢他。 【考题研读】单项选择题 ①His wife is constantly finding _______ with him, which makes him very angry. A. errors B. shortcomings C. fault D. flaw 【答案与解析】C。句意：他的妻子不断地找茬，这使得他非常生气。find fault with sb是固定用法，意思是找茬。 ②Sorry, dear. It’s my _______ to have you take tablets by _______. A. mistake; error  B. fault; mistake  C. error; fault  D. fault; error 【答案与解析】B。句意：对不起，让你服错了药是我的过错。fault强调过错，过失，做错了什么事。固定短语：by mistake错误地，所以B正确。 1). __________, the train started.  A. The signal given  B. After the signal was given   C. Given the signal   D. A and B 2). __________, the text became easier for us to learn.  A. New words explained                 B. When new words were explained C. When teacher explained new words     D. all above 3).He won’t attend the meeting unless to give a speech. A．invited      B．inviting C．being invited   D．he will be invited