【练习】根据句子意思用within或in填空。

1). My birthday is six days away. = My birthday is ______ six days' time / is ______ six days.

2) He finished drawing the horse ______ ______five minutes.

3). Keep the dictionary _______ your reach. the ground is all wet.

4). My house is_____ walking distance of my university.

答案：1). in; in 2). in / within 3). within 4). within 2. broad / wide / widely / broadly 【解释】

broad adj. 宽阔的(着重于幅面的宽广)；可修饰背、肩、胸、心胸等的宽阔；开朗

wide adj.&adv. 宽阔的(着重于一边到另一边的宽度)；广泛的

widely adv. 很开(阔)；广泛(多用于引伸意义中)

broadly adv. 广泛地；大体上(generally) 【练习】根据句子意思用broad，wide，widely，broadly填空。

1). The hotel manager was shocked and stoof there with his mouth ______ open.

2). He was six feet tall, with ______ shoulders.

3). English is _______ used all over the world.

4). _______ speaking, I agree with you.

5). The room is three metres long and two metres _______.

答案：1). wide 2). broad 3). widely 4). Broadly 5). wide / broad 3. in / on / to (表示方位) 【解释】

in "在......之内"，即一个小地方处在一个大地方的范围(疆域)之内。

on "在......端／边"，即一个地方在另一个地方的某一端或某一边，两个地方只是相邻或接壤，却互不管辖。

to "在......面"，即一个地方在另一个地方的范围之外，互不管辖。尤其当两个地方相隔较远，且有湖泊、大海等区域相隔时，通常用to。把河流、山脉、铁路等事物当做两地的分界线或基点，且不说明河流、山脉、铁路等是属于哪一方，通常使用介词to，译为"以......(方向)"。此外，表示一个地方离另一个地方有多远，也用to。 【练习】根据句子意思用in，on，to填空。

1). China faces the Pacific ______ the east.

2). China lies ______ the east of Asia and ______ the east of Japan.

3). North Korea is ______ the northeast of China.

4). Taiwan is ______ the southeast of Fujian Province.

5). The little town lies about one hundred miles ______ the west of Guilin.

答案：1). on 2). in; to 3). on 4). to 5). to