编者按：2007年第9期本刊发表了一篇题为《〈第二课堂〉一篇文章碰中7道高考题》的文章，当时在广大读者中引起了强烈反响，并且在其后的若干年中，本刊每年都有一些句子或试题与当年的高考题高度吻合。今年高考结束后，又有某些热心的读者给本刊打来电话，说是本刊又有不少题与高考题高度相似，有的甚至是完全雷同。但是，高考作为国考，其命题是高度保密的，况且本刊碰中高考题的文章的发表时间均远远早于高考题出现的时间，有的甚至要比高考题早上好几年。所以，我们只能说：“对不起，高考题，我与你太相像了，但这并不是我的错。”
【高考原题】
2012年高考英语北京卷第27题（答案为C）：
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______ with care, one tin will last for six weeks. A. Use B. Using C. Used D. To use |
【本刊试题】
本刊2010年第11期《用非谓语动词造高级句型的常用技巧》一文有这样一个句子：
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Used economically, one tin will last for six weeks. 要是用得节省的话，一罐可以用6个星期。 |
【相似程度】
如果将北京卷高考题的答案填入句中，补全后的完整句子及翻译便是：
Used with care, one tin will last for six weeks. 要是仔细用的话，一罐可以用6个星期。
将此句与本刊的句子比较，显然两者完全同义，只是高考题用with care替代了本刊句中的 economically，两者属同义表达。
【考点分析】
现在我们来分析一下北京卷的考点。此题考查过去分词used的用法，used在句中用作状语，表示条件，used with care 其实相当于一个省略的条件状语从句：If it is used with care, one tin will last for six weeks.
请再看几个类似用法的例子：
Taken in small doses, this drug is completely harmless. 小剂量服用这种药是完全无害的。
Served with milk and sugar, it makes a delicious breakfast. 这东西同牛奶和糖一起吃，是一顿美味的早饭。
Seen in this light, the matter is not as serious as people generally suppose. 如从这个角度看，问题并不像人们一般料想的那样严重。
Given the choice between rose pink and olive green, I’d choose the former every time. 如果在玫瑰红和橄榄绿之间选择，我每次都会选前者。
It must be used in an airy room. Used otherwise it could be harmful. 必须在通风条件好的房间里使用。如不这样使用则可能是有害的。
【考点联想】
过去分词除用作状语表示条件外，还可以表示时间、原因、让步、伴随等。如：
1. 过去分词短语用作状语表示时间
Viewed from a distance, the
Asked what she meant, she said mysteriously: ‘Work it out for yourself’. 被问到她是什么意思时，她诡秘地说：“你自己猜吧。”
Offered the position of chairman, Smith declined, preferring to keep his current job. 当向史密斯先生提供主席职位时，他拒绝了，他宁愿留在现在的职位上。
2. 过去分词短语用作状语表示原因
Convinced that they were trying to poison him, he refused to eat anything. 因确信他们正企图毒死他，他拒绝进食。
Encouraged by these successes, they decided to expand the business. 受到这些成就的鼓舞，他们决定扩大经营。
Weakened by successive storms, the bridge was no longer safe. 这座桥遭到接二连三的暴风雨的破坏，已经不安全了。
3. 过去分词短语用作状语表示让步
Laughed by everybody, he had my sympathy. 人人都嘲笑他，但我却同情他。
Trained ten hours a day, he will still be a fool. 即使每天训练10个小时，他也还会是个傻瓜。
Defeated, he remained a popular boxer. 虽然被击败了，他仍是一个受欢迎的拳击手。
4. 过去分词短语用作状语表示伴随
She entered, accompanied by her mother. 她由母亲陪伴着走了进来。
Seated in the presidential car, the President waved to the crowd. 总统坐在总统专车里，向人群挥手。
【再试一把】
以下试题均为作者根据近几年的考点规律精心原创编写，说不定与明年的高考题又很相像哦！
1. ______ to our small flat, Bill’s house seemed like a palace.
A. Compare B. Compared C. Comparing D. To compare
2. ______ the chance, I’d leave my job and travel the world.
A. Give B. Given C. Giving D. To give
3. ______ in this light, the matter is not as serious as people generally suppose.
A. See B. Seen C. Seeing D. To see
4. In came the first runner, closely ______ by the second.
A. follow B. followed C. following D. To follow
5. ______ why he came to do Twelfth Night, he said that he felt a sort of responsibility to introduce Shakespeare’s plays to Chinese audience.
A. Ask B. Asked C. Asking D. To asked
6. ______ into a peasant family, he had only two years of schooling.
A. Bear B. Born C. Bearing D. To bear
7. ______ by their speech, I was at a loss what to say.
A. Move B. Moved C. Moving D. To move
8. ______ with a mounting burden of debt, he sold off the company.
A. Face B. Faced C. Facing D. To face
9. Inspired by her example, other zoologists have begun working with apes in the wild.
A. Inspire B. Inspired C. Inspiring D. To inspire
10. ______ as a percentage of the whole, the mouth has to be a fairly minor body part.
A. Take B. Taken C. Taking D. To take
【参考答案】均选B。
（责任编辑 陈根花）