ability语法

课标重点汇: ability用法总结

ability n. ①能力 ②才能（常用复数）

[特征]ability是able的名词形式，可以和able一起记忆。

- He is a man of ability. 他是个能干的人。

- He has the ability to read. 他有阅读的能力。

- He has great abilities as a writer. 他是个有本领的作家。

[考点]ability后面可以接动词不定式、介词in或for，但不能接of doing形式。

-（×）You should improve the ability of drawing.

-（√）You should improve the ability to draw.

-（√）You should improve the ability in/for drawing.你应该提高你的绘画能力。

[备考必备] 重要词组

have the ability to do sth. 有能力做某事 

to the best of one's ability 尽力

- I will help you to the best of my ability. 我会尽我所能帮助你的。

[贴心叮咛]上面[特征]中三个句子是最基础的，

ability的基本用法都在这三个句子中。

[历年真题]

1. As their world expanded, she said, children compared themselves to others online in a way that was "hugely damaging in terms of their self-identity, in terms of their confidence, but also in terms of their ability to develop themselves".

   2018年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

   
   

2. At the Beijing Olympic she swept away any doubts about her ability to perform consistently by becoming the first Jamaican woman ever to win the 100 metres Olympic gold.

   2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

   
   

3. But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching television is not related to reading ability.

   2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

   
   

4. Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.

   2016年高考英语浙江卷（6月） 阅读理解 阅读C 选项

   
   

5. Digital technology—email and smart phones especially—have vastly improved workers' ability to be productive outside of a traditional office.

   2016年高考英语浙江卷（10月） 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

   
   

6. From my experience, there are three main reasons why people don't cook more often: ability, money and time, money is a topic i'll save for another day.

   2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

   
   

7. Her eagerness to develop her reading ability.

   2019年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

   
   

8. His son had the ability to fix it.

   2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

   
   

9. I found out that I have no artistic ability at all, and now I know for sure that I do not want to be an artist.

   2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

   
   

10. I had to change my attitude about their ability and potential.

    2018年高考英语天津卷 完形填空 原文

    
    

11. I was able to try new activities and test my ability.

    2015年高考英语湖南卷 阅读表达 原文

    
    

12. If there is truly a concern about a professor's professionalism or ability, be sure to use online course evaluations to calmly offer your comments.

    2019年高考英语全国卷3 阅读理解 七选五 原文

    
    

13. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their ability to "air condition" a house without using electric equipment.

    2015年高考英语全国卷2 语法填空 原文

    
    

14. Large brains for their bodies and the ability to walk upright are two characteristics of human beings.

    2019年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 任务型阅读 题设

    
    

15. It didn't look that bad, and after the first wave had shut down my ability to smell, it didn't offend the nose so much, either.

    2015年高考英语四川卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

    
    

16. Motorheads have greater ability than office workers.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 选项

    
    

17. One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child's ability to think and to understand the world.

    2015年高考英语广东卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

    
    

18. Part of this ability is that they can infer what others know or are thinking.

    2016年高考英语江苏卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

    
    

19. Points were awarded for part-time jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

    
    

20. Regardless of your choice of course, you'll develop your language ability both quickly and effectively.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文

    
    

21. She also operates a website, where she shares her tips and recipes, with the goal of demonstrating that everyone has the ability to control what's on their plate.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

    
    

22. So, always try to live a little bit beyond your abilities—and you'll find your abilities are greater than you ever dreamed.

    2015年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读D 原文

    
    

23. Such a view, however, fails to explain the ability of some works of art to excite the human mind across cultures and through centuries.

    2015年高考英语重庆卷 阅读理解 阅读E 原文

    
    

24. The more you learn and the more you try, the more ability you have to take control of your food and your schedule.

    2014年高考英语全国卷2 阅读理解 七选五 原文

    
    

25. There is no doubt that this candidate's advantage lies in his ability to communicate with foreigners in English.

    2015年高考英语湖北卷 单项选择 原文

    
    

26. This affects their nervous systems and ability to produce baby birds, and can lead to kidney failures and death.

    2016年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读C 原文

    
    

27. True creativity is the ability to take something existing and create something new.

    2014年高考英语全国卷1 阅读理解 七选五 原文

    
    

28. We who labor in clean shirts in offices don't have the abilities that motorheads have.

    2016年高考英语天津卷 阅读理解 阅读B 原文

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