词汇辨析：in the beginning, at the beginning of, from t...

in the beginning “开始时”，直接用作时间状语，不接of 。

at the beginning （of ）“在......开始时”，后面必须接of 

如at the beginning of the class

from the beginning “从一开始就......”强调持续。

to begin with 只能用在一句话的开头，表示首先要讲什么。

如：To begin with, I want to extend my thanks to my parents. 首先，我想感谢我的父母。

【真题】The hotel was awful! _____, our room was far too small. Then we found that the shower didn't work.

A. To begin with

B. After all

C. In reality

D. As a whole

『正确答案』A

『答案解析』句意：这家旅馆糟糕透了。首先，房间太小，其次，淋浴又坏了。