【知识点解析】
1. "played on" 用于过去分词短语作定语：题目中的"The trick played on the blind man"表示的是“对盲人施展的诡计”，这里使用过去分词短语作定语，表示动作已经完成，且与被修饰的名词"The trick"之间是被动关系。
2. "try to persuade" 表示尽力劝说：在句子"He was a heavy smoker. I tried to persuade him to give up smoking but he just would not listen to me."中，"try to persuade"表示尽力去劝说他戒烟，但并未成功。
3. "mean to do" 表示打算做某事，"mean doing" 表示意味着做某事：根据句意"To buy a computer of this kind means to waste a lot of money."，买这种电脑意味着浪费很多钱。第二句"I don't mean to buy one."表示我不打算买一台。因此，用不定式结构更符合上下文。
4. "fall for" 表示受骗、上当：在"Why don't you take your wife to the market with us?—Because she always falls for all the goods on sale."中，"falls for"表示她总是容易被促销商品所吸引，购买这些商品。
5. "be intended for" 表示为…而设计或打算："Education was intended for white settlers only in Australia in the past."表明过去的教育是专门为白人移民设立的。
6. "Whatever" 作主语："Whatever he may be, he will be happy."中，"Whatever"引导让步状语从句，并在从句中作表语，表示无论他是怎样的人，他都会快乐。
7. "so that" 引导目的状语从句："Steps must be taken so that this kind of disaster will never happen again." 表示必须采取措施，目的是确保这样的灾难不再发生。
8. "whatever" 作主语，"do" 为助动词，"matter" 为主句谓语动词："whatever our friends do matter to us." 表示朋友们的任何行动都对我们有影响，其中"do"用来强调一般现在时的动作。
9. "whether" 引导宾语从句："He asked me whether I could sing the song My Heart Will Go On."，他问我是否会唱《My Heart Will Go On》这首歌。
10. "what" 引导宾语从句，作介词"for"的宾语："Edison's father asked him what he wanted a science lab for."，爱迪生的父亲问他想要科学实验室是为了什么。
11. "be aware that" 表示意识到："Are you aware that your grandma's life is in danger?"，问对方是否意识到奶奶的生命处于危险之中。
12. "determined" 作形容词表示决定性的，常用来表示人的决心："Determined to design an unforgettable commercial, the advertiser worked day and night."，说明广告商下定决心要设计出令人难忘的广告。
13. 过去将来时的用法："Tom told me that he would help me with my geography."，汤姆告诉我他会帮助我学习地理，"would"在这里表示过去将来的计划或意图。
14. "get across" 表示使理解："I'm trying to get across to him the importance of taking care of his personal information."，我正努力让他明白保护个人信息的重要性。
15. "such as" 用于列举："He has many hobbies such as playing pingpong, singing pop songs, collecting stamps and so on."，他有很多爱好，如打乒乓球、唱流行歌曲、集邮等。
以上就是针对标题和描述中涉及的英语语法、词汇和句型的相关知识点解析。这些知识点涵盖了动词短语、非谓语动词、从句的引导词、时态和语态等多个方面，对于高考英语复习具有重要的指导意义。
