1. To our surprise the stranger ________ to be an old friend of my mother’s.

A. turned out         B. turned up          C. set out              D. set up

2. All the girls swam in the lake except two, who ________ halfway.

A. gave off            B. gave up             C. gave away         D. gave out

3. If the new arrangement doesn’t ________, we’ll go back to the old one.

A. work over         B. work out           C. work up            D. work in

4. He is unfit for the job, which ________ patience and creativeness.

A. pays for            B. asks for             C. calls for            D. cares for

5. The dictionary published by Oxford University Press recently has really ________ because it is of great use to the learners of English.

A. taken away        B. taken down        C. taken off           D. taken out

6. Some kinds of animals can ________ the colour of their surroundings.

A. take on             B. dress up            C. put on               D. get into

7. It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it ________ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.

A. came over         B. came out           C. came about        D. came up

8. The building around the corner caught fire last night. The police are now ________ the matter.

A. geeing through  B. working out       C. looking into      D. watching over

9 After recovering from his illness, he was advised to ________ gardening as a hobby.

A. take away          B. take up              C. take off             D. take on

10 When they had finished playing, the children were made to  ________ all the toys they had taken out.

A. put off              B. put out              C. put up               D. put away

11 Suddenly a gap appeared which ________ the surface of the street and some people fell into it.

A. broke up           B. broke down       C. broke into         D. broke out

12 The picture of the park ________ memories of our class trip last night.

A. called up           B. reminded of       C. turned up          D. came up

13. Whatever you say, I shall ________ my own opinion.

A. carry out           B. keep up             C. insist on            D. stick to

14 She is so kind that she always ________ her clothes to the poor.

A. gives in             B. gives off           C. gives over         D. gives away

15. Fewer violent cases have happened here since the special new law ________.

A. went into power B. came into force  

C. brought into practice                      D. put into effect

16. Generous public finding of basic science would ________ considerable benefits for the country’s health, wealth and security.

A lead to          B result from        C lie in           D settle down

17. When the children had finished playing, they were told to ________ all the toys they had taken out.

A. put away           B. put off              C. put down          D. put up

18. Would you please ________ this form for me to see if I’ve filled it in right?

A. take off             B. look after          C. give up             D. go over

19. She’s having a lot of trouble with the new computer, but she doesn’t know whom to ________.

A. turn to              B. look for            C. deal with           D. talk about

20. All the children on the playground stared up into the sky until the noise of the plane ________.

A. gave up             B. took off            C. went out           D. died away

 

【答案与解析】

1. A。turn out 意为“结果是，原来是”等；turn up 意为“找到， 发现，出现，开大音量”等；set out 意为“开始，出发，陈述”等；set up 意为“设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录)，提出”等。

2. B。give up 意为“放弃”；give out 意为“分发，发出(气味、热等)，发表，用尽，精疲力竭”；give away意为“送掉，分发，放弃，泄露，出卖”；give off 意为“发出(蒸汽、光等)，长出（枝、杈等）”。

3. B。work out 在此表示“有预期结果”；work over 意为“调查，重做”；work up 意为“逐步建立，逐步发展”；work in 意为“配合，引进”。

4. C。call for需要、要求(=require/need)。pay for为某物付款、为某事吃苦头或受罚(=suffer or be punished for)；ask for要求得到；care for愿意或喜欢(疑问句或否定句)。

5. C。take off (产品或观念)大受欢迎，(产品销售量)急升。

6. A。take on 意为“披上，呈现，具有，雇用，接纳，流行”；dress up 意为“打扮，装饰，伪装”；put on 意为“穿上，把……放在上，装出，增加”；get into意为“进入，陷入，穿上”。

7. C。come about 意为“发生”，其中 it 为形式主语，其后的 that she was two hour late on such a short trip 为主语从句。

8. C。look into 意为“调查”。

9. B。take up开始从事；take away 取走；take off取消；take on呈现。

10. D。put away收拾好；put off延期；put out 放出；put up举起.。

11. A。break up断裂；break down毁掉；break into破门而入；break out 爆发,

12. A。call up使想起；remind sb of使人记起；turn up出现；come up走近。

13. D。本题考查短语意思的辨析。carry out意为“贯彻, 执行”，keep up意为“维持，继续” ，insist on意为“坚持, 坚决要求”，stick to意为“坚持原来的立场、观点”。根据句意“无论你说什么，我都坚持我的观点。”可知答案为D。

14. D。该题考查动词短语的辨析。根据前部分“她很善良”可推测“她常把衣物捐赠给穷人”。give away在此意为“捐赠”；而give in为“放弃”，give off为“发出”，“放出”，都不合语境。

15. B。该题考查动词短语的辨析。从分“很少有暴力案件发生”可推测，后部分应为“自从一项新的特别法律生效以来”。come into force为“生效”，“起作用”；go into power为“上台”，“掌权”。

16. A。lead to导致；result from由……引起；lie in在于；settle down定居。

17. A。put away“收起来”，put off“取消”，put down“放下”，put up“挂起来”。

18. D。go over的意思是“看一篇”“过一篇”，符合句意。其余几个选项的意思是：take off 脱下，look after 照顾，give up 放弃。

19. A。turn to 在此表示“向……求助”。she doesn’t know whom to turn to的意思是：她不知道请谁帮忙。

20. D。die away表示“(风、声音等)渐息，渐弱”。