然遇到;care about关心,在乎;look for寻找;focus upon专注于。 2011浙江卷,6The school isn’t the one I really wanted to go to ,but I suppose I’ll just have to __________it,
A. make the best of B. get away from C. keep an eye on D. catch up with 答案A
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析句意为“这所学校并不是我原来真正想去的,但我现在想尽量好好利用它了。”make the best of充分利用,尽量好好去做;get away from逃离;keep an eye on照看,,留心; 注意;catch up with追上,赶上。对照现在和过去对学校态度的变化,选A。
2011 浙江卷,12He decided that he would drive all the way home instead of ______at a hotel for the night.A. putting down B. putting off C. putting on D. putting up 答案D
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析句意为“他决定一路驾车回家,不在旅馆留宿。”put down放下,平定, 镇压,记下;put off推迟;put on穿上,戴上,上演,假装,增加;put up举起,建立,张贴,投宿。根据句意选D。
2011四川卷,7To get a better grade, you should __________the notes again before the test. A. go over B. get over C. turn over D. take over 答案A
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析句意为“为了获得好成绩,你应该在考试前好好复习这些笔记。”go over审查,复习,重温从头到尾检查一遍;get over越过,完成,克服(困难),从(疾病、失望、震惊等)中恢复过来;turn over翻身,翻转,把……移交;take over接管; 接替。
2011四川卷,14I often the words I don’t know in the dictionary or on the lnternet. A.look up B.look at C. look for D.look into 答案A
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析句意为“我经常在字典里或网上查我所不懂的单词。”look up查(单词、电话号码等);look at看,注视(某人或某物);look for寻找;look into深入地检查,研究,调查。
2011陕西卷,25Some insects________the colour of their surroundings to protect themselves. A. take in B. take off C. take on D. take out 答案C
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析take in吸收,欺骗;take off拿走, 取下,脱去(衣服等),起飞;take on承担,呈现,雇用;take out把…带出去,清除, 除掉。句意为“一些昆虫为了保护自己,让自己的体色与其周围环境的颜色相似。”
2011湖北卷,29The government has taken measures to _________ the high prices of daily goods to keep the market stable.
A. take down B. bring down C. hand down D. tear down 答案B
考点考查短语动词的辨析。 解析句意为“政府已经采取措施来降低日常生活用品的价格以保持市场的稳定。”take down拆卸,记录,记下;bring down 使(某物或某人)掉下〔倒下〕, 击败,降(价);hand down把…传递下来,遗留; 流传;tear down拆毁; 拆卸。根据后面的“保持市场的稳定”选B。
2011辽宁卷,26The exam results will be on Friday afternoon. A. put down B. put off C. put up D. put away 答案C
考点考查短语动词的辨析。 解析句意为“考试结果将在星期五下午公布。”put down放下,平定, 镇压,记下;put off推迟;put up举起,建立,张贴,投宿;put away放好,储存,抛弃。根据句意选C。
2011江西卷35You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t ____ as you expect. A.run out B.break out C.work out D. put out. 答案C
考点考查短语动词的辨析。
解析run out 耗尽;break out 打破;work out 算出,实现;put out 扑灭。句意为“你无法预言一切。事情常常不会像你期待的那样实现。”选C。
【2012江西卷】30.We were all agreed that the cottage would a perfect holiday home for the family. A.make B.turn C.take D.have
30答案:A考点:考察动词的用法
解析:我们一致同意,这个小舍将会给我们的家庭营造一个完美的假日家园。make表“可以用作,可发展为”,与for连用。Turn表示“变为”,一般后跟into。
【2012辽宁卷】26. Rod loves clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again.
A. taking apart B. giving away
C. making up D. turning off
A8[2012陕西卷]【答案与解析】D 考查动词短语辨析。break in打断; 闯入; 开始工作;break up结束,散开;分解;break out爆发;break down崩溃,垮掉;出毛病;抛锚。题干意思是:他时不时地停下来擦去额头的汗水,因为空掉出毛病了。选D。
【2012全国II】12. We ______ to paint the whole house but finished only the front part that day.A. set about B. set up C. set out D. set down【答案】C
【解析】此处set about开始做. . .,后接名词、动名词;set up建立;set out开始做. . .,后接不定式;set down写
下,记下。根据to paint可知选set out。句意:那天我们开始粉刷整个房子但只完成了前面的部分。
【考点定位】考查动词短语的含义。
13. 【2012天津卷】 Parents and children should communicate more to ________the gap between them so that they can understand 【B】
B. narrow
C. widen
D. leave
each other better.A. open
【答案】B
【解析】此处put out熄灭; put down记下,写下;put away收拾,把东西放好;put together放在一起。句意:Mary非常擅长在课上记笔记。她能把她的老师说得每个词写下来。【考点定位】考查动词短语的含义及语境理解。
【2012浙江卷】15. ____________________________ Armed with the information you have gathered, you
can_______ preparing your business plan.A. set out
B. set about
15.【考点】动词词组词义辨析
【答案】B
D. set up
C. set off
【解析】根据句意:有这么些个你所收集的信息,你可以着手(set about doing sth)准备你的商业计划了。Set out to do sth着手;set off出发;set up建立,均不符合语境,故排除。
【难度】中等
【2012浙江卷】12. _________________________ According to scientists, our mental abilities begin to______ from the age of 27 after reaching the highest level at 22.A. differ
B. shrink
C. fail
12. 【考点】动词词义辨析
【答案】D
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D. decline
【解析】根据句意:根据科学家研究,我们的精神气在22岁达到高峰值之后便从27岁开始下滑(decline)。Differ不同;shrink缩水;fail失败、衰竭,均不符合语境,故排除。
【难度】稍难
【2012湖北卷】21. Two lawyers have donated $50,000 to ________ our school’s campaign “Help the Needy”, which was started by our former headmaster three years agoA. sponsor
B. launch D. plan
C. organize
21.A【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】该句意为:两位律师捐赠了5,0000美元赞助我校“帮助贫困生”活动……
A项意为“赞助”,符合句意;B项意为“发射,开办”,C项意为“组织”,D项意为“计划”,都与句意不同。故A项正确。
【2012湖北卷】22. Finally, my thanks go to my tutor, who has offered a lot of suggestions and comments on my paper and ________ every page of my draft.
A. approved B. quoted C. polished D. folded 22.C【命题立意】考查动词辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】句意为:最后,我要感谢我的辅导老师,他给我的论文提出了很多批评和建议,并对每张稿件作了推敲。C项意为“推敲”,符合句意,故C项正确。A项意为“通过”,B项意为“引用”,D项意为“折叠”,都与句意不符。
【2012湖北卷】23. Walking alone in the dark, the boy whistled to ________ his courage.A. hold up B. keep up C. set up 23. B【命题立意】考查动词短语辨析。难度中等。
D. take up
【解题思路】句意为:独自在黑暗中行走,男孩吹口哨保持勇气。B项意为“维持,不使低落”,符合句意。A项意为“举起”,C项意为“建立”,D项意为“拿起”,都与句意不符。
【2012湖北卷】24. I’m so glad you’ve come here to ________ this matter in person.A. lead to
B. see to
C. turn to
D. refer to
24. B【命题立意】考查动词短语辨析。难度中等。
【解题思路】句意为:很高兴你能来亲自负责这起事件。B项意为“负责”,符合句意;A项意为“导致”,C项意为“向……求助”,D项意为“参考”,都与语意不符。
【2012江苏卷】26. — OK, I've had enough of it. I give up.
—You can't _______ your responsibilities.26. 【考点】动词短语辨析【答案】D
D. run away from
A. run off with B. run up against C. run out of
【解析】run away from意为“逃离,躲避”,run off with意为“偷走;与……私奔”;run up against意为“偶遇”;run out of意为“用完”。句意为:——好了,我已受够了,我放弃。——你不能逃避你的责任。根据句意,应选D项。
【难度】一般
【2012安徽卷】28. The athlete's years of hard training when she finally won the Olympic gold medal.
A. went on B. got through C. paid off D. ended up
答案C .本题考查动词词组,pay off 有很多含义:1 付清某人的工资并解雇他 偿清欠款等等 2. 对某人或某事进行报复 3.使人得益,有报偿 4.贿赂
(2013年高考英语福建卷)24. Michelle found a job as a high school teacher which _____ spending quite a lot of time with students.A. enjoys
C. practices
D. suggests
B. involves
24. B。本题考查动词词义辨异。enjoy喜欢、享受;involve包含、牵涉、使陷于、潜心于;practice练习、实习;suggest提议、建议、启发。根据句意选B。
【句意】米歇尔找到一份在一所中学当老师的工作,这份工作需要在学生身上花很多时间。
(2013年高考英语福建卷)28. Old-fashioned phones matter when wireless networks ________ in disasters.
A. turn down B. turn out C. break down D. break out
[来源学科网]28. C。本题考查动词短语词义辨析。turn down关小、调低、拒绝;turn out 分解、发生故障、失败;break out爆发。无线网络会瘫痪,所以选C。
证明是、结果是、生产;break down
【句意】当无线网络发生灾难性故障的时候,过时的电话变得很重要。
(2013年高考英语湖北卷)23. While intelligent people can often ______ the complex, a fool is more likely to complicate the simple.
A. sacrifice B. substitute C. simplify D. survive
23 C。本题考查动词词义辨析。sacrifice 献祭;奉献;牲;substitute 用…替代; simplify 简化;使简易; survive比…活得长,经历…之后还存在;幸存;
【句意】而聪明的人往往可以简化复杂的,而傻瓜则是极有可能使简单的更加复杂化。