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. “Have great changes taken place in your village?” “Yes, A new school was ______ in the village last year.”

 

　　A. held up B. set up

 

　　C. sent up D. brought up

 

　　5. I had to ______ because someone else wanted to use the phone.

 

　　A. give up B. put up

 

　　C. hang up D. ring up

 

　　6. Elephants would ______ if men were allowed to shoot as many as they wished.

 

　　A. die down B. die out

 

　　C. die away D. die off

 

　　7. My study of biology has ___C___ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.

 

　　A. taken off B. taken down

 

　　C. taken up D. taken away

 

　　8. The plan ___ just because people were unwilling to co-operate（合作）。

 

　　A. broke down B. pulled down

 

　　C. turned down D. put down

 

　　9. The government has _______ the parents to work with teachers in the education of their children.

 

　　A. asked for B. called for

 

　　C. looked for D. paid for

 

　　10. John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to ______ all his trousers to his measure.

 

　　A. let out B. give away

 

　　C. bring in D. make up

 

　　【答案与解析】

 

　　1. 选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. 选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. 选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. 选B。set up 意为“建立”；hold up 意为“举起，支撑，继续下去，阻挡，拦截”；send up 意为“发出，射出，长出，使上升”；bring up 意为“教育，培养，提出”。

 

　　5. 选C。give up 指“放弃”，put up 指“举起，架起，修建，张贴”等，hang up 指“挂断（电话）”，ring up 指“给某人打电话”。

 

　　6. 选B。die away 指“（声音、风、光线等）渐息，渐弱”；die down 指“（慢慢）熄灭，平静下来”；die off 指“一个一个地死去”；die out 指“（家族、种族、习俗、观念等）灭绝，绝迹”。

 

　　7. 选C。take up 意为“开始（学习或从事等），继续，占去，接纳，提出”；take off意为“脱下，起飞，打折，请假”；take away 意为“取走”；take down 意为“写下，拆下”。

 

　　8. 选A。break down意为“中止，毁掉，压倒，停顿，倒塌”；pull down 意为“摧毁，推翻，使降低，使身体变差”；turn down 意为“拒绝，关小音量，减弱，降低”；put down 意为“放下，拒绝，镇压，削减，记下”。

 

　　9. 选B。call for 意为“要求，提倡”；ask for 意为“请求，索要”；look for 意为“寻找”；pay for 意为“为……付钱”。

 

　　10. 选A。let out 意为“放掉，泄露，放大，出租”；give away 意为“送掉，分发，放弃，泄露， 出卖，让步”；bring in 意为“生产， 挣得，介绍引进”；make up 意为“弥补，虚构，缝制，整理，和解，编辑，化妆”。