【英语】动词选择题练习和答案
一、单项选择动词
1.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。
2.97.—I was told that you had your stomach examined last week?
Yes. But I hope that I shall never again have to ________ such unpleasant experience.
A.undergo    B.undertake    C.undercharge    D.underline
【答案】A
【解析】考查动词辨析。A. undergo经历;B. undertake承担,保证;C. undercharge充电不足;D. underline强调,在下面划线。上句:我听说你上星期检查过胃了?下句:是的。但我希望我永远不会再遭遇到这种不愉快的经历。故选A。
3.The TV Dwelling Narrowness (蜗居) is really fantastic. The show has succeeded in ________ much to the audience, which has contributed to its success.
A.touching on    B.diving in    C.getting across    D.going about
【答案】C
【解析】考查动词词组。A. touching on提及,谈及;B. diving in潜力无穷;C. getting across通过,使被理解;D. going about到处走动。句意:电视剧《蜗居》真的是太棒了。
这部剧的成功在于被观众深深理解,这促进了它的成功。故选C。
4.The people succeeded because they understood that you can’t let your failures _________ you ——you have to let your failures teach you.
A.define    B.decline
C.qualify    D.simplify
【答案】A
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词。A. define定义;B. decline下降;C. qualify限定;D. simplify简化。句意:人们成功是因为他们明白,你不能让失败定义你——你必须让失败教会你。故选A。
5.With my money ________, I went back home.
A.ran out of    B.ran out
C.running out    D.running out of
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析:考查with复合结构,句意:我的钱用完了,我就回家了。With复合结构在这里做原因状语,with+宾语+宾语补足语(非谓语动词),所以排除AB项,run out of是及物动词,后面要接宾语,否则是被动语态,排除D,Run out是不及物动词,不能用被动式, 选C。
考点:考查with复合结构
6.Though Tom was physically challenged, he did not _______ himself to his fate.
A.resist    B.reserve    C.resign    D.rescue
【答案】C
【解析】
试题分析:考查动词辨析及固定搭配。动词resist反对,抵制;忍耐,抵抗;reserve预约;保留;储备;resign辞职;放弃;屈从;勉强接受;rescue救援;动词短语resign 听从,顺从;句意:尽管Tom生理有缺陷,但他没有顺从命运的安排。上下文之间为转折关系,根据句意可知C正确。
考点:考查动词辨析及固定搭配
7.As a result, these countries are always struggling to         their repayments; government finances that could be spent on health, education and long-term development are instead used for debt repayment.
A.dive right in    B.catch up on    C.push ahead with    D.split off from
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词短语辨析。A. dive right in立即行动;B. catch up on弥补、赶上;C. push ahead with推动;D. split off from脱离。句意:因此,这些国家总是努力偿还债务;原本可以用于医疗、教育和长期反战的政府财政被用于偿还债务。根据句意可知此处表示“弥补、偿还”,故B项正确。
8.It’s natural that a man can hardly       a smile when he is informed of some good news.
A.hold up    B.hold back
C.hold off    D.hold on
【答案】B
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:当一个人听到一些好消息时,他会抑制不住的笑,这是很自然的。 A. hold up举起;B. hold back抑制;C. hold off拖延;D. hold on抓牢。hold back符合题意。故B选项正确。
9.100.----I have been watching “I am a singer” and Gloria Tang (邓紫棋) is my favorite star.
----- Me, too. Her new album is said to be ______ next month. By then, we , fans, will buy some.
A.relieved    B.delivered    C.produced    D.released
【答案】D
【解析】D考查动词。句意:--我一直在看“我是一个歌手”而且邓紫棋是我最喜欢的明星。--我也是。她的新专辑将于下月发行。到那时,我们的粉丝们会买一些。A减轻,解除;B递送;C产生,制造;D发行,发布。故选D。
10.While in university, we were offered a number of afterschool activities to _____ our social skills.
A.create    B.grow    C.develop    D.settle
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意:在大学期间,学校给我们提供许多的课外活动用于培养我们的社交技能。A.create创造;B.grow成长;C.develop发展;养成;D.settle安顿;解决。develop可以表示培养的意思,故选C。
11.She_______ an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department store.
A.turned down    B.came across
C.took after    D.dealt with
【答案】B
【解析】
【分析】
【详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:她昨天去购物的时候偶然碰见了她的一个老朋友。A. turned down拒绝; B. came across偶遇;偶然碰到; C. took after与……相像; D. dealt with处理。根据句意可知,此处指“偶然遇到”,故选B。
12.When their children lived far away from them, these old people felt ________ from the world.
A.carried away    B.broken down
C.cut off    D.brought up
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:当孩子远离他们生活的时候,这些老人感觉和世界隔绝了。carry away带走,夺走;break down崩溃,破坏,抛锚,分解;cut off切断;bring up养育,培养。根据语境,表示切断与世界的联系,故选C。
【点睛】蜗居主演
动词短语是高考常考内容。可以按照以下方法学习:1.在每个部分出自己最熟悉或者最理解的短语,并根据该短语助记总体意思;2.熟记动词本身所具有的全部意思;3.重点根据小品词在该项中的总体意思结合动词本身的意思,理解自己最不理解和不熟悉的短语4.脱离汉语,只看英语动词短语,并放到具体句子和场景中认识动词短语5.注意有些短语意义很接近, 这要结合例句和上下文掌握它们的用法。
13.The researchers say they will ______ more studies to confirm the results.
A.give away    B.make out    C.carry out    D.put up
【答案】C
【解析】
【详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意:这些研究人员说他们将进行更多的研究证实这个结果。A. give away泄漏;赠送;B. make out理解;辨认出;C. carry out进行;完成;D. put up张贴。根据句意可知,进行研究来证实结果的准确性。故选C。
14.If the manufacturers had  _______ the cars with faults in time, some accidents might have been avoided.