动词和动词短语经典单项选择题

专题五单项选择

1.(2009·西安八校联考)He'll most of his

fortune to the poor after he is retired，just as Bill

Gates did.

A.give away

B.give in

C.give out

D.give up

解析：考查动词词组辨析。句意：当他退休的时候，他要像比尔·盖茨那样把大部分的财产捐赠给穷人。give away赠送，分送，颁发，放弃(机会)；give in屈服，投降，退让(to)；give out用完，散发，公布，发表，耗尽；give up放弃，认输，抛弃，停止(做某事)。只有give away合乎语境。

答案：A

2.(2009·西安八校联考)Don't yourself to the

sun for too long.You'll get sunburned.

A.expose

B.show

C.lead

D.link

解析：考查动词辨析。句意：你不要在太阳下暴晒得太久了，你会被晒伤的。expose暴露，显露。

答案：A

3.(2009·西安八校联考)If better use is of your

spare time，you'll make great progress in it.

A.spent

B.made

C.taken

D.thought

解析：考查固定搭配。将本句变成主动语态“If you better use of your spare time，you'll make great progress in it.”便可以看出，此处为固定搭配make use of(利用)，故选B 项。

答案：B

4.(2009·西安八校联考)“It is not what you know but who

you know that if you want to find a job in this

company.”he said angrily.

A.depends

B.counts

C.relies

D.attracts

解析：考查动词辨析。句意：他愤怒地说：“如果想要在这家公司找工作，重要的不是你懂什么，而是你认识哪个人！”count有价值，有重要意义。

答案：B

5.(2009·陕西五校联考)The spacewalk performed by

Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang on Saturday afternoon

a major breakthrough in China's space program.

A.predicted

B.told

C.marked

D.signed

解析：考查动词辨析。句意：中国宇航员翟志刚在星期六下午的太空行走标志着中国航空事业的重大突破。mark标志，成为……的征兆；predict预言；tell告诉；sign签名，示意。答案：C

6.(2009·湖北八校联考)In America，as the economy

becomes worse，more people wonder how they will

all their living expenses.

A.cover

B.pay

C.offer

D.earn

解析：考查动词辨析。语境表示“支付生活开支”，用cover表示“支付”。

答案：A

7.(2009·湖北八校联考)In the time of social reform，

people's state of mind tends to with the rapid

changes of society.

e up

B.keep touch

C.keep pace

D.put up

解析：考查动词短语辨析。语境表示跟上社会的变化发展，与社会的变化保持一致，用keep pace with表示“跟上，(与……)并驾齐驱”。

答案：C

8.(2009·保定模拟)After studying English for four years in a

university，Jane her job as an interpreter in the

capital.

A.set out

B.set up

C.took off

D.took up

解析：考查动词词组辨析。此处take up表示“从事”。前三项分别表示“出发，开始”“建立”“脱掉，起飞”，都不符合语境。

答案：D

9.(2009·郑州质检)If we this speed，we will finish

the task ahead of time.

A.hold up

B.break up

C.keep up

D.take up

解析：考查动词短语辨析。结合句意“如果我们保持目前的速度，我们将能够提前完成任务”可知，应选keep up“继续，保持”。hold up举起，耽搁；break up打碎，分解；take up开始从事，占去，显然不符合句意。

答案：C

10.(2009·郑州质检)—Which do you like better，the play or

the film？

—I the film.

A.like

B.enjoy

C.prefer

D.see

解析：考查动词辨析。上句问“你是喜欢戏剧还是电影”，答语为“我更喜欢电影”。动词prefer 呼应了前句的like better。

答案：C

11.(2009·石家庄检测)He often speaks of the trouble he

to help the orphan.

A.had

B.found

C.made

D.took

解析：考查动词的固定搭配。take the trouble to do sth.费劲去做，不怕麻烦去做某事，不辞辛劳地去做某事。

答案：D