动词与动词词组练习

一、单选题

1.Many awful facts have shown that it is totally wrong to______________environmental protection when we develop economy.

A.adjust

B.ignore

C.advocate

D.improve

2.—Any advice for me?

—You’d better the timetable to see when the train leaves.

A.consult

B.recommend

C.remind

D.request

3.To everyone’s joy, the famous film star was _______mayor of the city.

A.adopted

B.appointed

C.obtained

D.apologised

4.Tom,don’t the poor little girl and________yourself. Did you forget the school rules?

A.make a joke about;perform

ugh at;conquer

C.make fun of;behave

D.tease;believe

5.Questions of this kind _______ my privacy and I am not willing to answer them.

A.threaten

B.enhance

C.violate

D.instruct

6.John was with $ 5000 for saving five children from the burning building.

A.offered

B.awarded

C.rewarded

D.praised

7.Some analysts suspected that the rebellion was _______ and financed by a western country.

unched

B.backed

C.evaluated

D.crushed

8.New York ________ second in the production of apples, producing 850,000,000 pounds this year.

A.ranked

B.occupied

C.arranged

D.classified

9.You’d better call the airline to _______ your flight reservation a week before you leave for Ottawa.

A.confirm

B.account

C.charge

D.recognize

10.A biblical idiom is often an expression that ________ the moral of a story and gives the audience a picture to help them understand the story better.

pensates

B.underlines

C.accomplishes

D.substitutes

11.He ________ to improve the working arrangements.

A.forbade

B.undertook

C.objected

D.bothered

12.Sadly, as spending on private houses has _______, spending on apartments has generally declined. A.lifted B.flown C.heightened D.soared

13.My printer is five years old, so I’d like to ______ it and purchase a new one online.

A.delete

B.retire

C.refresh

D.declare

14.—Why did you fail the exam?

—I had to _______ two poets from different time periods. But I only knew of one.

A.clarify

B.contrast

C.criticize

D.classify

15.To keep fit, my uncle______cycling as a regular form of exercise after retirement.

A.picked up

B.came up

C.turned up

D.took up

16.______the past, I regretted I had wasted so much wonderful time.

A.Looking back at

B.Looking over

C.Looking up

D.Looking out

17.Work on the building site has been _______ by bad weather.

A.held on

B.held off

C.held up

D.held out

18.Yesterday I tried to call you several times but I couldn’t __________ to you.

A.call up

B.ring up

C.get through

D.go through

19.—Listening to language recording in bed seems like an easy way to _______ some new vocabulary.

—But does this learning method actually work?

A.polish up

B.make up

C.pick up

D.build up

20.—What happened? Your boss seems to _______.

—Didn’t you know his secretary leaked the secret report to the press?

A.be over the moon

ugh his head off

C.be all ears

D.fly off the handle

21.Much work is needed to ensure that by 2020 the percentage of students who ________ school during the nine-year compulsory education period is reduced to less than 5 percent.

A.sign up for

B.drop out of

C.hold on to

D.fall back on

22.According to the law, anyone who destroyed the forest will not _________ what he has done.

A.get away from

B.get along with

e up with

D.get away with

23.His success_____his hard work.

A.results in

B.results from

C.lies on

D.roots in

24.His rude remarks ___ the quarrel between them.

A.set off

B.set up

C.set out

D.set in

25.Young children should be ____ to be honest and equal.

A.brought out

B.brought up

C.brought down

D.brought in