历年高考动词及动词短语辨析练习题及答案

历年高考动词及动词短语辨析练习题

1.I can’t ________ the house being untidy, but I hate it if it’s not clean.

A. come up with

B. put up with

C. turn to

D. stick to

2. Clinical evidence began to ______, suggesting that the new drugs had a wider range of useful

activities than had been predicted from experiments in animals.

A. operate

B. strengthen

C. approve

D. accumulate

3. As the story ______, the truth about the strange figure is slowly discovered.

A. begins

B. happens

C. ends

D. develops

4. I’d prefer to ______ my judgment until I find all the evidence.

A. show

B. express

C. pass

D. reserve

5. Born into a family with three brothers, David was ________ to value the sense of sharing.

A. brought up

B. turn down

C. looked after

D. held back

6. What are you doing out of bed, Tom? You’re _____ to be asleep.

A. supposed

B. known

C. thought

D. considered

7. You are old enough to ________ your own living.

A. win

B. gain

C. take

D. earn

8. I _____ a bank account after I made $1,000 by doing a part-time job during the summer

vocation.

A. borrowed

B. opened

C. entered

D. ordered

9. She ______ an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department store.

A. turned down

B. dealt with

C. took after

D. came across

10. Knowledge and learning are important if we want to be successful, but they many also

_______ our thinking.

A. direct

B. limit

C. change

D. improve

11. The workers _______ the glasses and marked on each box “This Side Up”.

A. carried

B. delivered

C. pressed

D. packed

12. ——How did you like Nick’s performance last night?

——To be honest, his singing didn’t ______ to me much.

A. appeal

B. belong

C. refer

D. occur

13. ——In this day and age, women can have children and jobs as well.

——I can’t agree more. It’s great to have the two _____.

A. liked

B. related

C. connected

D. combined

14. Just as the clothes as a person wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his

time, his house _______ his personality.

A. resembles

B. strengthens

C. reflects

D. shapes

15. Your house is always so neat——how do you _______ it with three children?

A. manage

B. serve

C. adapt

D. construct

16. Thousands of people ________ to watch yesterday’s match against Ireland.

A. turned on

B. turned in

C. turned around

D. turned out

17. The new movie _______ to be one of the biggest money—makers of all time.

A. promises

B. agrees

C. pretends

D. declines

18. Practicing Chinese kung fu can not only _______ one’s strength, but also develop one’s

character.