动词词义辨析专项练习题 11.2-11.8

练习、动词词义辨析

1.I can hardly ____ the difference between the two words.

A. point

B.speak

C.say

D.tell

2.I ____ you will write me back soon.

A. wish

B.hope

C.want

D.need

3.I asked him to ____ me a few minutes so that I could have a word with him.

A. spend

B. spare

C.save

D. share

4. Father will not ____ us to touch anything in his room when he is away.

A. have

B.let

C. agree

D. allow

5.I learned to ____ a bicycle as a small boy.

A. ride

B. drive

C. operate

D.run

6.I can ____ you to the railway station in my car.

A. send

B.pick

C.ride

D.take

7.If no one ____ the phone at home, ring me at work.

A. answers

B. returns

C. replies

D. receives

8.1 don't know the restaurant, but it's____ to be quite a good one.

A.said

B.told

C.spoken

D.talked

9. These boxes are too heavy for your mother, you'd better____ them for her.

A. bring

B. carry

C.take

D. fetch

10. There was a fight in the street yesterday. Three people were seriously ____.

A. hurt

B. killed

C. broken

D.cut

11. Careless driving ____ a lot of highway accidents.

A. affects

B. gives

C. causes

D. results

12. I've____my umbrella in the office and I'll have to fetch it.

A. forgot

B.left

C. remained

D.lost

13 .The doctor says a few days' rest in a quiet place will ____ you a lot of good.

A. make

B.do

C.give

D.get

14. His heart ____ fast when the teacher asked him a difficult question.

A. beat

B.hit

C. jumped

D.ran

15. The cooking chicken ____ very good.

A. smells

B. feels

C. sounds

D. tastes

16. Most children stay at home until they ____ school age.

A. get

e

C. reach

D. arrive

17. A single mistake here could ____ you your life.

A. pay

B.take

C. spend

D.cost

18. The boy works hard. I____ him to succeed in the exam.

A. like

B. expect

C. think

D.need

19. We ____ each other the best of luck in the examination.

A. hoped

B. wanted

C. expected

D. wished

20. I'm afraid Mr Brown isn't in. Would you like to____a message?

A.give

B.leave

C.carry

D.take

21. Do you know the girl ____ a red coat?

A. dressed in

B. had on

C. wore

D. put on

22. The assistant suggested Mary ____ the blue skirt.

A. buying

B. bought

C. to buy

D. could buy

23. Our teacher suggested Wang Lin ____ to America for further study.

A. should send

B. would be sent

C. sending

D.be sent

24. Old Mr Jackson insisted ____ to the Friendship Hospital.

A. on being sent

B. to send

C. on sending

D. being sent

25. The father insisted that their son Tom ____ clever enough to study music.

A. be

B. should be

C.was

D. would be

26.I ____ the television set for 1,500 yuan.

A. bought

B.paid

C.cost

D. spent

27.I ____ play football than basketball.

A. would rather

B. had better

C. like better

D. prefer

28. - What are you doing? - I'm looking____ the children. They should be back for lunch now.

A.after

B.at

C.for

D.up

29. The sports meet will be ____ till next week because of the bad weather.

A. put off

B. put away

C. put up

D. put down

30.I really don't want to go to the party, but I don't see how I can ____ it.

A. get back from

B. get out of

C. get away

D. get off

31. Readers can ____ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

A. get over

B. get in C; get along D. get through

32. Many foreigners ____ the Great Wall as the World's Seventh Wonder.

A. look at

B. look for

C. look around

D. look on

33.1 can' t hear clearly. Please ____ the radio ____ a little.

A.tum;on

B.tum;off

C.tum;down

D.tum;up

34. Thirty people were expected, but only twenty - four ____.

A. turned in

B. turned up

C. turned to

D. turn up

35. The child is running a high fever. We must____ a doctor at once.

A. send in

B. send out

C. send for

D. send up

36. I'm going to a pop concert with Tom. He'll ____ me at eight and we'll go there togethe;

A. call for

B. call in

C. call on

D. call up

37. It is often easier to make plans than it is to ____.

A. carry on them

B. carry out them

C. carry them on

D. carry them out

38. Your composition must be ____ after class.