上海中考英语专项练习-动词短语 练习卷一和参考答案

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动词短语练习卷一

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一、Choose the best answer

( ) 1. I’m hungry. I’d like something to ____.

A. see

B. read

C. eat

D. drink

( ) 2. We ____ carefully but we could ____ nothing. A. heard; listen B. heard; listen to

C. listened; hear

D. listened to; hear

( ) 3. Can she ____ the difference between the two words?

A. speak

B. say

C. talk

D. tell

( ) 4. There’s going to ____ an English Speech Competition in our school next Friday.

A. have

B. be

C. open

D. hold

( ) 5. ----Do you like the songs sung by Backstreet Boys?

----Yes. They ____ really beautiful.

A. feel

B. sound

C. listen

D. hear

( ) 6. It ____ me about two days to finish reading the novel.

A. used

B. took

C. paid

D. spent

( ) 7. Do you know the boy ____ under the big tree? A. lay B. lain C. laying D. lying

( ) 8. My mother used to ____ me two stories at least before I went to bed.

A. say

B. speak

C. tell

D. talk

( ) 9. ---- May I speak to Alan, please?

----I’m afraid he isn’t in. Would you like to ____ a message?

A. take

B. tell

C. write

D. leave

( ) 10. We had twenty miles to walk to ____ the nearest railway station.

A. get

B. arrive

C. reach

D. return

( ) 11. ----How long may I ____ the dictionary? ---- For two weeks.

A. borrow

B. lend

C. buy

D. keep

( ) 12. ----Do you think our basketball team will win the match?

----They have better players, but I still ____ our team to win.

A. hope

B. ask

C. help

D. expect

( ) 13. Mrs Zhao doesn’t know what time it is because she has ____her watch in the hotel.

A. stayed

B. forgot

C. left

D. took

( ) 14. She likes traveling by air but it ____ too much.

A. pays

B. costs

C. takes

D. spends

( ) 15. I don’t like this skirt. Please ____ me another. A. show B. try C. put D. look

( ) 16. My computer doesn’t ___ Can you ____ for me?

A. use; save it

B. move; fix it

C. walk; repair it

D. work; fix it up

( ) 17. All of us helped her with her English, so she didn’t ____.

A. fall off

B. fall down

C. fall behind

D. fall over

( ) 18. ____ my father’s help, I learned to ride the bicycle.

A. Thank to

B. Thank for

C. Thank

D. Thanks to

( ) 19. The old man asked his son to ____ the new word himself in a dictionary.

A. look for

B. look up

C. look at

D. look into ( ) 20. Jonny came here to ____ that everything was all right.

A. think over

B. look over

C. try out

D. make sure

( ) 21. ----Can I ____ your motorbike?

----Yes, of course. But you mustn’t ___ it to others. A. have; borrow B. borrow; lend

C. carry; lend

D. use; keep

( ) 22. Lucy, could you please help me ____ the map on the wall? We need it now.

A. put away

B. put on

C. put off

D. put up ( ) 23. He ____ hard and finally ____ the language well.

A. studied; learned

B. learned; studied

C. learns; learned

D. studies; studied

( ) 24. ----This car was ____ Tokyo.

----Oh, how cool it looks!

A. made by

B. made of

C. made into

D. made in ( ) 25. The headteacher asked the students to stop ___ and ____ to her.

A. to talk; listened

B. talking; listen

C. talking; listening

D. to talk; listen

( ) 26. Hurry up, or you will ____ the ship.

A. catch

B. take

C. lose

D. miss

( ) 27. Please ____ before you cross the road.

A. look up

B. look yourself

C. look around

D. look again

( ) 28. Finally, the plane ____ safely at the airport in Chicago.

A. took

B. stopped

C. landed

D. reached ( ) 29. Although her grandmother ____ for about five years, she still misses her very much.

A. has died

B. dead

C. died

D. has been dead ( ) 30. ----I’m afraid his radio is too noisy. Will you please ____ him to ____? ----Sure.

A. make; turn it off

B. allow; turn it on

C. ask; turn it down

D. keep; turn it up

( ) 31. It is quite warm in the room. Why don’t you ____ your coat?