高中英语熟词生义专项练习

高中英语熟词生义单选专项练习（1）

1.The teacher _____the lesson where she left off yesterday.

A. pulled through B .went off C. gave off D. took up

2. The disaster took away his family but with a will he finally ______

A. carried through

B. pulled out

C. got across

D. worked out

3.The 2012 Nobel Prize in literature for Mo Yan has ______ a wave of Chinese people’s appetite for serious novels in the world.

A. set up

B. set aside

C. set off

D. set down

4.Julian was in court today , and when asked for his address he said he didn’t want to _____ that information.

A. give out

B. keep out

C. hold out

D. bring out

5.After he retired from office, Tom _____painting for a while ,but soon lost interest.

A. took up

B. save up

C. kept up

D. drew up

6.How did it_____ that everyone knows my decision ? I’d been keeping the information to me.

A. come across

B. come on

C. come about

D. come out

7.It is ____of you turn down radio while she is sleeping.

A. considerate

B. considerable

C. considering

D. considered

8.I just can’t understand how he could _____her indifference to him.

A .put up with B. put off C. put on D .put through

9.In 2001 ,women made up 40 percent of the people who were hired for government jobs , which was the percentage the administration has_____

A. called for

B. arranged for

C. made for

D. take for

10.Can you make a sentence to _____the meaning of the phrase?

A. show off

B. turn out

C. bring out

D. take in

11.So far we have done a lot to build a low—carbon economy , but it is_____

ideal ,we have to worked still harder.

A. next to

B. far from

C. out of

D. due to.

12.I guess we’re already talked about this before I’ll ask you again just____

A. by nature

B. in nature

C. in case

D. by chance

13.To be mentally healthy, you need to______ good relationships with each other.

A. build up

B. put up

C. take up

D. hold up

14.Jenny worked hard before the final examination , and it _____, she got a A.

A. showed off

B. paid off

C. put off

D. took off

15.She had to _____a friend’s request to Beijing because she had signed up for the

swimming aboard.

A. call off

B. turn down

C. break up

D. put off

16.The couple _____some money every month for future even though their income

can make ends meet.

A. set off

B. set up

C. set down

D. set aside

17.Since it is getting late , we decided to _____ a small inn for the night.

A. put up

B. put off

C. put away

D. put away

18.---Do you know why the teacher asks for me?

----He wants you _____ your absence last night.

Ａ．account for B. call for C. sent for D. reach for

19.With the development of high technology, the Internet has ____ great changes

to the way we work and think.

A. brought out B .brought about C. brought back D. brought up

20.Poor preparation and shortage of equipment ____ their failure of climbing to the top of the mountain

A. resulted from

B. brought out

C. accounted for

D. approved of

21.The couple have decided to ___buying a car until the economic condition became much better

A. hold off

B. hold on

C. hold up

D. hold back

22.I don’t think your lecture____ the audience, for they appeared quite puzzled.

A. got round to

B. got across to

C. got away from

D. got along with

23.What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was___

in the traffic jam.

A. broken up

B. kept away

C. held up

D. kept up

24.Her mother _____her brother for his bad behavior.

A. told off

B. told of

C. talked for

D. spoke of

25.I don’t think your lecture_____ the audience , for they appeared quite puzzled.

A. got round to

B. got across to

C. got away from

D. got along with

26.They had ____ the office building , which then an open space a nice garden.