1. —How much did the guy ________ you to fix your 4G mobile phone?
—I don’t remember，but it was quite a lot.
A．cost
B．spend
C．charge
D．take
2．I called her nearly ten minutes this morning，but I couldn’t________．
A．get through
B．go through
C．live through
D．look through
3．If you do fall out of the boat，your life jacket will help you to ________until we can find you out.
A．stay up
B．come up
C．make up
D．stand up
4．Everyone should learn something about first aid，for every second will ________ in an emergency.
A．play
B．count
C．happen
D．show
5．—If we take a plane，we’ll of course have arrived in London by the next weekend.
—Don’t be too sure.We should ________ the weather factor.What shall we do if it is foggy?
A．look for
B．allow for
C．prepare for
D．use for
6．Faced with a problem，you have to ________ it first，and then try to find a solution.
A．resemble
B．substitute
C．concentrate
D．analyze
7．Evidence obtained from observation and experiment is often used to ________ a scientific theory.
A．confirm
B．claim
C．conclude
D．calculate
8． The little boy was so careless with his spelling that he often ________ letters from words.
A．left out
B．left behind
C．left off
D．let alone
9．Even if the treatment ________，there’s still no magic pill for patients in the late stage of AIDS.
A．does
B．uses
C．works
D．helps
10．The government has agreed to pay the firms extra sums to ________ for their financial losses.
A．make up
B．bring up
C．fill up
D．look up
11．She’s been off school for a month，so the teacher personally helped her to ________ the lessons she had missed.
A．take up
B．make up
C．work out
D．carry out
12．Under the new traffic regulations，ignoring traffic lights will ________ a punishment of six points，double the previous one.
A．adapt to
B．contribute to
C．lie in
D．result in
13．If you want to know the flight schedule，please ______ at the booking office.
A．inquire
B．acquire
C．require
D．request
14．It was the man________ on the bed with his eyes open who ________the book open on the desk just now.
A．lain；lay
B．lying；laid
C．lay；lay
D．lying；lied
15．Unless all his demands were ________，he would refuse to sign the agreement，he insisted.
A．met
B．permitted
C．allowed
D．replied
16．Now in China many young people ________ important positions in the government.
A．seize
B．catch
C．grasp
D．hold
17．To the great disappointment of the poor workers，a great part of their wages were ________ by the boss for no reason.
A．kept away
B．kept off
C．kept up
D．kept back
18．The book didn’t ________ children probably because the author employed too many scientific terms in it.
A．apply to
B．appeal to
C．intend to
D．lead to
19．He didn’t ________ what I read because his mind was on something else.
A．hold on
B．catch on
C．take in
D．get over
20．I think Jack will ________ a good monitor，so I’d like to vote for him.
A．turn
B．change
C．make
D．elect
21． When he was driving home，he was stopped by the policeman and was________of speeding.
A．charged
B．blamed
C．warned
D． accused
22． We tend to________happiness with freedom，but，as a psychotherapist and writer has observed，without obstacles to our desires it’s harder to know what we want，or where we’re heading.
A．combine
B．compare
C．equip
D．equate
23．Hillary Clinton，at the first official event of her presidential campaign，________the ideas that she said will be at the heart of her campaign.
A．spelt out
B．cross out
C．made up
D．covered up
24．The young backpacker always________at the youth hotel when he’s in Kathmandu.
A．puts up
B．sets down
C．comes about
D．takes up
25．It might have________your notice but I am very busy at the moment.
A．quit
B．neglected
C．escaped
D．denied
26．It’s obvious that getting these historic sites recognized by the world is helpful for preserving and repairing them，as it________their extreme importance and value.
A．associates
B．symbolizes
C．stresses
D．abolishes
27．We have no doubt that if the students’ interest in the subject is aroused，they will________the challenge and commit more of their time and energy to their studies.
A．face up to
B．keep pace with
C．put up with
D．live up to
28．—Do you know the story of Niulang and Zhinü？
—Of course.Their love story was________as an example for hundreds of years in China.
A．taken up
B．kept up
C．picked up
D．held up
29．Peter was a heart breaker.He deserted his wife the moment his business began to ________．
A．take up
B．take out
C．take over
D．take off
30．He started school the same day as I did and________to it like a duck to water.
A．appealed
B．took
C．catered
D．saw