动词和短语动词练习50题之一
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1. Ive ______ my umbrella in the office and Ill have to fetch it.
A. forgot B. left C. remained D. lost
2. Dont let yourself be ______ into doing anything you dont want to do.
A. told B. made C. talked D. asked
3. The designs of the few tools should be _____ carefully, so that we can pick out the one that best suits our job.
A. tried B. examined C. experimented D. experienced
4. The child was told to ______ for being rude to his classmate.
A. excuse B. forgive C. apologize D. pardon
5. Quite a lot of people watch TV only to ______ time.
A. waste B. spend C. kill D. enjoy
6. The lady ______ the boy with two dollars for bringing back her lost dog.
A. rewarded B. paid C. offered D. presented
7. In the middle of the grass stands a little board that ______ Keep off the grass.
A. writes B. speaks C. reads D. tells
8. --- Now day has ______.
--- OK. We have been staying up the whole night.
A. begun B. gone C. lighted D. broken
9. The open university was started to help those who ______ having a university education when they were young.
A. failed B. stopped C. passed D. missed
10. Moore is the only person who ______ my opinion.
A. shares B. agrees C. holds D. keeps
11. --- Have you got the time for tea?
--- Yes.
--- Well, Ill ______ it for you.
A. boil B. cook C. make D. do
12. The young performers ______ the audiences attention the moment the curtain went up.
A. caught B. took C. gathered D. paid
13. Full of fear, Jim ______ that someone was moving about upstairs.
A. told B. spoke C. recognized D. whispered
14. Being much too fat, Maria was advised to reduce her food for each meal, yet she would ______ that.
A. have none of B. accept C. take care of D. listen to
15. The manager has ______ to improve the working conditions in the company.
A. accepted B. allowed C. permitted D. agreed
16. --- May I speak to Mr. Thomas, please?
--- Im afraid he isnt in. Would you like to ______ a message?
A. take B. write C. leave D. tell
17. When I saw Smith, I stopped and smiled, but he ______ me and walked on.
A. ignored B. refused C. denied D. missed
18. It is so hard for people to understand his action. You can never ______ his thoughts.
A. learn B. study C. master D. read
19. Something about his manner ______ a lack of interest in what we were doing.
A. expressed B. explained C. suggested D. described
20. In Britain today women ______ 44% of the workforce, and nearly half the mothers with children are in paid work.
A. build up B. make up C. stand for D. send for
21. Lets go ______ everything and find out where the trouble was.
A. up B. on C. over D. without
22. I was telling him about my travels when he ______ with a story of his own.
A. broke in B. broke into C. broke away D. broke through
23. We had to ______ the match as the ground was too wet to play on.
A. call off B. call up C. call out D. call for
24. When Rose was looking for her passport she ______ those old photographs.
A. came out B. came from C. came across D. came on
25. The young man who stood a few meters away ______ to me and said, You cant park here.
A. came back B. came down C. came up D. came about
26. The old woman ______ all her books to the children in the village school.
A. gave away B. gave in C. gave over D. gave up
27. I read the papers to ______ whats happening in the outside world.
A. keep off B. keep back C. keep up with D. keep out of
28. He got 800 yuan a month for ______ fifteen rooms.
A. looking for B. looking forward to
C. looking after D. looking on
29. She didnt want to go to the party, so she ______ an excuse.
A. made up B. made out C. put up D. put out
30. David likes country life and has decided to ______ farming.
A. go in for B. go through C. go on to D. go with
31. Minster Street is being widened. Theyll have to ______ a lot of lovely old houses.
A. pull away B. pull down C. pull up D. pull out
32. ______ your book, and do your work first. You may read it later.
A. Put out B. Put away C. Put up D. Put on
33. Dont worry, Miss Gao. The climate here will ______ you before long.
A. get used to B. be fit for
C. agree with