高中英语常用动词短语测试题
1.Nowadays many teenagers want to________ from their parents and live a life _______ being
controlled.
A. break away; free from
B. break up; free of
C. break off; opposed to
D. break down; instead of
2. Old-fashioned phones matter when wireless networks _____in disasters.（13福建）
A. turn down
B. turn out
C. break down
D. break out
3. He had to pause from time to time to wipe the sweat from his forehead, because the air-conditioning system ______________.（12陕西19）
A. broke in
B. broke up
C. broke out
D. broke down
4.—How about your journey to Mount Emei ?
—Everything was wonderful except that our car _________ twice on the way .
（09四川）
A. slowed down
B. broke down
C. got down
D. put down
5. —I' m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have __ .
—So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them. （09江苏）
A. broken up
B. finished up
C. divided up
D. closed up
6. You can’t predict everything. Often things don’t ______ as you expect.
（2011江西卷）
A. run out
B. break out
C. work out
D. put out
7. I was still sleeping when the fire ____，and then it spread quickly. （2006年广东卷）
A. broke out
B. put out
C. came out
D. got out
8. His idea of having weekly family meals together，which seemed difficult at first，has
many good changes in their lives. (05重庆24)
A. got through
B. resulted from
C. turned into
D. brought about
9.Sam _____ some knowledge of the computer just by watching others working on it. （10山东27）
A. brought up
B. looked up
C. picked up
D. set up
10. Practising Chinese kung fu can not only ________ one’s strength, but also develop one’s character. (09浙江)
A. bring up
B. take up
C. build up
D. pull up
11. It’s the present situation in poor areas that much higher spending on education and training. (05北京25)
A.answers for
B. provides for
C. calls for
D. plans for
12. The Somali robbed frequent attacks on the sea urged the United Nations to all
nations to take immediate action. （09福建）
A. fight for
B. apply for
C. call on
D. wait on
13. As I grew up in a small town at the foot of a mountain，the visit to the village ______ scenes of my
childhood.(06湖北27)
A.called up
B. called for
C. called on
D. called in
14. — How did it that the secretary knew where we were?
— Maybe he had been following us.
e about
B. come across
C. come off
D. come round
15. It’s already 10 o’clock. I wonder how it that she was two hours late on such a short
trip.(06湖北25)
A.came over
B. came out
C. came about
D. came up
16.If you ______faults but you still want the bicycle, ask the shop assistant to reduce the
price. （2011安徽卷）
A. come across
B. care about
C. look for
D. focus upon
17. She ______ an old friend of hers yesterday while she was shopping at the department
store. （2011天津卷）
A. turned down
B. dealt with
C. took after
D. came across
18. Would you like to with us to the film tonight? （13新课标II）
A. come along
B. come off
C. come across
D. come through
19. The dictionary is being printed and it will soon. (05福建27)
A.turn out
B. come out
C. start out
D. go out
20. Most of us know we should cut down on fat，but knowing such things isn’t much help when it
