高考英语常考动词和动词短语练习

2017年河北省献县第三中学高考英语常考动词和动词短语练习

1、I can't help but ______ for another week because of the bad weather.

A. wait

B. waiting

C. to wait

D. waited

2、If you keep driving so fast, you'll ______ in hospital sooner or later.

A. take up

B. end up

C. turn up

D. pick up

3、What matters most i s not to ________more products but to polish up the quality and reduce the cost.

A. make out

B. turn out

C. take out

D. give out

4、 A great collection left in private hands was the subject of crazy bidding at Sotheby’s in Hong Kong on Wednesday, which ________HK $ 502m, well over twice the top estimate.

A. fetched

B. charged

C. afforded

D. valued

5、 A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said that US arms sales to Taiwan interfere with China's internal affairs and _______three China-US joint statements.

A. commit

B. violate

C. offend

D. destroy

6、The gap between the rich and the poor makes it essential that t he government _____ a dynamic solution to the problem.

A. must adopt

B. adopt

C. can adopt

D. adopts

7、Readers can _______ quite well without knowing the exact meaning of each word.

A. get over

B. get in

C. get along

D. get through

8、Shenzhen will ________ the city’s minimum wage from 4.89 yuan per hour to 8.8 yuan for part-time workers in the special economic zone from July 1

A. rise

B. raise

C. arise

D. arouse

9、--What will we do tomorrow?

-- It is unclear whether the meeting will ________ as planned.

A. go up

B. go over

C. go ahead

D. go through

10、Sixteen years later, in 1884, the Metropolitan Railway Company and the Metropolitan

District Railway________ and provided underground service in the middle of the city.

A.gave up

B.set up

C.linked up

D.turned up

11、The university is taking steps to _______ underage drinking on campus.

A. catch up on

B. look down on

C. hold on to

D. crack down on

12、Called the Hyades, this loose gang of stars ______ roughly 150 light-years from Earth, m aking it one of the closest clusters.

A. lie

B. lies

C. lay

D. lain

13、We feel grateful to them for their efforts to ______ pollution ______ our environment better.

A. prevent; making

B. protect; from making

C. protect; to make

D. prevent; to make

14、The book ______ fifty maps or so, ______ three of China.

A. contains; including

B. includes; containing

C. contains; containing

D. includes; including

15、His confidence ______ his good knowledge of the business.

A. results in

B. results from

C. as a result of

D. results with

16、–When can we have dinner?

--It ______ in the canteen.

A. is being served

B. is served

C. serves

D. is serving

17、The conflict between economic development and environmental protection, if not appropriately _________, can cause disastrous consequences in daily life settings.

A. being managed

B. to manage

C. managed

D. managing

18、I don’t want to walk any further. My legs________.

A. give out.

B. use up.

C. wear out.

D. give up

19、This software______ protect computers from being attacked by viruses and it took my brother a long time to ______ how to start it.

A. is intended for; come out

B. intends to ; turn out

C. is mean to; figure out

D. is meant for; work out

20、Hard work and lack of sleep have _____ her beauty and youth in recent years.

A. worn out

B. tried out

C. made out

D. sent out

21、The four Twilight books, the first of which ____ in 2005, have set records as the biggest selling novel in USA.

A. turned out

B. come out

C. stood out

D. made out

22、---The fog in your city must have been very thick; if not, you would have been here as scheduled.

---Yes. Our flight _________ by the thick frog.

A. has put off

B. was put off

C. had been put off

D. put off

23、New York State has passed a law requiring that all legal contracts _______ in simple, understandable English.

A. be written

B. written

C. to be written

D. write

24、I need to be more mature and ready to ______ my mistakes.

A. hold on to

B. cut off

C. make up for

D. take up

25、When he came in, the guests _____ and _____ for the concert.

A. all seated, waiting

B. all seated, waited

C. were all seated, waiting

D. were all seating, waiting

26、Cleaning women in big cities usually get _____ by the hour.

A. pay

B. paying

C. paid

D. to pay

27、I need one more stamp before my collection _____.