高考英语经典动词及动词短语专项练习
1.The mail was ______ for two days because of the snow storm.
A. held out
B. held off
C. held up
D.
held down
2.-- Can I do the job
-- I’m afraid not, because it ______ skill and patience.
A. calls for
B. asks for
C. sends for
D.
cares for
3.The government has ______ the parents to work with teachers
in the education of their children.
A. asked for
B. called for
C. looked for
D. paid for
4.Though he is ______ worker, he works very hard.
A. an ordinary
B. a common
C. a usual
D.
a general B
5.The plan ______ just because people were unwilling to
cooperate.
A. turned down
B. pulled down
C. broke down
D.
put down
6.I don’t skate now, but I ______ when I was a kid.
A. used to
B. am used to do
C. was used to skate
D. used to it
7.Students should be encouraged to finish their homework
______.
A. of themselves
B. of their own
C. for their own
D. on their own
8.Does the way you thought of ______ the water clear make any
sense
A. making
B. to make
C. how to make
D.
having making
9.Such ______ the case, I couldn’t help but ______ him.
A. being; support
B. is; to support
C. has been;
supporting D. be; supported
10. -- And besides, these colors are more ______ you.
-- Do you really think so I’ll take it then.
A. becoming to
B. belonging to
C. referring to
D. used to
11. I simply couldn’t understand how it ______ that you did
so much work within such a short time.
A. came across
B. came about
C. came up
D.
came back
12. No agreement was reached in the discussion because neither
side would ______ to ______.
A. give away; the other
B. give up; others
C. give in; other
D. give out; another
13. Her face gave her ______ when she told a lie.
A. off
B. away
C. up
D.
out
14. I really don’t want to go to the party, but I don’t see
how I can ______ it.
A. get back from
B. get out of
C. get away
D. get off
15. And there, almost ______ in the big chair, sat her little
brother, who never had to be told to be quiet.
A. losing
B. having lost
C. to be lost
D. lost
16. Without fact, we cannot form a worthwhile opinion, for we
need to have factual knowledge ______ our thinking.
A. which to be based on
B. upon which to
base
C. which to base upon
D. to which to be
based
17. T here are many interesting books ______, but I’m at a loss
which to borrow.
A. to choose
B. for choosing
C. to be chosen
D. to choose from
18. The two sides have finally ______, though some small
differences still exist.
A. made a decision
B. reached an agreement
C. settled down
D. broken up
19. To everybody’s surprise, the fashionable young lady ______
