高中英语熟词生义专项练习

高中英语熟词生义单选专项练习(1) 1.The teacher _____the lesson where she left off yesterday. A. pulled through B .went off C. gave off D. took up 2. The disaster took away his family but with a will he finally ______ A. carried through B. pulled out C. got across D. worked out 3.The 2012 Nobel Prize in literature for Mo Yan has ______ a wave of Chinese people’s appetite for serious novels in the world. A. set up B. set aside C. set off D. set down 4.Julian was in court today , and when asked for his address he said he didn’t want to _____ that information. A. give out B. keep out C. hold out D. bring out 5.After he retired from office, Tom _____painting for a while ,but soon lost interest. A. took up B. save up C. kept up D. drew up 6.How did it_____ that everyone knows my decision ? I’d been keeping the information to me. A. come across B. come on C. come about D. come out 7.It is ____of you turn down radio while she is sleeping. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. considered 8.I just can’t understand how he could _____her indifference to him. A .put up with B. put off C. put on D .put through 9.In 2001 ,women made up 40 percent of the people who were hired for government jobs , which was the percentage the administration has_____ A. called for B. arranged for C. made for D. take for 10.Can you make a sentence to _____the meaning of the phrase? A. show off B. turn out C. bring out D. take in 11.So far we have done a lot to build a low—carbon economy , but it is_____ ideal ,we have to worked still harder. A. next to B. far from C. out of D. due to. 12.I guess we’re already talked about this before I’ll ask you again just____ A. by nature B. in nature C. in case D. by chance 13.To be mentally healthy, you need to______ good relationships with each other. A. build up B. put up C. take up D. hold up 14.Jenny worked hard before the final examination , and it _____, she got a A. A. showed off B. paid off C. put off D. took off 15.She had to _____a friend’s request to Beijing because she had signed up for the swimming aboard. A. call off B. turn down C. break up D. put off 16.The couple _____some money every month for future even though their income can make ends meet. A. set off B. set up C. set down D. set aside 17.Since it is getting late , we decided to _____ a small inn for the night. A. put up B. put off C. put away D. put away 18.---Do you know why the teacher asks for me? ----He wants you _____ your absence last night. A.account for B. call for C. sent for D. reach for 19.With the development of high technology, the Internet has ____ great changes to the way we work and think. A. brought out B .brought about C. brought back D. brought up 20.Poor preparation and shortage of equipment ____ their failure of climbing to the top of the mountain A. resulted from B. brought out C. accounted for D. approved of 21.The couple have decided to ___buying a car until the economic condition became much better A. hold off B. hold on C. hold up D. hold back 22.I don’t think your lecture____ the audience, for they appeared quite puzzled. A. got round to B. got across to C. got away from D. got along with 23.What a pity! I missed meeting my boss at the airport because my car was___ in the traffic jam. A. broken up B. kept away C. held up D. kept up 24.Her mother _____her brother for his bad behavior. A. told off B. told of C. talked for D. spoke of 25.I don’t think your lecture_____ the audience , for they appeared quite puzzled. A. got round to B. got across to C. got away from D. got along with 26.They had ____ the office building , which then an open space a nice garden. A. pulled down B. taken down C .turned down D. Poured down 27.------You have been invited to attend an opening ceremony this weekend ,sir. --------I can’t ______this as I will some more important things to do then. A. contribute to B. resign to C .submit to D. sacrifice to 28.If you want to ring her , you’ll have to her number in the telephone book. A. refer to B. watch out C. see through D. look up 29.Under good treatment in the hospital , the old woman is beginning to ___and will soon recover. A. wake up B. show up C. pick up D. grow up 30.Thanks to the great efforts by citizens and the journalists’ determination to___ the truth ,anti---corruption (反腐败) has been accelerating. A. take out B. check out C. pick out D. dig out 31.The fridge door won’t shut because there’s something _____ A. putting out B. stick out C. running out D. carrying out 32.-----Mrs White looks elegant and attractive tonight . ------he red dress ____her hidden beauty. A. gives out B. takes out C. lets out D. brings out 33.If you suspect that the illness might be serious , you should not ____going to be a doctor A. put off B. hold on C. put aside D .hold up 34.Though the suspect refused to admit that he had precious diamond at first , he _____and admitted everything when he was showed the videotape. A. broke off B. broke away C. broke down D. broke into 35.The people cut off by the tide (洪水)were told to ____, help would soon reach them. A. hold up B. hold off C. hold on D. hold back 36.A large amount of environmental damage has been ______ by the destruction of the rainforest . A. brought up B. brought about C. brought down D. brought out 37.The lift _____, so we had to walk up the stairs . A. broke out B. broke off C. broke down D. broke up 38.I was sad at the result but I control myself and ______ a smile on the face. A. put up B. put away C. put on D. put off 27.At the Nuclear Security Summit, all the leaders discussed the plan they would like to see _____ in the near future. A. carry out B. carrying out C. to carry out D. carried out