新初三自招语法分专题训练题集
动词和短语动词
1. I’ve ______ my umbrella in the office and I’ll have to fetch it.
A. forgot B. left C. remained D. lost
2. Don’t let yourself be ______ into doing anything you don’t 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, I’ll ______ it for you.
A. boil B. cook C. make D. do
12. The young performers ______ the audience’s 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?
--- I’m afraid he isn’t 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. Let’s 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 can’t 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 ______ what’s 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 didn’t 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. They’ll 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. Don’t worry, Miss Gao. The climate here will ______ you before long.
A. get used to B. be fit for C. agree with D. get on with
34. --- Mum, it is nice. I want to skate this afternoon.
--- Don’t you think the ice on the lake is too thin to _____ your weight?
A. lift B. bear C. catch D. take
35. --- What time will you go off to Washington, D.C.?
--- I’m not sure. It ______ the weather.
A. depends on B. lies in C. asks for D. deals with
36. It seems difficult to ______ hurt from injure in meaning.
A. judge B. divide C. tell D. separate
37. Although the working mother is very busy, she still ______ a lot of time to her children.
A. devotes B. spends C. offers D. provides
38. --- That’s a lovely dress.
--- Do you think so? My aunt gave it to me for my birthday, but I don’t _____ the color.
A. interest in B. care for C. please with D. fond of
39. The college is planning to offer more English courses to ______ the needs of beginners of English.
A. continue B. meet C. deal D. solve
40. The period ______ dance classes increases gradually from two or three hours a day to five or six.
A. referred to B. kept to C. got to D. given to
41. If you do not feel well, you should not ______ going to see a doctor.
A. pick out B. give off C. put off D. make out
42. A good writer must ______ what he writes with what has happened around him.
A. connect B. think C. join D. know
43. We want our children to know that hard work ______.
A. comes off B. gives off C. pays off D. sees off
44. We can’t wait. We have to ______ the direction and the distance before we take action.
A. pull out B. figure out C. think out D. turn out
45. It ______ to look after these naughty grandchildren of mine for a whole day.
A. puts me down B. drives me out
C. wears me out D. pulls me through
46. The host stood at the door and ______ every guest a welcome.
A. nodded B. wished C. shouted D. moved
47. We ______ what we have said at the meeting.
A. lead to B. see to C. get to D. hold to
48. --- Your tie looks smart. It ______ with your shirt perfectly.
--- Thanks. I’m glad you like it.
A. suits B. meets C. agrees D. goes
49. She had a kind nature, so that she quickly ______ the friendship of her classmates.
A. made B. won C. caught D. seized
50. --- Will another fifty be enough?
--- Just twenty will ______.
A. work B. do C. suit D. fit