l         短语动词练习

1. Mary has _____ so much weight recently that she has to give away her closefitting clothes.

A. put down              B. put off              C. put on        D. put up

2. It is said that light _____ waves.

A. consists in             B. makes up of              C. is composed of  D. is consisted of

3. Drop _____ and see us any time you like.

A. in                  B. on                     C. out                   D. off

4. I ran _____ a friend of mine in the library.

A. down            B. into                   C. through             D. over

5. Tom doesn’t _____ his desk-mate and they quarreled.

A. come up with B. go with             C. put up with        D. keep up with

6. The explorers returned because they had _____ supplies of food and water.

A. run out of              B. gone out of        C. taken out of              D. run out

7. I saw a figure moving in that direction in the darkness but couldn’t _____ out who he is.

A. make             B. set                    C. put                   D. tell

8. The concert will be _____ till next month as one of the singers has hurt her throat.

A. cut off           B. put off              C. got off              D. switched off

9. The construction of the railway has been _____ by the flood.

A. held up           B. held out             C. held down         D. held on

10. Because the chairman of the board was absent, the meeting had to be _____.

A. called out              B. called on            C. called off           D. called up

11. The boy who applied to join the army was _____ because he was under the age.

A. turned away   B. turned over        C. turned down             D. turned up

12. I don’t know where Tom can be. He didn’t _____ for lessons this morning.

A. take off          B. turn up              C. put off              D. get up

13. It took him a long time to _____ the disappointment of losing the match.

A. get through            B. get over             C. get off              D. get down

14. Young children soon _____ words they hear their elders use.

A. put forward           B. look forward to  C. turn up              D. pick up

15. The incident _____ to his mind from time to time.

A. comes away   B. comes by          C. comes back              D. comes down

16. In today’s lesson we will _____ the British system of government _____ the American one.

A. compare; with       B. take; into           C. prevent; from           D. provide for

17. Plastics have _____ many conventional materials.

A. taken away            B. taken over         C. taken up with            D. taken the place of

18. China _____ launching its first man-made satellite in 1970.

A. succeeded on  B. succeeded on            C. succeeded in             D. succeeded with

19. It is difficult to _____ a conversation with all this noise around us.

A. carry on         B. bring up            C. account for              D. get through