2、   动词短语：以考纲词汇表所列动词短语为主进行复习，这些短语是比较

活跃的常见短语，也是考生不易得分的短语；

1) News reports say peace talks between the two countries____ with no agreement reached.

A. have broken down   B. have broken out  C. have broken in D. have broken up

正确答案A。break down“中断，失败”，break out“爆发”，break in“打

断”，break up“打碎，拆散”。

2) If English is not our first language you can often be puzzled by ways of expression that the native speaker of English does not even have to ______.

A. think out     B. think about    C. think over    D. think for

正确答案为B。think out“想出，琢磨透”，think about“考虑，思索”，think over

“反复考虑，斟酌”，think for非固定搭配。

3) I was _____ in the middle of my call because I had no more pennies to put in the box.

A. broken in      B. cut off        C. hung up        D. cut down

   正确答案B，意思为“（打电话过程中电话被）切断”。break in “闯入”，hang up “挂断电话” 该词组不能用被动语态，cut down“减少、降低”。

4) Mrs. Smith _____ tears when she had heard her daughter had died in the road accident.

   A. broke in       B. broke up     C. broke through     D. broke into

   正确答案D, break into “突然……(起来) ”，例如：break into cheer“突然欢呼起来”， break into a run“突然跑起来”。broke in “闯入，打断”，broke up“解散，解体”，broke through“突破，突围”。

5) The American pianist who had been praised highly _____ to be a great disappointment.

   A. turned on     B. turned over    C. turned out     D. turned down

  正确答案C, turn out意思为“原来是，（结果）竟然是”。

6) When at the party, be sure not to _____ from the person who tries to encourage you in conversation.

   A. turn away    B. turn down     C. turn off       D. turn back

   正确答案A，该词组可以与起后from搭配表示“走开，离开”。turn down “拒绝，调小(音量)”， turn off “熄灭，关掉”， turn back “返回”。

7) The editor told me if I could _____ my story to 2,000 words, they would take it.

   A. cut short      B. cut off        C. cut down     D. cut out

   正确答案A，意思为“剪短，削短”。cut off“截止，中断供应”，cut down“减少”，cut on smoking“减少吸烟”。cut out“删除，划掉”。

8) Now that we have lost all the money, it’s no use _____ me and saying it’s all my fault.

A. talking on    B. coming on     C. counting on   D. turning on

正确答案D，意思为“对……发怒， 向……突然袭击”。The dog

turned on the boy and bit him in the leg.“那条狗向那个男孩扑去，在他的腿上咬了一口。” talk on “谈论 ”，come on“偶遇”，count on“依赖”。

9) The city government is going to take measures to ______ the price.

A. bring down   B. put down      C. turn down     D. settle down

正确答案A, 意思为“降低”; put down“记下，镇压，熄灭”，settle down“定居，安家”。

 10) Attendances at cinemas have _____ greatly since the invention of TV sets.

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

正确答案B, 意思为“跌落，减少”。drop in at (some place), drop in on sb“偶然拜访”。drop out “脱离，中途退出”。 例如：Smith dropped out of the team. 史密斯不参加那个队了。

     高三词汇复习要对以下动词短语进行整理，把握好它们的用法有利于语言表达的丰富，生动。

break down  break up  break out  break in  call at  call out   call on  call for

come down  come up  come in  come out  come on  come across  come along

get along  get away  get back  get down  get in  get on  get off   get through  give back  give in  give out  give away  give up  go away  go by  go on  go out  go over  look after  look at  look for  look out  look forward to   make up   make out  make from  make in  make fun of  put away  put on  put up  put out  put down  take in  take out  take away  take on  take down  take up  take off  take place  turn into  turn off  turn on   turn to   turn down   turn up  turn out  turn over  set out  set up  set off   set free   work on  work out  carry on   carry out    hear from  hear of   join in   join up   pay for   pay off  pick up   pick out  point to   point out

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