高考英语短语动词精练详解
1. To our surprise the stranger _____ to be an old friend of my mothers.
A. turned out B. turned up
C. set out D. set up
2. All the girls swam in the lake except two, who _____ halfway.
A. gave off B. gave up
C. gave away D. gave out
3. If the new arrangement doesnt _____, well go back to the old one.
A. work over B. work out
C. work up D. work in
4. Have great changes taken place in your village? Yes, A new school was ______in the village last year.
A. held up B. set up
C. sent up D. brought up
5. I had to ______ because someone else wanted to use the phone.
A. give up B. put up
C. hang up D. ring up
6. Elephants would ______ if men were allowed to shoot as many as they wished.
A. die down B. die out
C. die away D. die off
7. My study of biology has ____ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.
A. taken off B. taken down
C. taken up D. taken away
8. The plan ___ just because people were unwilling to co-operate(合作).
A. broke down B. pulled down
C. turned down D. put down
9. 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
10. John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to ____all his trousers to his measure.
A. let out B. give away
C. bring in D. make up
11. I can ______ some noise while Im studying, but I cant stand very loud noise.
A. put up with B. get rid of
C. have effect on D. keep away from
12. The mother often tells her son to be a good boy, warning him to ______ trouble.
A. hold back from B. keep out of
C. break away from D. get rid of
13. To my surprise, the manager _____30 dollars from my salary without any good reason.
A. cut off B. held up
C. brought down D. kept back
14. Steven has a lot of work to ______ in the office since he has been away for quite a few days.
A. take up B. make up
C. work out D. carry out
15. Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was
unwilling to _______.
A. give out B. give in
C. give away D. give off
16. You should ______ what your parents expect of you.
A. live up to B. stand up to
C. look up to D. run up to
17. I can hardly believe my eyes. What a poor composition you have_______. There are so many wrong spellings in it.
A. turned into B. turned off
C. turned to D. turned in
18. Why dont we go for a picnic this weekend? Good idea! I would ______ the car and youll prepare the food.
A. look after B. take care of
C. see about D get down to
19. How I wish that I could _____my ideas in simple and wonderful English when chatting on the net.
A. set out B. set off
C. set over D. set up
20. Some kinds of animals can _______ the colour of their surroundings.
A. take on B. dress up
C. put on D. get into
【答案与解析】
1. 选A。turn out 意为结果是，原来是等；turn up 意为找到,发现，出现,开大音量等；set out 意为开始，出发，陈述等；set up 意为设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录)，提出等。
2. 选B.give up 意为放弃；give out 意为分发，发出(气味、热等)，发表，用尽，精疲力竭；
give away意为送掉，分发，放弃，泄露，出卖；give off 意为发出(蒸汽、光等)，长出（枝、杈等）。
3. 选B。work out 在此表示有预期结果；work over 意为调查，重做；work up 意为逐步建立，逐步发展；work in 意为配合，引进 。
4. 选B。set up 意为建立；hold up 意为举起，支撑，继续下去，阻挡，拦截；send up 意为发出，射出，长出，使上升；bring up 意为教育，培养，提出。
5. 选C。give up 指放弃，put up 指举起，架起，修建，张贴等，hang up 指挂断(电话)，ring up 指给某人打电话。
6. 选B。die away 指(声音、风、光线等)渐息，渐弱；die down 指(慢慢)熄灭，平静下来；die off 指一个一个地死去；die out 指(家族、种族、习俗、观念等)灭绝，绝迹。
7. 选C。take up 意为开始(学习或从事等)，继续，占去，接纳，提出；take off意为脱下，起飞，打折，请假；take away 意为取走；take down 意为写下，拆下。
8. 选A。break down意为中止，毁掉，压倒，停顿，倒塌；pull down 意为摧毁，推翻，使降低，使身体变差；turn down 意为拒绝，关小音量，减弱，降低；put down 意为放下，拒绝，镇压，削减，记下。
9. 选B。call for 意为要求，提倡；ask for 意为请求，索要；look for 意为寻找；pay for 意为为付钱。
10. 选A。let out 意为放掉，泄露，放大，出租；give away 意为送掉，分发，放弃，泄露, 出卖，让步；bring in 意为生产， 挣得，介绍引进；make up 意为弥补，虚构，缝制，整理，和解，编辑，化妆。
11. 选A。put up with 意为忍受，容忍；get rid of 意为摆脱，消除，去掉；have effect on 意为对有影响；keep away from意为远离，不接近。
12. 选B。hold back from 意为向隐瞒；keep out of 意为使在之外；break away from 意为脱离；get rid of 意为摆脱，消除，去掉。
13. 选D。keep back 意为扣下，留下，阻挡，隐瞒；hold up意为举起，支撑；bring down 意为打倒，击落，打死，降低；cut off 意为切断，断绝 。
14. 选B。make up 意为弥补，虚构，整理，编辑，化妆；take up 意为拿起，开始从事，继续，吸收；work out 意为计算出，设计出，有预期结果；carry out 意为完成，实现，贯彻，执行。
15. 选B。give in 意为让步，屈服，上交；give away 意为分发，赠送，背弃，出卖，泄漏；
give off 意为发出(光、热、声音、气味等)；give out 意为分发，散发，用完，耗尽，垮掉，失灵，出故障，发表，公布，发出(热、声音、信号等)。
16. 选A。live up to 意为实践，做到；stand up to 意为勇敢地抵抗；look up to 意为尊敬，仰望；run up to 意为达到，积累到。
17. 选D。turn in 意为上交，归还；turn into 意为进入，(使)变成；turn to 意为转向，变成，求助于，致力于；turn off 意为关掉，避开 。
18. 选C。see about 意为查询，留意于；look after和take care of均表示为照顾,关心； get down to 意为开始认真考虑。
19. 选A。set out 意为陈述，陈列，出发，开始；set off 意为出发，动身；set over 意为移交，置于上，指派管理；set up意为设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录)，提出。
20. 选A。take on 意为披上，呈现，具有，雇用，接纳，流行；dress up 意为打扮，装饰，伪装；put on 意为穿上，把放在上，装出，增加；get into意为进入，陷入，穿上。
1. To our surprise the stranger _____ to be an old friend of my mothers.
A. turned out B. turned up
C. set out D. set up
2. All the girls swam in the lake except two, who _____ halfway.
A. gave off B. gave up
C. gave away D. gave out
3. If the new arrangement doesnt _____, well go back to the old one.
A. work over B. work out
C. work up D. work in
4. Have great changes taken place in your village? Yes, A new school was ______in the village last year.
A. held up B. set up
C. sent up D. brought up
5. I had to ______ because someone else wanted to use the phone.
A. give up B. put up
C. hang up D. ring up
6. Elephants would ______ if men were allowed to shoot as many as they wished.
A. die down B. die out
C. die away D. die off
7. My study of biology has ____ much of my spare time, but it has given me a great deal of enjoyment.
A. taken off B. taken down
C. taken up D. taken away
8. The plan ___ just because people were unwilling to co-operate(合作).
A. broke down B. pulled down
C. turned down D. put down
9. 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
10. John has put on so much weight recently that his mother has to ____all his trousers to his measure.
A. let out B. give away
C. bring in D. make up
11. I can ______ some noise while Im studying, but I cant stand very loud noise.
A. put up with B. get rid of
C. have effect on D. keep away from
12. The mother often tells her son to be a good boy, warning him to ______ trouble.
A. hold back from B. keep out of
C. break away from D. get rid of
13. To my surprise, the manager _____30 dollars from my salary without any good reason.
A. cut off B. held up
C. brought down D. kept back
14. Steven has a lot of work to ______ in the office since he has been away for quite a few days.
A. take up B. make up
C. work out D. carry out
15. Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was
unwilling to _______.
A. give out B. give in
C. give away D. give off
16. You should ______ what your parents expect of you.
A. live up to B. stand up to
C. look up to D. run up to
17. I can hardly believe my eyes. What a poor composition you have_______. There are so many wrong spellings in it.
A. turned into B. turned off
C. turned to D. turned in
18. Why dont we go for a picnic this weekend? Good idea! I would ______ the car and youll prepare the food.
A. look after B. take care of
C. see about D get down to
19. How I wish that I could _____my ideas in simple and wonderful English when chatting on the net.
A. set out B. set off
C. set over D. set up
20. Some kinds of animals can _______ the colour of their surroundings.
A. take on B. dress up
C. put on D. get into
【答案与解析】
1. 选A。turn out 意为结果是，原来是等；turn up 意为找到,发现，出现,开大音量等；set out 意为开始，出发，陈述等；set up 意为设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录)，提出等。
2. 选B.give up 意为放弃；give out 意为分发，发出(气味、热等)，发表，用尽，精疲力竭；
give away意为送掉，分发，放弃，泄露，出卖；give off 意为发出(蒸汽、光等)，长出（枝、杈等）。
3. 选B。work out 在此表示有预期结果；work over 意为调查，重做；work up 意为逐步建立，逐步发展；work in 意为配合，引进 。
4. 选B。set up 意为建立；hold up 意为举起，支撑，继续下去，阻挡，拦截；send up 意为发出，射出，长出，使上升；bring up 意为教育，培养，提出。
5. 选C。give up 指放弃，put up 指举起，架起，修建，张贴等，hang up 指挂断(电话)，ring up 指给某人打电话。
6. 选B。die away 指(声音、风、光线等)渐息，渐弱；die down 指(慢慢)熄灭，平静下来；die off 指一个一个地死去；die out 指(家族、种族、习俗、观念等)灭绝，绝迹。
7. 选C。take up 意为开始(学习或从事等)，继续，占去，接纳，提出；take off意为脱下，起飞，打折，请假；take away 意为取走；take down 意为写下，拆下。
8. 选A。break down意为中止，毁掉，压倒，停顿，倒塌；pull down 意为摧毁，推翻，使降低，使身体变差；turn down 意为拒绝，关小音量，减弱，降低；put down 意为放下，拒绝，镇压，削减，记下。
9. 选B。call for 意为要求，提倡；ask for 意为请求，索要；look for 意为寻找；pay for 意为为付钱。
10. 选A。let out 意为放掉，泄露，放大，出租；give away 意为送掉，分发，放弃，泄露, 出卖，让步；bring in 意为生产， 挣得，介绍引进；make up 意为弥补，虚构，缝制，整理，和解，编辑，化妆。
11. 选A。put up with 意为忍受，容忍；get rid of 意为摆脱，消除，去掉；have effect on 意为对有影响；keep away from意为远离，不接近。
12. 选B。hold back from 意为向隐瞒；keep out of 意为使在之外；break away from 意为脱离；get rid of 意为摆脱，消除，去掉。
13. 选D。keep back 意为扣下，留下，阻挡，隐瞒；hold up意为举起，支撑；bring down 意为打倒，击落，打死，降低；cut off 意为切断，断绝 。
14. 选B。make up 意为弥补，虚构，整理，编辑，化妆；take up 意为拿起，开始从事，继续，吸收；work out 意为计算出，设计出，有预期结果；carry out 意为完成，实现，贯彻，执行。
15. 选B。give in 意为让步，屈服，上交；give away 意为分发，赠送，背弃，出卖，泄漏；
give off 意为发出(光、热、声音、气味等)；give out 意为分发，散发，用完，耗尽，垮掉，失灵，出故障，发表，公布，发出(热、声音、信号等)。
16. 选A。live up to 意为实践，做到；stand up to 意为勇敢地抵抗；look up to 意为尊敬，仰望；run up to 意为达到，积累到。
17. 选D。turn in 意为上交，归还；turn into 意为进入，(使)变成；turn to 意为转向，变成，求助于，致力于；turn off 意为关掉，避开 。
18. 选C。see about 意为查询，留意于；look after和take care of均表示为照顾,关心； get down to 意为开始认真考虑。
19. 选A。set out 意为陈述，陈列，出发，开始；set off 意为出发，动身；set over 意为移交，置于上，指派管理；set up意为设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录)，提出。
20. 选A。take on 意为披上，呈现，具有，雇用，接纳，流行；dress up 意为打扮，装饰，伪装；put on 意为穿上，把放在上，装出，增加；get into意为进入，陷入，穿上。
