高中英语动词短语练习

1. To understand the grammar of the sentence, you must break it _______ into parts.

A. down

B. up

C. off

D. out D. broke down D. broke up

2. On the way to Suzhou, the bus we traveled in that day suddenly _______.

A. broke out

A. broke into

B. broke off

C. broke away

3. She ____ tears when she heard the news.

B. broke through C. broke away from

4. I was telling my friends my experience at Linda’s birthday party when he _______ with the news

that our team has won the tennis tournament. A. broke off

B. broke in

C. broke out

D. broke down D. brought down D. brought about D. brought back D. calls off

5. The earthquake, which took place in Japan last month, _______ more than 150 deaths. A. brought up

A. brought out

B. brought with C. brought about B. brought in B. brought out B. calls up

C. brought up C. brought up C. calls for

6. The author was _______ in a small village, as is described in some of his stories.

7. A visit to the place where he had lived and worked during his youth ____many fond memories. A. brought about

A. calls on

8. A well-written composition _______ good choice of words and clear organization.

9. China has declared her intention never to be the first to use nuclear weapons and has _______ the nuclear powers to make similar declarations. A. called in A. call up

B. called on B. call on

C. called at C. call off C. called in C. call off

D. called up D. call for D. called back D. call up D. came down D. come out

10. He said that the problem of pollution should ______immediate solution.

11. The school sports meeting has to be ____on account of the rain and we all feel very disappointed. A. called up A. call for

B. called off B. call on

12. As there was a power cut in the hospital, the surgeon had to_____ the operation. 13. She ________ some old photos in the course of her search.

A. came back

B. came along B. come down

C. came across C. come to

14. Very few experts ____ completely new answers to the world’s economic problems. A. come up with

15. The book which _______ at the end of last year turned out to be a great success in Shanghai. A. came about —Yeah. I’ll tell you later.

A. come about

B. come into

C. come up with D. come out with

D. came up

17. It’s already ten o’clock. I wonder how it _______ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.

A. came over

B. came out C. came about

18. The manager needs an assistant that he can _______ to take care of problems in his absence.

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B. came up C. came out D. came around

16. —Have you ______ some new ideas?

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A. count on A. cut through A. cut away A. do with

B. count in B. cut down B. cut up

C. count up C. cut off

D. count out D. cut away D. cut off D. do without D. get across

19. Mr White was told again and again to _______ smoking but he just wouldn’t listen.

20. When the whole area was _______ by the flood, the government sent food there by helicopter.

C. cut down C. do up

21. She’s bought a pair of glasses, which she can never _______ when reading books.

B. do away with B. get out

22. Can you tell me how to _______ to the students that English is as much an important subject?

A. get through

C. get about C. get into C. get across C. get down to C. give in

23. Hardly could he ________ this amount of work in such a short time.

A. get through B. get off A. get through A. get along

A. give up

B. get on B. get in

D. get down

D. get around D. get over D. give off

24. You will never ____all your homework tonight if you don’t concentrate. 25. It took me a long time to ________ my bad cold.

26. The car engines _______ so much smoke and fume that air is badly polluted.

B. give away

27. — What’s the matter with you?

— After the long walk, my legs ____ and couldn’t go any further.

A. gave out

B. gave off B. giving up

C. gave in

D. gave up D. giving in

28. Can you give me another hint without _______ the answer?

A. giving off

C. giving away

29. Maybe you don’t have to _______ all the names on the list before you find the one you want. A. go along with money.

A. go up

B. go through

C. go after

D. go in for

31. — Didn't you have a good time at the party?

— Of course I did. As a matter of fact, I had such fun that time seemed to _______ so quickly. A. go by B. go away C. go out D. go over 32. I want to buy a new tie to____ this brown suit. A. go into

A. hold on

A. held out

B. go with

C. go after

D. go by D. hold out D. held back D. Hold on

33. The story was so touching that I could hardly _______ my tears.

B. hold back C. hold up B. held up

C. held on

34. The traffic on some major street was ____ by the heavy snow. 35. ________, sir. I’ll put you through to Ms. Davis. A. Hold out

B. go over C. go ahead with D. go through

30. I look down upon that guy. What he talks about is only how to ________ pretty woman and make

B. Hold up C. Hold back

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36. Most of the leading food shops have promised to _______ prices until after the new year.

A. keep off A. Keep to

B. keep down B. Keep on

C. keep to

D. keep back D. Keep off

37. ________ the left when you drive in England and Australia.

C. Keep up

38. Because of falling orders, the company has been forced _______ several hundred workers. A. laying down A. lost hearts A. Look up

A. looking into A. look to

B. to lay aside C. laying off D. to lay off B. lost their heart C. lost heart B. Look after B. looking out B. look on

C. Look into C. looking after C. look into

D. lost their hearts D. Look through D. looking on D. look down

39. What impressed me most was that they never _______ even when they failed once again. 40. ________ the proposal for me and tell me what you think of it. 41. The police are _______ the records of all these involved in the crime. 42. In hard times people always ____their country’s leaders for guidance. 43. “Goodbye, then,” she said, without even ______ from her book.

A. looking down B. looking up C. looking away D. looking on 44. I have ______ all my papers but I still can’t find my notes.

A. looked through A. make out A. make for A. make up

B. looked for

C. looked after D. looked out

D. make up for D. make up for D. make into D. picked out

45. It is agreed that constant arguing doesn’t _______ a happy marriage.

B. make for C. make up B. make up

C. make out C. make of

46. Without my glasses I can hardly _______ what has been written in the letter. 47. If you lack experience, you can _____ it through practice.

B. make up for B. picked on

48. He _______ some Japanese during his trip to Tokyo.

A. picked off

C. picked up

49. The Greyhound _______ outside of New York Bus Station at 6 p.m. and started for Washington

D.C. at 6:20 p.m. A. pulled up A. stands for A. ran off A. ran over A. see to

B. pulled on B. stands out B. ran across B. ran into

C. pulled down C. stands up C. ran down C. ran after C. see off

D. pulled over

D. stands up to D. ran over D. ran down D. see over

50. As we all know, X _______ something unknown in math. 51. Last week I _______ an old friend of mine in the shopping mall.

52. Jean was rather excited because she ____ her cousin in the museum yesterday. 53. Don’t worry. I’d _______ your baby when you are away at work.

B. see through

. Check the brakes and the tyres to make sure that they work before ____.

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A. setting on

A. take up A. taken in

B. setting out B. take in

C. setting down C. take on C. taken up

D. setting up D. take after D. taken off

55. Why not _______ tennis? It will help you keep fit.

56. I say! Have you _______ a single word I have been saying to you?

B. taken over

57. Don't be _____ by products promising to make you lose weight quickly.

A. taken off B. taken out C. taken away D. taken in 58. The new appointment of our president _______ from the very beginning of next semester.

A. takes effect A. take off A. take up

B. takes part B. take back B. take out B. takes up B. take off

C. takes place C. take over C. take on

D. takes turns D. take up D. take to D. takes in D. take in D. think over

59. Mr. Millard will ____as chairman of the committee when Mr. Neil retires. 60. After 1990 the farm began to _____ a new look.

61. Important people don’t often have much free time as their work ____ all their time. A. takes away A. take on

C. takes over C. take up

62. When children grow up, they will ____different occupation in various places. 63. If you can’t ________ the answer to the riddle in 5 minutes, you will lose the game. A. think of universities. A. turn off impractical. A. turned out A. turned down A. turned up

B. turned against C. turned away B. turned out B. turned away

C. turned in C. turned out

D. turned down D. turned up D. turned down

66. The American pianist who had been praised very highly ____to be a great disappointment. 67. I waved my hands to him, but he ________.

68. — Do you think that housing price will keep ______ in the years to come? — Sorry, I have no idea. A. rising up

B. going up

C. bringing up D. growing up

69. As is well known, Northern Ireland is part of the United Kingdom while the rest of the Ireland

Island _______ the Republic of Ireland. A. makes up

A. look up

B. takes up C. holds up D. brings up B. back up

C. check up

D. pick up

70. We’ll meet again in the morning and we can _______ where we left off.

71. How can I _____ with him any longer? He's making so much trouble and doesn't listen to me at

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B. think out C. think about

. If we do so, we will have to ______ qualified students who would otherwise be able to attend our

B. turn up

C. turn away

D. turn over

65. Some of the suggestions have been adopted but others have been _______ as they are quite

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all!

A. catch up A. make up A. clear up A. make up

B. put up C. end up B. turn up B. clean up B. take up

C. stand up C. dress up C. end up

D. stay up D. keep up D. wash up D. come up D. pick out

72. Although the false banknotes fooled many people, they did not _______ to close examination. 73. People ______ before they go to participate in some grand occasions. 74. You’ll ____ getting burnt if you don’t keep away from the fire.

75. — Any suggestions? — You’d better _______ the last sentence as it is rather misleading.

A. put out

B. leave out C. point out

76. The generous donation from China to the sufferers in the killing Indian Ocean Quake-tsunami has

________ the Chinese people’s unselfishness and internationalism. A. let out

B. brought out B. found out B. give out

C. given out C. given out C. hand out

D. taken out D. carried out

77. The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was on the radio yesterday.

A. turned out A. keep out

78. We had wanted to finish our task by noon, but it didn’t quite .

D.work out

79. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly ___________ my friend. A. turn out B. bring out C. call out D. pick out

80. I can't what has happened to the vegetables, for they were freshly picked this morning.

A. draw out A. made out A. came out A. figure out A. set out A. hold out

B. look out C. figure out D. work out B. turned out B. put out

C. went out C. made out C. carry out C. come out C. stand out

D. carried out D. ran out D. take out D. work out D. leave out

81. Many Chinese airline companies had intended to get much the business, but it _______ so bad. 82. It _______ that he had been stealing money from his employers, which astonished his parents. 83. Millions of ordinary men and women are working selflessly to ______ poverty and backwardness.

B. wipe out B. go out B. hand out

84. All the readers are eagerly waiting for his new novel to ____.

85. Those slogans with bright letters __________ well against a dark background.

86. ______ from drugs has recently been written into the new student code of conduct for China’s middle school students. A. Staying away money on his own. A. run away

B. take away

C. keep away

D. get away

88. — Do remember to take this medicine three times a day with warm boiled water.

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B. Putting away C. Giving away D. Doing away

87. His mother had thought it would be good for his character to ____ from home and earn some

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— _________. A. Heard it A. got it

B. Made it C. Got it D. Taken it B. took it B. happens to

C. meant it C. occurs to

D. made it D. refers to

. After so many years of hard work in the circle of the movies, she finally _______. 90. The school has very good teaching staff, but when it ____teaching facilities, it is poor. A. comes to

91. It was foolish of him to ___ his notes during that important test, and as a result, he got punished.

A. stick to A. held to

B. refer to C. keep to D. apply to B. took to

C. stuck to

D. turned to

92. He _______ going for a walk every night after dinner.

93. Nowadays, in India, women with independent incomes are refusing to _________the traditional

idea of marriage.

A. submit to B. contribute to A. looked after

A. ask for

B. run after

C. devote to C. took after C. send for C. answers for C. agree on

D. subscribe to

D. named after D. run for D. blames for D. take on D. carry on D. got over D. keep up with

94. In Shanghai, there are streets __________ a few famous people in history. 95. His mother is very ill; please ___a doctor.

B. call for B. accounts for B. depend on

96. His constant lying ____ people’s distrust of him. A. stands for A. base on

97. It’s good to know that I can _________ you any time I need help. 98. We’ve decided to ________ a new clerk in the principals’ office. A. take on A. ran over

B. wait on C. come on B. turned over B. put up with

C. took over C. catch up with

99. The demonstrators damaged a bus and ______ a police car.

100. His wife has such a bad temper that I wonder how he can _____ her. A. come up with

101. The stranger I rudely quarreled with _______ to be my new boss and it is not hard to imagine

what will happen to me next. A. turned out

A. looked up A. brought up A. set back weather.

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B. figured out C. turned to B. took down C. worked out B. accounted for C. consisted of B. stood back

C. held up

D. turned over D. brought about D. set out D. kept down

102. We’re trying to ring you back, Bryan, but we think we _______ your number incorrectly. 103. Floods in the upper reach of the River Nile _______ the rich soil in this area.

104. There was a big hole in the road which _______ the traffic.

105. I’m planning to hold a party in the open air, but I can make no guarantees because it _______ the

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A. links with A. stand up to A. used up A. taking out A. set off A. put out A. gone out

B. depends on C. connects to B. make up for B. wasted away B. going on B. go through B. get in B. left away

C. come up with C. broken down C. making up C. put aside C. feed on C. stayed up

D. decides on D. put up with D. worn out D. happening in D. pick up D. bring about D. come to D. devote to D. equipped with

106. The destruction of these treasures was a loss for mankind that no amount of money could _____. 107. You’ll have to buy some new shoes as these are _______.

108. Radio and TV help to keep us informed of what is _______ all over the world. 109. The young couple _______￥2000 every month to pay for their son’s education. 110. We’d better _______ all the crops before the hurricane comes.

111. By the time the ambulance arrived, the fainted man had already _______.

112. Eating too much fat can _______ heart disease and cause high blood pressure.

A. result from B. contribute to C. attend to A. took on

B. laid down

C. took up

113. It is reported that they _______ arms and began to fight against the invaders.

114. It is easy to _______ my car from others in the parking place; it has an advertisement about Panasonic TV on the back of it. A. make up

measure. A. let out

B. give away

C. bring in

D. make up

116. Before the air conditioning system was installed, ice blocks were used to _______ the

temperature in the workshop. A. bring down A. ended up A. do away A. hung up

B. save up

C. slow down C. burst out C. keep up C. cut down

D. keep up D. turned out D. come up D. cut off

117. Every time she tried to argue with her husband, she _______ crying her eyes out.

B. ran down B. put away B. hung back

118. They intend to _______ with the old method as soon as they have developed a better one. 119. I was speaking to Ann on the phone when suddenly we were _______. 120. — Why is Mr. Smith absent today, do you know?

— It is said that he has _______ a bad cold. A. come down with B. come up with A. appeals to

C. put up with

D. caught up with D. apply for

121. Although the necklace is not made of real crystal, it still _______ young people.

B. attracts to C. accounts for

122. Because of their continuous failures, my enthusiasm for Chinese football team gradually

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B. find out C. pick up D. pick out

115. Mike has put on so much weight this year that his mother has to _______ all his trousers to his

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_______. A. faded away

A. got rid of

B. ran out

C. gave up C. made up for

D. died out D. do away with D. pick up

123. The good service at the hotel _______ the poor food to some extent.

B. got on with B. hold on

124. Our class are in low spirits, but I’m sure things will start to _______ in a week. A. rise up

C. hang out

125. The Super Girls’ Voice cannot _______ its name when it does not produce a girl who is the

beauty of beauties and whose singing is a girl's voice. A. fit in with A. went out A. take out A. see to

B. catch up with C. live up to B. went down B. pull off B. clear up

C. turned out C. leave out C. make out

D. hold on to D. turned up D. put off D. watch out D. decided on D. laying out

126. I looked at her window for ten minutes, and then the light ____. 127. I can’t understand. You mustn’t ______ so many words.

128. I could just ____ a car in the distance, but I could not see what color it was. 129. They have _____ a trip to this summer. A. concentrated on A. going over

B. caught sight of C. come up with B. holding down

C. looking into

130. Mr. Jones said he was ______ the possibility of buying the house.

131. More than two hundred years ago the United States ____ from the British Empire and became an

independent country. A. pulled down A. carry out A. cut down A. went out A. keep down

B. broke away B. carry on B. cut off B. put out B. look for

C. took off C. call out

D. got up D. call on D. wiped off D. came down D. take to D. put aside

132. I will ____ my plan for a long journey in the summer holiday. 133 Now the income of the employees was ____ more than one-third.

C. put down C. took away C. attend to C. run into

134. After the lights ____, the burglar broke into the villa in which lived an old rich lady. 135. Who will ____ the dog when you all go out for holiday?

136. If you ____ any problems when you arrive at the airport give me a ring.

A. come up with language.

B. filled in

C. caught on

D. kept up D. look after

B. set about

137. The more one is ____ the English-speaking environment, the better he or she will learn the

A. exposed to A. hold on to

138. We thought of selling this old furniture, but we’ve decided to _____ it.

B. keep up with C. turn to

139. Fred didn’t marry again. He never ___the shock of losing Jane.

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A. threw away A. Hold on

B. made out of B. Carry out

C. get rid of C. Speed up

D. got over D. Go ahead

140. ____ and tell us. We’re anxious to know the story end up.

141. — Lucy's ice-skating career began to after she won the national championship. — Yes, she has won two gold medals in the international competitions since then.

A. speed up hotel.

A. place him in A. paid for

B. put him up C. back him up B. spent on B. call off B. get over

C. cost on

D. turn him out D. bought for D. set off D. get off

143. — What a beautiful necklace! — Yes. But the necklace I _______ 80 dollars is made of glass. 144. If the firms failed to make enough money, they would . A. close down A. come across

C. turn down C. come over

145. If we can our present difficulties, then everything should be all right. 146. We firmly believe that war never settles anything. It only _____ violence.

A. runs into B. comes from C. leads to D. begins with 147. Would you please ______ this form for me to see if I’ve filled it in right? A. take off B. look after C. give up D. go over

148. She’s having a lot of trouble with the new computer, but she doesn’t know whom to _______.

A. turn to

Key to Verbal phrases:

BDABC/ CDCBD/ BCCAC/ CCABD/ DDAAD/ DACDC/ ABBBD/ BADCD AABAB/ CBCAA/ BBABA/ ADACC/ BCACD/ BBBAD/ BCCCB/ BCDDC BABCC/ ACCDA/ BBADC/ BBABB/ ABBCB/ BDBCB/ DBCDA/ AAADA AACDC/ ACCDC/ BAAAC/ CAADD/ DBDAB/ CDA

B. look for

C. deal with

D. talk about

B. fly away C. give away D. take off

142. His friends offered to ______the next time he was in town so that he wouldn’t have to pay for a

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