1. The doctor had almost lost hope at one point, but the patient finally _____.
A. pulled out
B. pulled through
C. pulled up
D. pulled over
答案:B
考点:动词短语辨析
动词短语用法。四个选项的意思分别为:pull out车辆从路边驶出,摆脱,撤离;pull through
(从重病或重伤中)康复;pull up停车,停止;pull over车辆向路边停靠。
句意:医生几乎一度失去了希望,但病人最终还是康复了。
2. That shop doesn’t have brown sugar in at the moment, but they expect to have some tomorrow.
A. storage
B. account
C. sale
D. demand
答案: C
考点:介词短语辨析
C选项可构成in sale,表示“销售,出售”,符合题意,为正确答案。B选项account 账户 in account无此搭配;D选项in demand(非常需要的)以及A选项in storage(存放,保管)都与题目的语意不符,故都不选。
句意:那个商店暂时没有红糖出售,预计明天会有。
3. She _____ her trip to New York because she was ill.
A. called off
B. closed down
C. put up
D. went off
答案:A
考点:动词短语辨析
四个选项的意思分别为:call off取消;close down关闭;put up建造,举起;go off离开。
句意:由于生病,她取消了去纽约的行程。
4. Whenever a big company _____ a small one, the product almost always gets worse.
A. gets on with
B. cuts down
C. takes over
D. puts up with
答案:C
考点:动词短语辨析
四个选项的意思分别为:get on with和……相处;cut down削减,砍倒;减少;take over(企业,公司等,尤指通过购买股份)接收,接管;put up with容忍。
句意:每当一家大公司收购小公司,产品几乎都会变得更糟。
5. The Prime Minister refused to on the rumor that he had planned to resign.
A. explain
B. comment
C. persuade
D. talk
答案:B
考点:介词短语辨析
B选项comment可构成comment on表示“对…评论,发表意见”,代入原句(rumor 谣言传闻),符合句意,为正确答案。其他三个选项都不能与on搭配,且意思不符合原句语意,explain解释,说明;persuade 说服,劝说;talk谈话,交谈,故都排除。
句意:首相拒绝对他准备辞职的谣传做任何评论。
6. Computer technology will _____ a revolution in business administration.
A. bring around
B. bring about
C. bring out
D. bring up
答案: B
考点:动词短语辨析
四个选项的意思分别为:bring around (round) 带某人串门,使苏醒;bring about导致,引起;bring out使显现出,出版;bring up养育,提出,呕吐。
句意:电脑技术将会给商业管理带来一场革命。
7. Magnificent views over the countryside have often people to write poems.
A. excited
B. inspired
C. induced
D. attracted
答案: B
考点:动词词义辨析
B选项inspired表示“激发、激励、产生”,符合题目语意。如:His speech inspired us to try again.(他的讲话激励我们再试一次。) A选项excited表示“激动,使…兴奋”;C选项induced表示“引诱”;D选项attracted表示“吸引,引起”,A、C、D这三个选项都不能表示“激发并使某人产生某方面的灵感”这一层意思,因此都错误,故选B项。
句意:乡村壮丽的美景常常激励人们写下诗篇。
8. She’s fainted. Throw some water on her face and she’ll _____.
A. come round
B. come along
C. come on
D. come out
答案: A
考点:动词短语辨析
四个选项的意思分别为:动词短语用法。come round (around) 恢复知觉,苏醒,拜访;come along跟随,取得进展;come on加油,得了吧(口语,表示知道某人所说的话不正确);come out出来,出版,开花。
句意:她昏倒了,浇点水在她脸上她就会苏醒过来。