1. When she heard the bad news, she ______ completely.��

A. broke away B. broke out C. broke down D. broke through��

2. When John was nineteen he ______ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.��

A. took to B. took up�� C. took for D. took on��

3. After Marry and Jane covered 25 kilometers that day, their legs under them ______.��

A. gave in B. gave off�� C. gave out D. gave away��

4. To my surprise, at yesterday's meeting he again ______ the plan that had been disapproved a month before.��

A. brought up B. brought on�� C. brought in D. brought about��

5. Truth is something proven by experiment, so nothing should be ______.��

A. born in mind B. taken into consideration�� C. put up with D. taken for granted��


［答案與精解］��

1. C�ギ�(dāng)她聽到這個(gè)壞消息時(shí)，她完全崩潰了。

C. break down意為“體力和心力的衰弱或喪失”。A. break away（from）意為逃離。 The criminal broke away from the policemen who were holding him. 這個(gè)罪犯從關(guān)押他的警察那兒逃走了。B. break out意為突然發(fā)生，爆發(fā)。D. break through意為“突破（圍墻，障礙物等），出現(xiàn)”。 如：It was a cloudy day, but the sun at last broke through. 烏云密布，但太陽最終還是鉆出云層。��

2. A�ゼs翰19歲時(shí)就和一群陌生人混在一起，很晚不回家。

take to 沉湎于：John's taken to drinking too much lately。最近約翰過于沉溺于飲酒。B.take up從事于；（活動(dòng)，事件）占去（時(shí)間）；C) take for 把……當(dāng)作：I'm not going to help you to steal a car; what do you take me for? 你把我當(dāng)成什么樣的人？ 把（某人）錯(cuò)看成（別人）：I took you for Mrs. Brown when I saw you this morning. 今天早上看到你時(shí)我把你錯(cuò)當(dāng)成布朗太太了。D) take on 承擔(dān)；聘用。��

3. C�ガ旣惡秃喣翘熳吡�25公里，她們的腿都沒有勁了。

give out ①（人）體力不支：Tom's legs gave out and he couldn't run any further. 湯姆的腿沒勁了，他再也跑不動(dòng)了。②=run out被用完，耗盡，沒有了：We must go home, our money has given out. 我們必須回家了，我們的錢已經(jīng)花完了。③ 分發(fā)，散發(fā)：Give out the examination papers.分發(fā)考試卷。A）give in讓步，屈服：Don't give in to his opinions. 別對他的意見讓步。B）give off發(fā)散，放出（光、熱、汽）：The roses gave off a nice smell. 那玫瑰發(fā)散著芬芳。D）give away贈(zèng)送；泄露：He has given away all his money to the beggar. 他把所有的錢都給了乞丐。��

4. A �プ屛页泽@的是，在昨天的會(huì)議上他竟又一次提出一個(gè)月前已被否決的計(jì)劃。

A)bring up 除了“撫養(yǎng)，教育”之意外，如：to bring up children；還有“提出，引起注意”之意。同“to raise or introduce （a subject）”，“call attention to”, 如：bring up the question of unemployment 提出失業(yè)問題；B)bring on，意為 “l(fā)ead to, (help to)produce”, 產(chǎn)生，引起，導(dǎo)致 Going out in the rain brought on a fever. 冒雨外出因而發(fā)燒。bring on還可作“幫助，進(jìn)展”講。More study should bring on your English.多下功夫，你的英語會(huì)進(jìn)步。C) bring in意為 “introduce”，介紹，提出。往往強(qiáng)調(diào)是第一次。To bring in a bill in Parliament在國會(huì)提出議案。D)bring about =cause to happen, 引起，導(dǎo)致，致使。如：The developments in science and
technology have brought about many changes in our lives�？萍嫉陌l(fā)展給我們的生活帶來了許多變化。��

5. D�フ胬硎墙�(jīng)實(shí)驗(yàn)證明的東西，所以什么都不能想當(dāng)然。

take something/someone for granted 認(rèn)為……理所當(dāng)然：I took it for granted that new roads should be built. 我認(rèn)為我們建新的公路是理所當(dāng)然的。A)bear/keep sth in mind 牢記在心：I'll always bear what he has done for me in mind. 我永遠(yuǎn)也不會(huì)忘記他為我所做的一切。B)take sth into consideration=take sth into account=consider 考慮：The teacher promised to take the students' needs into full consideration in his teaching. 老師保證說在他的教學(xué)中會(huì)充分考慮學(xué)生的需求。C)put up with=bear=stand 容忍，忍受：That's the kind of rude behavior that I just will not put up with! 我就是無法忍受那種粗魯?shù)男袨椤?/p>