Verb & Verbal Phrases
Unit 1
Exercise 1: Multiple Choice
1 Clara wanted to buy the coat, but it cost more than she could __________.
A. assume                B. adopt                    C. arouse                        D. afford
2 The parents’ absence was _________ by the kids.
A. made use                B. made to use                C. taken in                    D. taken advantage of
3 The thief ran into the supermarket and _____ from sight.
A. vanished                B. went away                C. died                        D. appeared
4 Who will be ______ the class when the old teacher retires at the end of the month?
A. taking up                B. taking over            C. taking on                    D. taking in
5 Don’t ____ in matters that do not concern you.
A. interrupt                B. interfere                C. influence                    D. interview
6 A nail _____ the tire and they had to call for help.
A. pierced                B. pinched                C. crushed                    D. pinned
7 Instead of going to court, some people would rather ____ to force.
A. come                    B. apply                    C. refer                        D. resort
8 This hotel ________ $60 for a single room with bath.
A. claims                    B. demands                C. prices                        D. charges
9 Melting snow _______ for the regular spring floods in this area.
A. accumulates            B. deposits                C. competes                    D. accounts
10 He ______ his point of view by giving some examples.
A. hinted                    B. illustrated                C. motivated                    D. located
11 We finally _______ an agreement after two months of hard bargaining.
A. reached                B. arrived                    C. came                        D. drove
12 Each worker ______ a dollar to the Red Cross.
A. attributed                B. contributed            C. distributed                    D. attached
13 We must increase our productivity if we are to _______ our level of exports in competition with the country.
A. maintain                B. hold                    C. take                        D. obtain
14 Figure ______ in 1998 showed that crimes had decreased in the previous year.
A. published                B. delivered                C. released                    D. relieved
15 None of us expected the chairman to _____ at the party. We thought he was still in hospital.
A. turn in                    B. turn over                C. turn up                    D. turn down
16 Some of the suggestions have been accepted but others have been _______.
A. projected                B. rejected                C. objected                    D. subjected
17. It is surprising that this innocent-looking person should have _____ such a crime.
A. performed                B. done                    C. committed                    D. acted
18. When is the best moment to ______ the date of the election to the newspaper?
A. retain                    B. release                C. relate                        D. relieve
19 It’s a long story. But I won’t _______ the history of the matter.
A. go up                    B. go into                C. go by                        D. go off
20 He is the first one who ______ Aids and died of it in the world.
A. acquired                B. obtained                C. got                        D. gained
21 The scandal (丑闻) certainly ______ his defeat in the election.
A. contributes to            B. distributes                C. owing to                    D. due to
22 This probably ______ her intense interest in the reform in China’s countryside.
A. accounts for            B. approves of                C. gives out                    D. tears down
motivate用法和短语
23 Sally felt sorry that she was busy with her work when he was hospitalized (住院) and needed her most. She promised that she would______.
A. make up                B. make it up to him        C. make up for                    D. make up with
24 The color of your hat should ______ that of your coat.
A. go on                    B. go up                    C. go with                    D. go through
25 Without proper lessons, you could ______ a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. keep up                B. pick up                C. draw up                    D. catch up
26 Kent was finally ______of the need to read more simplified books.
A. convince                B. convinced                C. persuade                    D. persuaded
27 I hate people who _______ the end of film that you haven't seen before. 
A reveal                    B rewrite                  C revise                      D reverse
28. He's watching TV? He's _______ to be cleaning his room.
A known                    B supposed                C regarded                    D considered
29 The old couple decided to ________ a boy and a girl though they had three children of their own. 
A adapt                    B bring                    C receive                      D adopt
30 The government is trying to do something to _______ better understanding between the
two countries.
A raise                    B promote                  C heighten                    D increase
31 Our hopes_______ and fell in the same instant. 
A. arose                  B raised                    C rose                          D arouse
32 Putting in a new window will _______ cutting away part of the roof.
A include                  B involve                  C contain                      D comprise
33 Since the matter was extremely _______ , we dealt with it immediately.
A tough                    B tense                    C urgent                      D instant
34 Compromise is not equal to surrender and nor does it __________ weakness or surrender in some cases.
A. embody                B. constitute                C. conceive                    D. embrace
35 The reporter was killed because he tried to __________ a plot.
A. reveal                    B. expose                    C. indicate                    D. demonstrate
36 Therefore, the more the Englishman shuts himself off when he is with an American the more likely the American is to break in to __________ himself that all is well.
A. assure                    B. ensure                    C. guarantee                    D. insure
37 Three university departments have been __________ $600,000 to develop good practice in teaching and learning.

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