高中英语动词的辨析试题

His parents both died a few years ago and he became an orphan, so a kind person ______ him ______.

A．took; up

B．took; in

C．took; away

D．took; back

All the people __ __the meeting were very important.

A．attending

B．present

C．attended

D．presented

---So why didn’t you meet us on Saturday then?
---I’m sorry about that--- I _________ --- I thought you were meeting next Saturday.

A．get the fact straight	B．have a good nose for it
C．play a trick of the trade	D．get the wrong end of the stick

They tried to find a table for two. But they were all ______.

A．given away

B．kept away

C．taken up

D．used up

--- Sorry for the delay．I got lost in the mountain．
--- OK．You’re safe and that’s what           ．

A．does

B．works

C．stays

D．counts

Every four years athletes from all over the world _____the Olympic Games .

A．join

B．attend

C．take part in

D．sit for

— Why don’t you attend the meeting _________ now?
— I am sorry I can’t. I am preparing for the meeting __________ tomorrow.

A．to be held; being held	B．being held; to be held
C．held; to be held	D．being held; held

In order to finish the experiment successfully, the professor always _________, for every day the light in his room didn’t go out until 4 a.m.

A．mixed up

B．cleaned up

C．turned up

D．stayed up

Luckily, the new pills didn’t make my brother’s hair _________.

A．fall down

B．fall behind

C．fall back

D．fall out

People are usually well _______ what is happening due to the advanced media, such as television, newspaper and net PC.
A. informing of         B. informed of          C. mixed up         D. mixing up

The manager urged older staff ____early retirement and new staff _______ more time for work.
A. take up; to set aside              B. took up; set aside   
C. would take up; to lay aside        C. must take up; lay aside

The worse working conditions we are looking forward to ______ must have attracted the local government’s attention.

A．see improved	B．seeing improved
C．see improving	D．seeing to improve

Buses have routes. They ________ and ________ people at different places on the routes.

A．take on, get off	B．pick up, drop off
C．take up; take off	D．pick out; drop out

That such a great number of families are still so badly off greatly ______ the researchers.

A．puzzle

B．confuse

C．disturb ed

D．astonishes

These fairy tales are as popular as before in that they _____ the common sense of justice and equality.

A．circulate

B．observe

C．satisfy

D．deliver