一、 He _____ his engagement just before the wedding.
A. broke out
B. broke away from
C. broke off
D. broke up
二、 Keys should never be hidden around the house since thieves _____ know where to look.
A. virtually
B. variously
C. unavoidably
D. Invariably
三、 High interest rates _____ people from borrowing money.
A. discourage
B. decrease
C. disturb
D. disgust
四、 When she heard from the hospital that her father had died, she _____ into tears.
A. burst
B. went
C. exploded
D. fell
五、 Frequently single-parent children ____ some of the functions that the absent adult in the house would have served.
A、take off
B、take after
C、take in
D、take on
六、Do you mind if I _____ with my work while you are getting tea ready.
A. get through
B. turn to
C. carry on
D. come on
七、 Despite their good service, most inns are less costly than hotels of _____ standards. www.examda.com
A. equivalent
B. uniform
C. alike
D. likely
答案：
1、C broke off.
[解析] break off(=cease suddenly, discontinue)突然中斷;break off one’s engagement(解除婚約)。Break off(=interrupt) one’s conversation(打斷談話)。Break out(=begin suddenly)爆發(fā)。Break away from擺脫，從......退出。
2、D Invariably
[解析] invariably 總是, 不變地。Virtually 事實上, 實際上。unavoidably不可避免地。
3、A discourage
[解析] discourage sb. from doing sth.使認為某事不值得做：Tht wet weather discouraged people from going to the sports meeting.(下雨天使人覺得不值得去看運動會。)
4、A burst
[解析] burst into tears放聲大哭;又如：burst into thunderous cheers(發(fā)出雷嗚般的歡呼);burst into laughing(捧腹大笑)。
5、D take on
[解析] 四個選項的意思分別為：A.take off“拿去，取消，脫(衣，帽等)，(飛機等)起飛，離開”;B.take after“(面貌，性格)像，模仿”;C.take in“接受，領(lǐng)會，理解，欺騙”;D.take on“呈現(xiàn)，雇傭，承擔(dān)”。
6、C carry on
[解析] carry on 繼續(xù)
7、A equivalent.
[解析] equivalent相等的，相當(dāng)?shù)模篐e exchanged his pounds for the equivalent amount of dollars. uniform 相同的,一樣的。Likely adj.很可能的，有希望的。Alike(表語形容詞)相同的，相象的。