三、考試常用搭配

　　1.Tom asked____ you, but I told him nothing.

　　A. for B. after C. of D. /

　　答案：B

　　解析：ask for最常用的意項是是“要求”。它也可以表示“要求和某人說話”的意思。 ask after則表示“問某人的情況、問候”的意思。這里選 ask after貼切。

　　2.As soon as I got _____, I felt sick.

　　A. on board the ship B. on the board of the ship

　　B. C. onto board the ship D. onto the board of the ship

　　答案：A

　　解析：on board 是一個固定的詞組，相當于副詞aboard，表示“在船上、車上、飛機上等”，不可以拆開使用。另外，它還可以表示“作為某隊或組織的成員出席或工作”，如“ The mew trainee was welcomed on board.(新教練被歡迎上任。)” board一詞可以作名詞，意為“板”、“委員會”，作動詞意為“上船”等。

　　3.He doesn't care_____ what people think of him.

　　A. about B. of C. for D. to

　　答案：A

　　解析：care的意思是“關心”。常用詞組有care about，“關心、看得重要”; care for，“想要”。例如“ Would you care for tea ?”，用于否定句和疑問句中，“照料”，與take care of相近，如“ She cared for the old women for years.” Care后可接不定式，常用在禮貌的建議中，如“ Would you care to wait here ?”。

　　4.This cake_____ sugar, butter and flour.

　　A. constitutes B. consists C. composes D. contains

　　答案：D

　　解析：A、B、C選項都有“構成”的意項，但用法不一樣。Constitute是動詞，用法與form相似，如“50 states constitute the USA.”。consist是動詞，常用詞組 consist of 意思是“由——組成”，如“This cake consists mainly of sugar, butter and flour.”。另外，consist in表示“由于、存在于”，如“ The charm of Paris does not consist only in its beauty.”。 Compose 常用be composed of，意思是“由——組成”，如“The cake is composed mainly of sugar, butter and flour.”。 contain的意思是“包含”，后面直接接賓語。

　　5.I looked everywhere for my bicycle but had to go home without it______.

　　A. on end B. in the end C. at the end D. by the end

　　答案：B 解析有：on end ，“倒立”，如“to stand on end ”：“連續(xù)地”，如“They talked for hours on end. ”。In the end，“最后、終于”。

　　6.We are late,_____, we are lost.

　　A. however B. as a matter of fact C. nevertheless D. moreover

　　答案：D

　　解析：moreover ，副詞，“而且”。as a matter of fact 是固定搭配，意為“事實上”，如“As a matter of fact, I don't care.”。nevertheless，副詞，“然而”。

　　7.The great bridge was named_____ its designer.

　　A. of B. with C. after D. from

　　答案：C

　　解析：name是動詞，“取名”。name after意為“以——命名”。

　　8.The train_____ about three hours late.

　　A. pulled B. pulled down C. pulled on D. pulled out

　　答案：D

　　解析：pull，動詞，“拖、拉”，與push(推)是一組反義詞，在門的兩邊寫的就是這兩個動詞。pull down，“拆毀、拉倒”; pull on，“穿上”; pull out，“(車、船等)駛出”。

　　9.You will never guess whom I ____ on the street yesterday.

　　A. ran over B. ran out of C. ran into D. ran up to

　　答案：C

　　解析：run over ，“壓過、碾過”。run out of，“用盡”，如“ We have run out of petrol(汽油)” run into ，“撞見、偶然遇見”。run up to，“徑直走到、跑到”。

　　10.I think I turned off the light but I'll go back and _____.

　　A. be sure B. make sure C. feel sure D. be certain

　　答案：B

　　解析：sure，形容詞，“確信”，用法較多。 be sure常用于句首引導一個祈使句，意思是“別忘了”，如“ Be sure to set the alarm clock ”。make sure的意思是“檢驗”，“確�！�，下面就第二個意項舉例：“ Make sure you get here before 8.”。 certain也可表示“確信、肯定的”意思，與sure的區(qū)別在于：可以有“He's certain/sure to come. ”、“I'm certain/sure he'll come. ”，但只能是“It is certain that he'll come.”。

　　11.______ the birth-control policy, the growth of population has slowed down.

　　A. Thank B. Thanking C. With thanks to D. Thanks to

　　答案：D

　　解析：thanks to,“由于”，相當于because of或 due to.有時帶有諷刺的意味，如“We lost the game thanks to your stupidity(愚蠢).”

　　12.I wouldn't trust ______ that.

　　A. him in doing B. to him in doing C. him to do D. to him to do

　　答案：C

　　解析：trust，動詞，“信任、委托”，常用trust+ obj.、trust in/to+ obj.、trust+that、trust+ obj.+ to do，如“She trusted to luck instead of studying for the test.”。也可作名詞，不可數(shù)。