9. His failure in the job interview is due to the fact that he didn't ________ enough importance to honesty and manners.(attach, attain, adopt, appeal)

　　答案：attach　解析：考查動詞辨析。attach importance to為固定詞組，意思是“認為……很重要”。

　　10. The boy ________ that he didn't care about the failure, but the expression on his face gave him away.(made out, set out, found out, turned out)

　　答案：made out　解析：考查動詞短語。句意：該男孩假裝他對失敗不在乎，但是他臉上的表情出賣了他。make out“理解，明白，假裝”;set out“出發(fā)，擺放，陳列”;find out“弄清”;turn out“制造，結(jié)果是，證明是”。在此句中make out的意思是“假裝”。

　　11. (2014·福建四地六校高三聯(lián)考)You never know where happiness will ________ next, so grasp every chance around you.(show off, turn down, turn up, come in)

　　答案：turn up　解析：考查動詞短語辨析。句意：你永遠無法知道下一次幸福會在哪里出現(xiàn)，所以要抓住你身邊的每一個機會。show off“炫耀”;turn down“調(diào)低，拒絕”;turn up“調(diào)高，偶然出現(xiàn)”;come in“進來”。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)選turn up。

　　12. (2014·福建四地六校高三聯(lián)考)—Have you got any idea why Mother asks for me?

　　—She wants you to ________ your staying up last night.(search for, account for, wait for, say for)

　　答案：account for　解析：考查動詞短語辨析。句意：——你知道母親為什么找我嗎?——她想讓你解釋一下你昨晚熬夜的事。search for“搜尋，查找”;account for“說明，解釋”;wait for“等待”;say for“為某人(或某事物)說明”。根據(jù)語境可知，應(yīng)選account for。

　　13. (2014·山西高三診斷)On Monday, 1.6 million railway tickets were booked through the online booking system, ________ 26.5% of all the sold tickets.(calling for, cutting down, breaking through, accounting for)

　　答案：accounting for　解析：考查動詞短語辨析。句意：星期一，通過網(wǎng)上訂購系統(tǒng)預(yù)訂的火車票有1 600 000張，占所有已賣出票數(shù)的26.5%。根據(jù)句意可知應(yīng)選account for“占(一定數(shù)量或比例)”。call for“需要，要求”;cut down“縮減，砍倒”;break through“突破”。

　　14. (2014·湖北八校高三聯(lián)考)Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to ________ a message is still to talk it out in person.(attend to, break through, result from, get across)

　　答案：get across　解析：考查動詞短語辨析。句意：電子郵件使用起來高效方便，但最好的傳遞信息的辦法還是當面交流。這里用get across表示“被傳達，將……講清楚”。

　　15. (2014·浙江考試院抽學校高三抽測測試)You are my best friend. I know I can ________ you for good advice from time to time.(count on, deal with, refer to, stand for)

　　答案：count on　解析：考查動詞短語辨析。句意：你是我最好的朋友。我知道我能指望你給我不時地提些好的建議。count on表示“指望，依靠”，符合句意。deal with表示“對付，處理”;refer to表示“提到，查閱”;stand for表示“代表”。