1. When she heard the bad news, she ______ completely.
A) broke away B) broke out
C) broke down D) broke through
2. When John was nineteen he ______ going around with a strange set of people and staying out very late.
A) took to B) took up
C) took for D) took on
3. After Marry and Jane covered 25 kilometers that day, their legs under them ______.
A) gave in B) gave off
C) gave out D) gave away
4. To my surprise, at yesterday’s meeting he again ______ the plan that had been disapproved a month before.
A) brought up B) brought on
C) brought in D) brought about
5. Truth is something proven by experiment, so nothing should be ______.
A) born in mind B) taken into consideration
C) put up with D) taken for granted
［答案与精解］
1. C
当她听到这个坏消息时，她完全崩溃了。
C)break down意为“体力和心力的衰弱或丧失”。A)break away（from）意为逃离。 The criminal broke away from the policemen who were holding him.这个罪犯从关押他的警察那儿逃走了。B)break out意为突然发生，爆发。D)break through意为“突破（围墙，障碍物等），出现”。 如：It was a cloudy day, but the sun at last broke through. 乌云密布，但太阳最终还是钻出云层。
2. A
约翰19岁时就和一群陌生人混在一起，很晚不回家。
take to 沉湎于：John’s taken to drinking too much lately. 最近约翰过于沉溺于饮酒。B) take up从事于；（活动，事件）占去（时间）；C) take for 把……当作：I’m not going to help you to steal a car. what do you take me for? 你把我当成什么样的人？ 把（某人）错看成（别人）：I took you for Mrs. Brown when I saw you this morning. 今天早上看到你时我把你错当成布朗太太了。D) take on 承担；聘用。
3C
玛丽和简那天走了25公里，她们的腿都没有劲了。
give out ①（人）体力不支：Tom’s legs gave out and he couldn’t run any further. 汤姆的腿没劲了，他再也跑不动了。②=run out被用完，耗尽，没有了：We must go home, our money has given out. 我们必须回家了，我们的钱已经花完了。③ 分发，散发：Give out the examination papers.分发考试卷。A）give in让步，屈服：Don’t give in to his opinions. 别对他的意见让步。B）give off发散，放出（光、热、汽）：The roses gave off a nice smell. 那玫瑰发散着芬芳。D）give away赠送；泄露：He has given away all his money to the beggar. 他把所有的钱都给了乞丐。