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。