1. To our surprise the stranger_to be an old friend of my mother's.

A. turned out

B. turned up

C. set out

D. set up

2. All the girls swam in the lake except two, who_halfway.

A. gave off

B. gave up

C. gave away

D. gave out

3. If the new arrangement doesn't_we'll go back to the old one.

A. work over

B. work out

C. work up

D. work in

4. He is unfit for the job, which_patience and creativeness.

A. pays for

B. asks for

C. calls for

D. cares for

5. The dictionary published by Oxford University Press recently has really_because it is of great use to the 1earners of English.

A. taken away

B. taken down

C. taken off

D. taken out

6. Some kinds of animals can_the colour of their surroundings.

A. take on

B. dress up

C. put on

D. get into

[答案与解析]

1.A。turnout 意为“结果是，原来是”等，turmup 意为“找到，发现，出现，开大音量"等，setout 意为“开始，出发，陈述”等; setup意为“设立，竖立，架起，升起，创(纪录),提出等。

2.B. giveup意为“放弃”; giveout 意为“分发，发出(气味、热等)，发表，用尽，精疲力竭”; give away意为“送掉，分发，放弃，泄露，出卖”，give off意为“发出(蒸汽、光等),长出(枝、杈等)”。

3. B. work out在此表示“有预期结果”; work over意为“调查，重做”; workup意为“逐步建立，逐步发展”; workin 意为“配合，引进”。

4.C。call for需要、要求(=require/need)。pay for为某物付款、为某事吃苦头或受罚(=suffer or be punished for); ask for要求得到; care for愿意或喜欢(疑问句或否定句)。

5. C. take off(产品或观念)大受欢迎，(产品销售量)急升。

6.A。take on意为“披上，呈现，具有，雇用，接纳，流行”; dressup 意为“打扮，装饰，伪装”: puton意为“穿上，把....放在上，装出，增加”; getinto意为“进入， 陷入，穿上”。