Ⅰ Grammar:Preposition
A Multiple Choices
1. He finished the work______the cost of his health.
A.at
B.on
C.with
D.in
正确答案:A
2. We should call______respect for the blue-collar workers.
A.for
B.at
C.on
D.off
正确答案:A
3. The road accident resulted______five deaths.
A.in
B.to
C.for
D.about
正确答案:A
4. “Good-bye and good luck!”______these words, he turned and got on the train.
A.With
B.Of
C.By
D.On
正确答案:A
5. If anything should happen______her, let me know at once.
A.to
B.on
C.in
D.with
正确答案:A
6. Three weeks later, the police seemed to have given up______despair.
A.out
B.in
C.on
D.from
正确答案:B
7. After the lecture the students shook hands with the visiting professor______turn.
A.with
B.in
C.by
D.after
正确答案:B
8. They asked______your health in their last letter.
A.about
B.on
C.after
D.of
正确答案:C
9. The girl led the blind women______the arm to the other side of the road.
A.by
B.on
C.to
D.with
正确答案:A
10. Although we don’t feel satisfied with the election results, we have to become reconciled ______the decision made by our fellow countrymen.
A.for
B.on
C.to
D.in
正确答案:C
此句中, be reconciled to为固定词组,意为“顺从、听从”。
11. We should put our disputes aside before the committee and abide______its decisions.
A.to
B.in
C.by
D.with
正确答案:C
此句中, abide by为固定词组,意为“遵守(法律、决定等)”。
12. How can you fight your cancer if you cannot look it______the face.
A.on
B.by
C.in
D.from
正确答案:C
13. Unless you sign a contract with the insurance company for your goods, you are not entitled ______a repayment for the goods damaged in delivery.
A.to
B.with
C.for
D.on
正确答案:A
14. Scientists have already found problems that associated______living in the ocean are nearly the same as those of living in outer space.
A.to
B.of
C.with
D.at
正确答案:C
15. John is no match______his younger brother at table tennis.
A.to
B.at
C.for
D.on
正确答案:C
B Error Correction
1. The protons in a nucleus being equal with the electrons outside, the atom is electrically neutral.
正确答案:
equal with→equal to
2. Having been robbed of economic importance, those states are not likely to count on very much in international political terms.
正确答案:
count on→count for
此句中,count much for为固定词组,意为“关系重大,很有价值”。
3. You may be able to cheat some people for a time, but you won’t succeed on fooling them forever.
正确答案:
on→in
4. He caught the thief with the collar and dragged him to the nearest police station.
正确答案:
with→by
5. You cannot say that the desire for material advantage is the basic motive in human behaviors; there are many exceptions for this.
正确答案:
for→of
6. With help from all parts of the country, the people in the flooded area managed to get over that harsh winter.
正确答案:

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