II Idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions Fill in the blanks with prepositions or adverbs to make up idioms, phrasal verbs and fixed expressions. 1 . The photographer was _ assignment for Life magazine, for a story on romance in Paris, and hired the couple as models for the shot. 2 . I will not fail _ _ my mission to raise our daughters in a loving and peaceful family, even if this means leaving you to raise them and support them entirely on my own. 3 . Clearly, this trend of supply chain management has set higher requirements___ the conduct of integration. 4 . Alternative payment companies entitle buyers who may not have credit cards, feel wary _ _ sharing their information online or just want an easier checkout experience. 5 . The funds' partners-- donor countries, funding recipients, and five multilateral development banks-- are meeting in Washington this week to take stock _ _ progress toward these goals. 6 . With a larger pool of available resources, companies can staff projects more efficiently and draw _ _ talents from many sites. 7 . Either we explode with rage or bottle _ _ _ our emotions,turning angry harms ourselves, which sometimes ends up with feelings of depression. 8 . The market has reacted negatively throughout the year to any moves that are perceived _ _ _ an effort to slow down the economy. 9 . The enterprise methodologies and frameworks that exist today vary significantly _ the range of problems they solve and the approaches they take. 10 . The strength of the dollar, the pace of growth in China,politics in Iran, instability in the Middle East, new finds, OPEC decisions and more decide _ the ultimate price of oil.
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本题考查固定短语、习语和动词短语的搭配,需要根据语境选择正确的介词或副词填空。解题核心在于:
- 记忆常见固定搭配,如
on assignment、fail to等; - 分析句子逻辑关系,明确空格前后成分的搭配需求;
- 结合语境理解词义,如
set requirements表示“提出要求”,take stock of表示“评估”。
1. The photographer was _ assignment for Life magazine...
固定搭配:on assignment 表示“执行任务”。句意为“摄影师被派去执行任务”,因此填 on。
2. I will not fail my mission...
固定短语:fail to do sth 表示“未能完成某事”。句意为“我不会放弃使命”,因此填 to。
3. set higher requirements _ the conduct of integration
固定搭配:set requirements for 表示“对……提出要求”。句意为“对整合的实施提出更高要求”,因此填 for。
4. entitle buyers sharing their information online
固定短语:entitle to do sth 表示“有权做某事”。句意为“有权不分享信息”,因此填 to。
5. take stock _ progress toward these goals
固定搭配:take stock of 表示“评估”。句意为“评估进展”,因此填 of。
6. draw _ talents from many sites
固定短语:draw in 表示“吸引”。句意为“吸引人才”,因此填 in。
7. bottle our emotions
固定短语:bottle out 表示“释放情绪”(非常见搭配,但符合题意)。句意为“释放情绪”,因此填 out。
8. perceived an effort to slow down the economy
固定搭配:perceive as 表示“视为”。句意为“被视为减缓经济的努力”,因此填 as。
9. vary significantly _ the range of problems they solve
固定搭配:vary in 表示“在……方面不同”。句意为“在解决问题的范围上不同”,因此填 in。
10. decide _ the ultimate price of oil
固定搭配:decide on 表示“决定”。句意为“决定最终油价”,因此填 on。