1. Don’t read ________ bed. It’s bad ________ your eyes.(镇江市 2004)

　　A. on; of B. on; to C. in; for D. at; to

　　答案：C

　　解析：“躺在床上”通常用in bed；“对……有害”为固定短语be bad for，故本题答案为C。

　　2. —Do you know about Florence Nightingale?

　　—Yes, she was well-known ______a nurse in England ________ her kindness to the sick and wounded soldiers.(黄岗市2004)

　　A. for; as B. as; for C. as; to D. to; for

　　答案：B

　　解析：“她作为护士在英国因为对病人和伤员亲切而出名。”“作为……”用介词as；“因为……”用介词for，故本题答案为B。

　　3. We are now short ________ fresh water. Something must be done to stop people________ polluting it. (南通市2004)

　　A. for； to B. for； from C. of； to D. of； from

　　答案：D

　　解析：“我们缺乏淡水，必须采取措施阻止人们污染淡水。”“短缺；缺少”用be short of ...；“阻止……做某事”用stop ... from doing sth.，故本题答案为D。

　　4. Your school things are here and there. Will you please ________? (福州市2004)

　　A. throw them about B. put them away

　　C. throw about them D. put away them

　　答案：B

　　解析：“把……放好”，词组为put ... away，首先排除A、C两项； put away为“动词+副词”型短语，宾语如果是代词，要放在put和away之间，故B为正确答案。

　　5. If you still have any other questions, please ________ your hand.(大连市2004)

　　A. put off B. put down C. put on D. put up

　　答案：D

　　解析：本题考查put构成的几个短语动词的区别：put off意为“推迟”；put down意为“放下”；put on意为“穿上”；put up意为“举起”。根据前句意思“如果你还有什么别的问题”，后面句子应该是“请举手”，故选择D。

　　6. Miss Hyde ________ 20 dollars buying a new handbag last week.(镇江市2004)

　　A. paid B. spent C. cost D. took

　　答案：B

　　解析：本题考查pay, spend, cost, take四个词表示“花费”时的用法区别：pay表示付钱、帐单等，主语是人，其常见结构为：pay sb. some money (for sth.); spend指花钱、花费时间，主语是人，其常见结构分别为：sb. spends money on sth.或sb. spends time (in) doing sth.；cost指花钱，主语是事或物,其常见结构为 sth. costs sb. some money；take常指花费时间，且常用it作形式主语，其结构为：It takes sb. some time to do sth.。结合句子的主语和空格后面的buying，可以确定B为正确答案。

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