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介词练习 1. She is such an irritating woman, I don’t know how you can ______ her. a. put up b. stand up to c. stand with d. put up with 2. To get my traveler’s check I had to ______ a special check to the bank for the total amount. a. make for b. make out c. make off d. make up 3. Little boys are easily ______. a. taken in b. taken away c. taken out d. taken over 4. The company is going to hand ______ the free samples tomorrow. a. up b. out c. on d. down 5. It was purely ______ chance that the mistake was discovered. a. in b. for c. by d. from 6. The magician picked several persons ______ from the audience and asked them to help him with the performance. a. by accident b. on occasion c. on average d. at random 7. I left for the office earlier than usual this morning ______ traffic jam. a. in case of b. in line with c. for the sake of d. at the risk of 8. Some areas, _______ their severe weather conditions, are hardly populated. a. but for b. in spite of c. due to d. with regard to 9. Visitors are asked to comply ______ the regulations. a. at b. in c. with d. on 10. He ______ so much work that he couldn’t really do it efficiently. a. put on b. took on c. brought on d. turned on 11.In order to save time, I ______ my shopping to once a week. a. cut off b. cut out c. cut up d. cut down 12.The idea has ______ that science cannot be wrong. a. piled up b. picked up c. grown up d. put up 13.he did everything he could to prevent if from ______ into fighting. a. breaking off b. breaking up c. breaking out d. breaking of 14.The construction of the new building will cost ______ 1,000,000 dollars, and it’s not easy to get so much money. a. at last b. at most c. at least d. at large 15.The thief ran away as fast as he could ______ the policeman. a. in sight b. within the sight of c. within sight d. at the sight of 16.For too long, European can makers have fought to ______ old ways and old privileges. a. hang on to b. have access to c. refer to d. see