Question

Your efforts to develop good habits will ______ later, and it is well worth working hard to do so.

A．pay off

B．pay back

C．pay for

D．pay up

Answer 1

A

解析试题分析：句意：你养成好习惯的努力以后会得到回报，它是值得你这样努力工作的。pay off得到回报； pay back偿还； pay for付钱； pay up付清欠款。根据句意故选A。
考点：考查动词短语辨析。
点评：本题难度适中。动词短语辨析是近几年高考常考的内容，需要考生平时加强背诵短语的意义及用法，命题者还考查学生对语境的理解。这里主要考查有pay与不同的副词或介词构成的短语。
即学即练：I will take you to court unless you ______immediately.
A. pay off   B. pay back   C. pay for    D. pay up
解析：D。句意：除非马上还清欠款，否则我和你打官司。