阅读理解

阅读下面短文，然后按要求做题．

　　take phrasal verbs

　　take after sb, phr. v [T not in progressive form]to look or behave like (an older relative): Mary really takes after her mother; she has the same eyes, nose and hair.

　　take off phr. v

　　1．[T](take sth, off) to remove (esp. clothes): Take your coat of f. opposite put on.

　　2．[I](of a plane, spacecraft, etc.) to rise into the air at the beginning of a flight.

　　3．[T](take sb. off) informal to copy the speech or manners of (someone), esp. for amusement; mimic: The actor made everyone laugh by taking off the members of the royal family.

　　4．[T](take sth, off) to have a holiday from work on (the stated day) or for (the stated period): I'm taking Thursday off because 1'm moving house./Take a few days off, Michael.

　　5．[I]to begin to become successful, popular, or well-known: It was at this point that her acting career really took off.

　　6．[I]informal to go away, esp. on a journey or to leave in a hurry: She just took off without saying goodbye to anyone.

　　take (sth.) over phr. v

　　[I; T]to gain control over and be responsible for (something): Who do you think will take over now that the governor has Left./I'm feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take over?

　　take to sb./sth. phr. v

　　[T]to feel a liking for, esp. at once: I took to Paul as soon as we met./I'm not sure if he'll take to the idea.

　　take sb./sth, up phr. v [T]

　　1．to begin to spend time doing; interest oneself in：John took up acting while he was at college. [+-ving]Alfred's just taken up playing the guitar.

　　2．(of things or events) to fill or use (space or time) esp. in a way that is unpleasant：The job took up most of Sunday./These boxes of yours are taking up too much space.

　　3．to continue：I'll take up the story where I finished yesterday.

　　注释：amusement n．娱乐活动　　gain vt．获得

　　mimic adj．模拟的　　responsible adj．有责任的

根据短文内容选择最佳

1．Which “take off” in the following sentences has a different meaning?

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A．I took a week off in October and I'm taking off Thanksgiving, too.

B．Everyone takes Christmas off.

C．She used to take off her teacher to make her friends laugh.

D．You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

2．Melissa ________ her father in being generous.

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3．“Today, we are to ________ Unit 11, Planting trees.” Our teacher said to us at the very beginning of the class.

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4．He will ________ my job while I ________ a week ________ for New York.

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A．take after, take…to

B．take up, take…after

C．take to, take…over

D．take over, take…off

5．I ________ her the moment I met her.

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阅读理解

    Li Dong is a young man of twenty-five. Five years ago, when he finished middle school, he didn't go to college and went to his village. But he didn't want to be a farmer and tried to find a piece of job in the city. He lived there for a year. He liked to wear beautiful clothes and eat nice food, but would not work hard. Of course he got little money. He had to come back again. With his parents' help, he planted hundreds of apple trees. His father took good care of the trees and this autumn he picked a lot of apples. He sold them and got much money. Soon he bought a motorbike in a shop. When he was riding it, he was very happy.

　　One afternoon the young man went out by motorbike. He rode very fast and soon got to the town. When he came near to the crossing, he saw a beautiful girl was waiting for a bus and it just one of his classmates. He hurried to say hello to her but didn't find an old man was walking in the middle of the street. He wanted to stop his motorbike, but it was too late. It knocked the old man down. Luckily, the old man was not badly hurt. “Why didn't you 10ok around while you were crossing the street?” shouted Li Dong. “I've ridden my motorbike for six days, but I've never hit anybody!” “Don't show it off(炫耀), young man,” the old man said angrily. “I've lived in the town for about sixty years and no motorbikes have hit me!”

(1) Li Dong was _________when he went to his village again.

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(2) At first Li Dong wouldn't stay in the village because________.

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A. he liked the comfortable life in the city

B. he did his best to go to college

C. he couldn't find any work there

D. he didn't have any farms there

(3) Li Dong got little money in the city because________.

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A. he liked to wear beautiful clothes

B. he liked to eat nice food

C. he couldn't find any work

D. he was too lazy to work hard

(4) Li Dong wanted _________.

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A. to tell something important to the girl

B. to show off his new motorbike to the girl

C. to ask the girl to help him

D. to borrow some money from the girl

(5) As ________, the old man was knocked down.

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A. he was walking in the middle of the road

B. he didn't look around while crossing the road

C. the young man rode the motorbike too fast

D. the young couldn't ride the motorbike

(6) The old man was angry because ________.

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A. Li Dong thought it was his fault(过错)

B. Li Dong didn't help him to stand up

C. Li Dong wanted to hurry off

D. Li Dong wasn't polite to him

－What did Miss Zhao do with the medicine box under her arm?

－The boy student had an accident. She had to ________ to look after him.

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用所给词组的适当形式填空。

hurry up， at the end of， by the end of，　　take off， at least

1. You might ________ be polite.

2. You will see a cinema ________ this road.

3. It's cold outside,please don't ________ your coat,or you'll have a cold.

4. They had lived here for 5 years ________ last year.

5. ________,or we'll be late.