2016-04-04 语法：可分割和不可分割的短语动词

本期《英语小测验》测试大家对可分割和不可分割的短语动词的理解和应用。比如，look up to 属于不可分割型的短语动词：I look up to my big brother。而 look up 则属于可分割型的短语动词，可以在短语中加入代词：Please look it up in the dictionary。

1. I’m afraid I’m very busy at the moment. Can I _________ later this afternoon?

a) back call you

b) call back you

c) call you back

d) back you call

2. She was so fed up with his behaviour she decided that she wouldn’t _________ any longer.

a) put it up with

b) put up it with

c) put it up

d) put up with it

3. I’ve worked out that it will take me six months to _________ the deposit for a new car.

a) save up for

b) save it up

c) save up it

d) save it

4. I tried to explain what had gone wrong, but my boss _________ mid-sentence.

a) cut off me

b) cut me off

c) cut down

d) cut me down

5. The police believe that the burglars _________ around midnight and stole all the jewellery in the house.

a) broke it in

b) broke in

c) broke in it

d) broke it

6. Which of the following is NOT correct?

a) I confessed that I made up the story. None of it was true.

b) I confessed that I made the story up. None of it was true.

c) I confessed that I made it up. None of the story was true.

d) I confessed that I made up it. None of the story was true.

答案

1) c, 2) d, 3) a, 4) b, 5) b, 6) d.