2019年mpa英语试题——动词及动词短语辨析3280

{01}The meal over, the managers went back to the meeting room to ______ their discussion.

A.put away

B.take down

C.look over

D.carry on

解析：该题考查考生对题干中两个句子含义的理解以及对选项中动词短语的掌握情况。由题干中的“went back”可知“午餐过后，经理们返回办公室继续他们的讨论。故正确答案应为 D. “carry on” 与 ”went back”相对应。  A项 “put away”含义为“储存，放好，收拾好”  B 项“take down”含义为“取下，记下，拆除”   C项 “look over” 含义为“检查，检阅”
本题选D。
{02}You’d better not wear such ties, because they ____ three years ago.

A.went on

B.went off

C.went over

D.went out

解析：考查动词短语。此处go out意为“不流行，过时，停止使用”。
本题选D。
{03}——Were you busy last weekend?
——Very. Rather than ____ time playing cards as usual, I devoted every effort to ____ an advertisement.

A.wasting; making

B.waste; make

C.to waste; make

D.a waste of; making

解析：本题考查短语devote oneself to doing something的用法，以及短语rather than要求句子前后保持平衡，所以本题应选择A。
本题选A。