2019年mpa英语试题——动词及动词短语辨析3695

{01}The money collected from ticket sales could be ______ food and clothes for the people in the flooded areas.

A.cost

B.paid off

C.spent on

D.paid back

解析：考查固定搭配。句意“门票收入可以够洪水灾区的人们的生活费了。”cost的主语是物，pay off“支付，付款”；spend +money on sth.；pay back“偿还，报答”。本句用的是被动语态，The money作主语，故用spent on。故选C。
本题选C。
{02}When we finally ______ to get all the work done, we were so exhausted that we simply felt like lying down and having a good sleep.

A.tried

B.managed

C.succeeded

D.attempted

解析：词义辨析。tried 努力，尝试；managed 经营，设法；succeeded成功； attempted 企图，试图；句意：当我们最后设法完成了所有工作时，我们感到如此筋疲力尽，以至于只想躺下来好好睡一觉。故选B。
本题选B。
{03}He is so fat that he has decided to______.

A.lose weight

B.lose his weight

C.put on weight

D.put on his weight

解析：本题的含义是他很胖以至于他决定减肥，lose weight表示减肥的意思，故本题选A。
本题选A。