2019年mpacc考试英语真题——介词和介词短语171

{01}The fact that many college graduates get lower salary than some workers has ______ an online debate.
A.set out
B.set about
C.set up
D.set off
解析：短语辨析。Ａ出发；Ｂ出发，开始；Ｃ建立；Ｄ引起，使发生，引爆；结合句意可知Ｄ正确。句意：很多大学生的工资比工人低引起了网上的讨论。
本题选D。
{02}It was hard to describe the nightmare she had _______.
A.rounded up
B.looked out for
C.taken into account
D.lived through
解析：本题主要考查的是四个词组含义的区别:round up“赶拢，使……集拢，围捕，舍去以成整数，责骂”；look out for“密切注意，提防，小心，留神”；take into account“考虑，注意，顾及，体谅”；live through“度过，经受过”。
本题选D。