2019年mpacc考试英语真题——介词和介词短语2258

{01}After that earthquake last year, we had to start ______ scratch rebuilding our houses.

A.of

B.from

C.in

D.up

解析：考查介词。句中考查短语start from scratch白手起家。句意：去年地震之后，我们不得不白手起家重建我们的房子。
本题选B。
{02}The policemen are searching _____ every house _____ the thief.

A.for; for

B.of; of

C.不填; for

D.of; for

解析：考查search的用法：search sb搜身，search sp在…地方搜查，search for寻找，句意是：警察搜遍了每个房间找小偷。选C。
本题选C。
{03} Before I could say a word, he disappeared _____ the direction of the candy store.

A.to	B.from
C.in	D.with

解析：本题中的in the direction of表示向……方向的意思，本句表示的含义为他朝向糖果店的方向消失了，故本题选C。
本题选C。