更多"The phrase 'live up to' (Line 2, Pa"的相关试题:
[单项选择]The underlined phrase "line up to" in the first paragraph means ______.
A. meet the standard of
B. realize the purpose of
C. complete the demands of
D. keep the promise of
[单项选择]The phrase "live up to" in Line 4, Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ______.
A. survive
B. complement
C. agree with
D. carry on
[单项选择]The phrase "live up to" ( Para. 1 ) in the context means ______.
A. meet the standard of
B. realize the purpose of
C. fulfil the demands of
D. keep the promise of
[单项选择]The phrase "make up" in paragraph 2 most probably means ______.
A. invent
B. put together
C. end a quarrel
D. complete
[单项选择]In the fourth paragraph, the phrase "looked up to" in the sentence "Athletes are looked up to a great deal" means
A. respected
B. responsible for
C. imitated
D. criticized
[单项选择]The phrase “soak up” in the last Para. probably means____.
A. absorb
B. warm up
C. enjoy
D. use up
[单项选择]The phrase "ring up sales" most probably means "______"
A. make an order of goods
B. record sales on a cash register
C. call the sales manager
D. keep track of the goods in stock
[单项选择]The phrase "cinched up our belts", in the first paragraph, suggests that the couple
A. thought creating a winery would be easy.
B. wore clothing that was too big.
C. strapped their belongings together and moved.
D. prepared for the difficult work ahead.
[单项选择]What does the phrase "soak up" mean in the last sentence of the third paragraph
A. Learn something quickly and easily.
B. Make someone pay too much money in prices or taxes.
C. Make something completely wet.
D. Remove something by making it completely useless.
[单项选择]The phrase "pick up" here means ______.
[单项选择]The phrase "the catch phrase" (Line 2, Para. 5) has the closest meaning to ______.
A. the promotion slogan
B. the marketing strategy
C. the secret recipe
D. the pleasant taste
[单项选择]In the phrase "without setting up a network of interlocking crystals customarily associated with that process" in the second paragraph, a substitute for the word "customarily" may be ______.
A. continuously
B. certainly
C. eventually
D. usually
[单项选择]The phrase "to shore up" in the second paragraph probably means ______.
A. "demonstrate"
B. "take"
C. "strengthen"
D. "grasp"
[单项选择]The phrase "puts it down to" (Line 1 ,Pars. 3)is closest in meaning to " ______ ".
A. attributes it to
B. finds it a reason for
C. sums it up as
D. compares it to
[单项选择]Referring to the phrase "draw a line under the hasty legislation"(Line 5, Para. 1), the author most probably means"______".
A. revise the hasty legislation
B. reinforce the hasty legislation
C. underline the hasty legislation
D. restrict the hasty legislation
[单项选择]In dry weather the farmers who live higher up the valley ______.
A. share the water with their neighbours
B. keep all the water for themselves
C. build canals across the fields of other farmers
D. work hard to store water
