2016年高考英语专题必做练习及答案(13)

11.No one could ________ the failure of the experiment as everything went smoothly at first.

A.give an account for

B.account for

C.take account of

D.take into account

答案　B

解析　考查动词短语辨析。give an account for叙述，说明;account for解释，说明……的原因;take account of和take into account的意思均为“考虑到，顾及”。account for符合语意。

12.—If we take a plane，we’ll of course have arrived in London by the next weekend.

—Don’t be too sure.We should ________ the weather factor.What shall we do if it is foggy?

A.look for B.allow for

C.prepare for D.use for

答案　B

解析　考查动词短语辨析。look for寻找;allow for考虑到;prepare for为……作准备;use for用做。allow for符合语意。

13.By playing with the native boys and girls，one can ________ a lot of their language.

A.pick up B.set up

C.build up D.put up

答案　A

解析　考查动词短语辨析。句意为：与本土的孩子们玩可以顺便学会许多他们的语言。pick up(偶然)获得，听到，学会，符合句意。

14.We were supposed to move into our new classroom building at the beginning of this month，but things didn’t ________ as planned.

A.work out B.carry out

C.move out D.get out

答案　A

解析　考查动词短语辨析。work out成功地发展，计算。根据语意“按说我们在这个月初就会搬进新教学楼，但事情并不像计划的那样顺利”可知选A项。

15.She________her younger sister in appearance but not in character.

A.looks B.compares

C.equals D.resembles

答案　D

解析　句意为：她的长相像她的妹妹，但是性格不同。resemble表示“相似，像”。如果选择A项，需要在后面加上like。