动词和动词短语
1．The headmaster will________ a speech to the visiting foreign guests this afternoon.
A．deliver B．address
C．announce D．declare
解析：句意：今天下午校长将要对来访的外宾发表讲话。deliver 发表；deliver a speech 发表演讲；address sb.对某人讲话，对某人发表演说；announce 宣布，通告；declare 宣告，声明。
答案：A
2．He worked hard before the college entrance examination, and it ________.His dream to go to college came true.
A．showed off B．paid off
C．put off D．took off
解析：句意：在高考前他努力学习，他的勤奋奏效了，他实现了上大学的梦想。pay off意为“(计划等)取得成功”，符合句意。show off“炫耀”；put off“推迟”；take off“脱掉；起飞”。
答案：B
3．After a long journey across the whole country from north to south, they found themselves as well as their clothes ________.
A．picked out B．called out
C．made out D．worn out
解析：考查动词短语。wear out既可指“衣服、鞋等的磨损”，又可指“人精疲力竭”。句意：经过漫长的从北向南的全国旅行之后，他们发现自己精疲力竭，连衣服都磨破了。pick out“挑选出”；call out“叫出来”；make out“识别出，辨认出”。
答案：D
