英语单项填空考点——介词练习

1. This skirt is made _____your mother _____her own measure.

A. for; to             B. for; for     C. to; to        D. for; by

2. Instead of calling _____his uncle, he called _____my new house with his wife that day.

A. by; for            B. on; at             C. for; on            D. at; by

3. Kate’s little brother kicked the ball to the river; she took great trouble to get it _____the river.

A. on            B. from        C. from on  D. over from

4. The pretty girl is known _____the public _____a little film star _____her excellent performance in a film.

A. in; as; with    B. to; as; for       C. among; with; in   D. by; for; because of

5. It’s really hot _____January in Harbin now. Better take off your coat.

A. in             B. during            C. for           D. to

6. —They all agree _____George. Has the project been passed?

—Who _____George can make the final decision?

A. except; except     B. except; besides   C. but; but   D. besides; but

7. So far, several ships have been reported missing _____the coast of Bermuda.

A. off            B. along             C. on           D. around

8. —I like coffee with nothing in it. What about you?

—I prefer coffee _____sugar.

A. to             B. for            C. with         D. than

9. —I’m going to cut the big tree down?

—What _____?

A. by            B. to                    C. with         D. at

10. Britain has recently had a high level of unemployment—but the same is true _____many other countries.

A. at                    B. from        C. of             D. to

11. The woman sold the eggs _____seven dollars and they were sold _____half price.

A. with; at    B. for; at             C. at; in              D. by; on

12. _____her hair getting gray, she has decided to have it dyed.

A. As            B. For          C. With        D. Though

13. —These boxes are too heavy for me to move.

—Here, I’ll give you a hand _____them.

A. for            B. to                    C. with         D. by

14. In the experiment we kept a watchful eye _____the developments and recorded every detail.

A. in             B. at                    C. for           D. on

15. Books are the most important records we keep _____man’s thoughts, ideas and feelings.

A. in             B. of             C. for           D. on

【预测精解】

1. A。made to (one’s own) measure按(某人的)尺寸定做。

2. B。call on sb拜访某人；call at a place去某地。

3. C。get sth from…从某物取得某物；on the river河上。

4. B。be known to sb为某人所知；as作为；be known for因…而出名。

5. C。for对…来说。若用in，则指哈尔滨一月的天气很热，这与事实不符。

6. C。who but…除了某人外，还有谁？

7. A。off距离…不远处的海上。

8. C。根据语境，句意为“我喜欢喝加糖的咖啡”，故用with。

9. C。根据语境，是问“用”什么工具来cut the tree down。

10. C。of在…方面。

11. B。与sell, buy连用，表示以多少钱卖或买用for；与price搭配，用at。

12. C。with因为(=because of)。as和for虽然也可表示原因，但要接句子，此处不是。

13. C。give sb a hand with sth与help sb with sth相当，意为“帮助某人做某事”。

14. D。keep an eye on密切注视、照看。

15. B。keep records of记录。we keep of…是定语从句，替代先行词records的关系代词that省略了。