不少动词短语使用场合多，表达效果好，考查可能性大，本文结合中考题，分类进行介绍。
一、look短语
短语展播：look for寻找；look after照顾；look over查看；look forward to渴望，向往，to为介词，后接名词、代词、动名词作宾语；look at看着；look up抬头看，在……查找；look up to尊敬；look down upon瞧不起；look like看起来像；look as if/though看起来好像；look through透过……看；look into调查；look out当心；look out of往……外看。
典型考例：
1. ―what are you doing, cathy?
――i’m __my cat. i can’t find it.（07北京）
a. looking forb. looking atc. looking upd. looking after
析：a。由i can’t find it.可以反推该空表示“寻找”，因此应填looking for。
2. kate didn’t go to the movie last night because she had to __her sick dog at home. (07陕西)
a. look atb. look upc. look ford. look after
析：d。sick暗示该空表示“照顾”，因此应填look after。
3. the doctor __the crying baby, but he couldn’t find out what was wrong with it.（06安徽）
a. looked overb. looked afterc. looked ford. looked out
析：a。由couldn’t find out what was wrong with it可以推出该空表示“查看”，因此应填looked over。
4. ―do you like sports?
――sure, i’m looking forward to __beijing 2008 olympic games.（06呼和浩特）
a. watchedb. watchesc. watchd. watching
析：d。look forward to中to为介词，后面应接动名词作宾语。
5. _the word in the dictionary, and you’ll get the meaning by your-selves.（06泰州）
a. look atb. look upc. look ford. look over
析：b。由the word in the dictionary与get the meaning之间的逻辑关系可以推出该空表示“在……查找”，因此应填look up。
二、put短语
短语展播：put off推迟，put on穿上；上演；put away把……暂时收起来，储存……备用；put up举起，建造，张贴；put out扑灭；put down写下；put aside把……搁在一边；put back放回。
典型考例：
1. a lot of meetings were __because of the dangerous disease.
（07天津）
a. turned offb. set offc. put offd. taken off
析：c。the dangerous disease暗示该空表示“推迟”，因此应填put off。
2. ―tom, it’s cold outside. _your coat when you go out.
――ok, mom. （07安徽）
a. take offb. take awayc. put awayd. put on
析：d。cold暗示该空表示“穿上”，因此应填put on。
3. tina, _your books and get ready for dinner.（07佛山）
a. put awayb. throw awayc. put down
析：a。get ready for dinner暗示该空表示“把……暂时收起来”，因此应填put away。
4. ―great changes h**e taken place in this city.
――right. many modern tall buildings h**e been __these years.
（07武汉）
a. turned upb. put upc. shown upd. fixed up
析：b。由常识可知，高楼大厦是被建起来的，因此该空应填put up。
三、turn短语
短语展播：turn off关掉；turn down把音量开小一点；拒绝；turn up把音量开大一点；出现；turn on打开； turn round/around回头；turn over翻开；翻转；turn to朝向；变成；求助于；turn…into…把……变成……；turn into变成；turn out结果证明是；turn away把脸转过去。
典型考例：
1. remember to __the lights when you le**e your classroom.
（07重庆）
a. turn onb. turn offc. turn upd. turn down
析：b。le**e暗示该空表示“关掉”，因此应填turn off。
2. ―nancy, you may listen to the radio. but would you mind __
your father is sleeping.
――i’m sorry. i’ll do it right now.（07咸宁）
a. turning it downb. turning it up
c. turning it ond. turning it off
析：a。由may listen to the radio与is sleeping之间的语境逻辑可以推出该空表示“把它的音量开小一点”，因此应填turning it down。
3. would you mind __the music? i can’t hear it clearly.（06厦门）
a. turning upb. turning downc. turning on
析：a。can’t hear it clearly暗示该空表示“把音量开大一点”，因此应填turning up。
四、call短语
短语展播：call at拜访，后接地点；call on拜访，后接被拜访的对象；号召；call back回**；call in 叫来；call up打**，使回忆起；call for叫某人同往某处，要求；call off取消。
典型考例：
――where did you go after we left the library yesterday?
――i went downtown and __my aunt’s on my way home.（07武汉）
a. played withb. called atc. waited ford. looked after
析：b。该空表示“拜访”，且后接地点名词，因此应填called at。
五、be短语
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