请看2004年高考英语全国卷Ⅰ单项选择32题和完形填空45题:
32. You can take anything from the shelf and read, but lease the books when you've finished with them.
A. put on B. put down C. put back D. put off
45. Suddenly, I wanted to write about that, but I wanted to it down simply for my own joy, not for Mr. Fleagle, my composition teacher.
A. settle B. put C. take D. let
这两道高考题从不同角度考查了put短语的用法。中学阶段常见"put+介词/副词"短语有:
1. put aside 节省(钱、时间);储蓄;把……放在一边
He has a little money put aside for a rainy day.
他积蓄了一点钱以备不时之需。
The manager had to put his work aside for a time for an urgent accident.
经理不得不暂时搁下手头的工作去处理一件紧急事故。
2. put away 收拾起来;储存(钱);喝掉
The boy put the food away in the cupboard after he finished his dinner.
小男孩吃完晚饭后把食品放到橱柜里。
3. put back 时钟向后拨;放回原处;拖延
Please put the dictionary back where it was.
请把字典放回原处。
We had to put the meeting back a week.
我们不得不把会议推迟一周。
4. put down 写下;记下;控制
Put it down to my account, please.
请记在我的帐上。
It's time that the government put down interest rates.
政府早该降低利率了。
5. put forward 提出(意见、建议);推荐;把时针向前拨
She has decided to put herself forward as a candidate.
她已经决定自荐为候选人。
6. put off 延期;推迟
Don't put off until tomorrow what can be done today.
今日事,今日毕。
7. put on 假装;增加;上演(戏剧)
She's by no means really mad; she puts it on in order to gain attention.
她绝不是真的疯了,她只是为了引起人们的注意才假装的。
8. put out 熄灭;使忧虑;扑灭;出版
Would you mind putting your cigarette out, please?
把烟熄了,好吗?
9. put through 接通电话
Your call has been put through.
你要的电话接通了。
10. put up 举起;张开(伞);张贴;为……提供食宿
We can put up ten people for the night at a pinch.
必要时我们可以留宿十个人。
11. put up with 忍受;忍耐;受苦
That woman, as a housewife, has a lot to put up with.
作为家庭主妇,那女人得忍受很多烦恼。
高考真题回放:
1. It is wise to have some money for old age.（全国1996)
A. put away B. kept up C. given away D. laid up
2. The forest guards often find campfires that have not been completely. (四川2004)
A. turned down B. put out C. put away D. turned over
