1. The playboy was ___ in his allowance as soon as his father knew he had failed all his exams.
　　A. cut off B. cut away C. cut in D. cut through

　　2. The police asked the witness to ____ the murderer from four suspects.
　　A. pick on B. pick through C. pick up D. pick out

　　3. It snowed heavily last night and we had to use thick sticks to ____ the roof of the hut.
　　A. hold on B. hold up C. hold back D. hold out

　　4. The kind old couple offered to ____ the poor homeless child, though life was hard for them.
　　A. bring in B. put in C. take in D. turn in

　　5. Before the economic crisis came, John had sensed that the firm was to be ruined and he _____ just in time.
　　A. pulled up B. pulled out C. pulled off D. pulled down

　　6. Billy was the youngest boy on the hike, but he _____ with the others.
　　A. kept up B. turned up C. caught up D. drew up

　　7. Though there are some differences in American and Chinese education, both systems are _____ excellent graduates.
　　A. turning out B. turning away C. turning off D. turning around

　　8. Work out a realistic monthly budget and _____ it, and always allow a little extra for emergencies, such as your car breaking down, or unexpected bill.
　　A. live on B. stick to C. apply to D. depend on

　　9. They both lack a convincing strategy of how to _____ this crisis.
　　A. get away with B. get on with C. get through D. get across

　　10. The written record of our conversation doesn’t ______ what was actually said. There are a lot of mistakes.
　　A. correspond with B. relate to C. look into D. compare with

　　解析

　　1. A。cut off切〔隔〕断, 阻碍;表“剪〔切, 砍〕下”时与cut away 同义;cut in插嘴，干预;cut through穿过，挤过。这里表“花花公子在零花钱方面被中断了”故选A。

　　2. D。pick on招惹，找茬儿;pick through挑选，筛选;pick up捡起;(车等)中途搭人，学会;pick out挑选出，分辨出，认出。句意为“警察让目击者从四名嫌疑犯中辨认出谁是凶手。”，故D符合题意。

　　3. B。hold on等一等，坚持，抓住不放;hold up抬起，支撑，拦住;hold back阻碍，抑制，隐瞒;hold out伸出，拿出，坚持。这里表“支撑住小屋的屋顶”，故选B。

　　4. C。bring in收获，带进，赚得;put in放入，打断，任命;take in欺骗，领会，收留;turn in上交，归还。这里选take in表“收留”可怜的无家可归的孩子。

　　5. B。pull up(使)停下;pull out退出，离开;pull off 脱去，胜利完成;pull down毁坏，打倒。约翰感觉到公司会破产，所以他及时退出，故B符合句意。

　　6. A。根据语境，在徒步旅行中，比尔是年龄最小的男孩儿，但是他能跟上其他所有的人。A项“保持，跟上”;B项“出现，露面”;C项“赶上”，强调是由落后赶上;D项“停止”。所以选择A项。

　　7. A。turn out除了有“结果是，原来是”的意思外，还有“制造，生产，造就(人才)”的意思,故选A。turn away赶走，拒绝进入;turn off关灯;turn around转身。

　　8. B。live on靠…为生;stick to坚持，遵守;apply to适用于，涂抹，向…申请;depend on依赖，依靠。根据后半句“并总要留出少量的额外资金以备不时之需”可知，先要制定出切实可行的每月开支预算并坚持执行。

　　9. C。据句意“对于如何度过此次危机，他们都没有令人信服的策略”可知，get through“度过，通过，完成”符合题意。get away with侥幸成功，逃脱处罚;get on with继续干某事;get across横过(马路、河等)，(使)被理解，(使)被接受。

　　10. A。据句意“书面记录和他实际说的不一致”可知，correspond with“与…通信，与…相一致”符合句意。relate to涉及, 关系到…;look into浏览，调查;compare with与…相比。