问题
选择题
It was a long time before the police________what he was really doing.
A.caught hold of
B.caught up
C.caught on to
D.caught at
答案
答案:C
题目分析:句意:还要过一段时间警察才能了解他在做什么。catch hold of抓住; catch up 赶上; catch on to理解; catch at试图抓住。根据句意故选C。
点评:本题难度适中。对于动词短语的考查常考同源介词或同源副词的动词短语,需要考生熟记它们的意义和用法,以提高解题的正确率。这里是考查含有catch的短语。
即学即练:I threw the rope and he _______it.
A. caught hold of B. caught up C. caught on to D. catch at
解析:A。句意:我把绳子扔了过去,他一把就抓住了。