Question

You can ________ his number in the phone book if you're not sure of it．

1. A.
   look up
2. B.
   look for
3. C.
   look over
4. D.
   look into

Answer 1

A
本题主要考查动词look所构成的动词短语的用法区别。look up的意思是“向上看；查阅”；look for的意思是“寻找”look over的意思是“检查”；look into的意思是“朝……里看；调查”。本题的意思是“查阅电话号码”。look up在表示“查阅”时，与汉语的表达有所不同，比如“查字典”应说成：look up…in a dictionary。另外，look还可构成其他的许多短语，如：look at看……；look after照顾，照看；look like看起来像；look out朝外看；小心。