Unit 10　介　词

Ⅰ.单项填空

1．—What do you mean ________ saying “The boy is overgrowing”？

—I mean that he is tall ________ his age.

A．by; for                B．as to; for

C．about; with            D．by; to

解析：what do you mean by (doing) sth.句型，意为“通过……意指什么”；for 此处

意为“对于”，for one’s age表“对某人这个年龄来说”。

答案：A

2．His behavior at the party last night seemed rather______. Many of us were quite surprised.

A．out of practice                 B．out of place

C．out of politeness               D．out of pity

解析：out of place此处意为“不适合的，不适应环境的”。

答案：B

3．It is said that the price of that beach house, which you were looking forward to buying, has fallen ________ a further 200 dollars a square metre.

A．at            B．by            C．with           D．for

解析：by此处表“增减的程度”。

答案：B