在下列句子的空格處填上一個恰當的英語單詞。

1. Stephen ___ up and caught the ball in one hand.斯蒂芬跳起來一手接住了球。

2. ‘Pass me that pen, ___ you?’ ‘Here you are. Catch!’“把那隻鋼筆遞給我，好嗎？”“給你，接著！”

3. The kids were throwing and catching a frisbee down ___ the beach.小孩子們在海灘那邊拋接飛盤。

4. He caught her ___ to steady her.他一把抓住她的肘部讓她站穩。

5. Miss Perry caught hold of my sleeve and ___ me back.佩裡小姐抓住我的袖子，把我拉了回來。

6. ‘You can’t catch me!’ she ___, running away.“你抓不到我的！”她大聲叫著跑開了。

7. State police have launched a massive ___ to catch the murderer.州警方展開了大規模的行動抓捕兇手。

8. If you go back to the city, you’re bound to ___ caught.如果你回到城裡，肯定會被抓住。

9. I caught him ___ my private letters.我看到他在偷看我的私人信件。

10. Gemma turned around and caught the stranger looking at her ___.傑瑪轉過身來，發現那個陌生人正盯著她看。

11. The gang was caught in the ___ of unloading the cigarettes.那夥人在卸香菸時當場被抓。

12. He was caught ___-handed taking money from the cash register.他從現金出納機偷錢時被當場抓住。

13. We know he’d been ___, but we’d never caught him at it before.我們知道他一直在做手腳，不過我們以前從未當場抓到過他。

14. Anton caught malaria in Mali, and ___ died.安東在馬裡染上瘧疾，差點丟了性命。

15. Many young people are still ___ about how HIV is caught.許多年輕人對艾滋病毒是如何染上的仍然一無所知。

16. Typhoid and cholera are often caught from ___ water supplies.傷寒和霍亂通常是經由受汙染的水源傳播的。

17. I caught children pox ___ my friend at school.我從學校裡的一個朋友那裡傳染了水痘。

18. Don’t stand out in the rain. You’ll catch your ___.別站在外面淋雨，你會得重感冒的。

19. Her question caught him off ___.她的問題讓他措手不及。

20. He’s not the first politician to be caught with his ___ down, and he won’t be the last.他不是第一個陷入窘境的政客，也不會是最後一個。

21. Did you ___ any fish?你捕到魚了嗎？

22. Early settlers caught rabbits and squirrels and even rats in order to ___.早期移民為了生存而捕食野兔、松鼠，甚至老鼠。

23. I caught the 7.15 train ___ London.我趕上了7點15分的火車去倫敦。

24. There’s a train ___ now. If you run, you’ll just catch it.現在有一班火車，如果你跑過去正好能趕上。

25. I have to ___ — I have a bus to catch.我得趕緊了，我要趕一班公共汽車。

26. I managed to catch her just ___ she was leaving.我就在她正要走時趕上了她。

27. I just caught the last few minutes of the ___.我只趕上了這部紀錄片的最後幾分鐘。

28. Tumors like these can be ___ quite easily if they’re caught early enough.這類腫瘤只要及時發現，就很容易治好。

29. His overalls caught ___ the engine.他的工作服卡在引擎裡了。

30. Her microphone was forever getting caught ___ her clothes.她的麥克風老是被衣服鉤住。

31. Lucie whistled ___ to catch the other girl’s attention.露西尖聲地吹口哨以吸引另外那個女孩的注意。

32. This is a story that will catch the ___ of every child.這個故事會激發每個孩子的想象力。

33. I’m ___ I didn’t catch your name.不好意思，我沒聽清你的名字。

34. I caught the muffled thud of a car door ___ in the street.我聽到街上一聲悶響，是一輛汽車關門的聲音。

35. ‘I’ll give you a call in a couple of days.’ ‘Okay. Catch you ___.’“我過幾天給你電話。”“好的，再見。”

36. We could ___ a movie.我們可以去看一場電影。

37. M Records caught his act and ___ him immediately. M唱片公司看了他的表演後當即和他簽約。

38. I caught a ___ as far as Columbus.我搭便車一直到了哥倫布。

39. I love dancing but you won’t catch me ___ the first on the dance floor!我很喜歡跳舞，但我決不會第一個走進舞池。

40. You’ll catch ___ if Dad finds out.如果被爸爸發現的話你會受罰的。

41. Fans waited for hours at the airport to catch a glimpse of their ___.歌迷們在機場等候多時，想一睹偶像的風采。

42. I caught ___ of her in the crowd.我在人群裡看到了她。

43. His novel catches the ___ of post-war Britain.他的小說成功地刻畫了英國戰後的氣氛。

44. Two farm workers died when a ___ caught fire.穀倉失火，兩名農場工人死亡。

45. For some reason, the charcoal wasn’t ___.不知怎的，木炭點不著。

46. Out on the freeway, a billboard caught his ___.在高速公路上，一塊大廣告牌吸引了他的注意。

47. Every time she caught his eye, she would ___ away embarrassed.每次遇到他的目光，她都會窘迫地往別處看。

48. Standing there listening to the song, he caught himself smiling from ___ to ear.他站在那裡聽著那首歌，忽然發現自己在咧著嘴笑。

49. The punch caught him ___ in the face.這一拳正好打在他的臉上。

50. We got caught ___ a rainstorm on the way here.過來的路上我們遇到了暴風雨。

51. Here’s a useful ___ if you’re caught without a mirror.如果你沒有鏡子，這是個有用的方法。

52. ___ on a minute — let me catch my breath!稍等一下，讓我歇口氣！

53. It was an enforced absence from work, but at least gave me a little time to catch my ___ before the final push.我是迫不得已沒上班，但是這至少給了我一點時間，讓我在作最後衝刺之前可以喘口氣。

54. Place the baking sheet under the muffin pan to catch the ___.把烘烤盤放在鬆餅鍋下面接住滴落的油。

55. The sunlight caught her hair and ___ it to gold.陽光照在她的頭髮上，把它染成了金色。

56. You’ve caught the ___ on the back of your neck.你脖子後面被曬紅了。

57. Gary swung the sail ___ to catch the light wind.加里把帆轉過來使它迎著微風。

58. She caught ___ his arm, ‘Hang on. I’m coming with you.’她伸手去抓住他的手臂：“等一下，我和你一起去。”

59. The idea of glasses being a ___ item has been slow to catch on.眼鏡成為一種時尚之物的概念很久才流行開來。

60. It was a long time before the police caught ___ to what he was really doing.過了很久警方才明白過來他究竟在幹什麼。

61. The interviewer may try to catch you ___.考官可能誘使你犯錯。

62. Even the best whitewater ___ get caught out by the fierce rapids here.即使是最優秀的激流泛舟者也會在這洶湧的水流中遇險。

63. If you ___ a lot of classes, it’ very difficult to catch up.如果你缺課很多，就很難趕上。

64. At the moment our technology is more advanced, but other countries are catching up ___ us.目前我們的技術比較先進，但其他國家正在趕上來。

65. Drive faster — they’re catching ___ with us.開快點，他們要趕上我們了。

66. You go on ___. I’ll catch up in a minute.你先走，我稍後就追上你。

67. I have some work to catch up ___.我還有一些工作要趕著做。

68. I need to catch ___ on some sleep.我需要補充些睡眠。

69. When I got home I phoned Jo to catch up on all the ___.我回家後就給喬打電話，打聽所有的小道訊息。

70. I’ll leave you two ___ — I’m sure you’ve got a lot of catching up to do.我走開讓你們兩單獨待著吧，你們肯定有很多話要說。

71. I didn’t want to get caught up in endless ___ arguments.我可不想捲入無休止的雞毛蒜皮的爭吵中。

72. It took six years for the law to catch ___ them.用了六年時間才將他們繩之以法。

73. At the end of the movie his ___ past catches up with him.在電影結尾，他還是擺脫不了那個不清白的過去。

74. Hey! Nice ___!嘿！多漂亮的接球！

75. This deal looks too good to be true — there must be a ___ somewhere.這筆交易好得難以置信 — 其中必有圈套。

76. The catch is that you can’t ___ the competition unless you’ve spent $100 in the store.圈套在於，你得在該店消費100美元，否則你就不能參加比賽。

77. Let’s go outside and play ___.我們到外面去玩接球遊戲吧。

78. There was a catch in Anne’s voice and she seemed close to ___.安妮的聲音有點哽咽，她好像快要哭了。

參考文獻:

朗文當代高階英語詞典[M]. 北京：外語教學與研究出版社， PEARSON. 2014

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