9. His failure in the job interview is due to the fact that he didn't ________ enough importance to honesty and manners.(attach, attain, adopt, appeal)
答案：attach 解析：考查动词辨析。attach importance to为固定词组，意思是“认为……很重要”。
10. The boy ________ that he didn't care about the failure, but the expression on his face gave him away.(made out, set out, found out, turned out)
答案：made out 解析：考查动词短语。句意：该男孩假装他对失败不在乎，但是他脸上的表情出卖了他。make out“理解，明白，假装”;set out“出发，摆放，陈列”;find out“弄清”;turn out“制造，结果是，证明是”。在此句中make out的意思是“假装”。
11. (2014·福建四地六校高三联考)You never know where happiness will ________ next, so grasp every chance around you.(show off, turn down, turn up, come in)
答案：turn up 解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：你永远无法知道下一次幸福会在哪里出现，所以要抓住你身边的每一个机会。show off“炫耀”;turn down“调低，拒绝”;turn up“调高，偶然出现”;come in“进来”。根据句意可知应选turn up。
12. (2014·福建四地六校高三联考)—Have you got any idea why Mother asks for me?
—She wants you to ________ your staying up last night.(search for, account for, wait for, say for)
答案：account for 解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：——你知道母亲为什么找我吗?——她想让你解释一下你昨晚熬夜的事。search for“搜寻，查找”;account for“说明，解释”;wait for“等待”;say for“为某人(或某事物)说明”。根据语境可知，应选account for。
13. (2014·山西高三诊断)On Monday, 1.6 million railway tickets were booked through the online booking system, ________ 26.5% of all the sold tickets.(calling for, cutting down, breaking through, accounting for)
答案：accounting for 解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：星期一，通过网上订购系统预订的火车票有1 600 000张，占所有已卖出票数的26.5%。根据句意可知应选account for“占(一定数量或比例)”。call for“需要，要求”;cut down“缩减，砍倒”;break through“突破”。
14. (2014·湖北八校高三联考)Emails are efficient and convenient, but the best way to ________ a message is still to talk it out in person.(attend to, break through, result from, get across)
答案：get across 解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：电子邮件使用起来高效方便，但最好的传递信息的办法还是当面交流。这里用get across表示“被传达，将……讲清楚”。
15. (2014·浙江考试院抽学校高三抽测测试)You are my best friend. I know I can ________ you for good advice from time to time.(count on, deal with, refer to, stand for)
答案：count on 解析：考查动词短语辨析。句意：你是我最好的朋友。我知道我能指望你给我不时地提些好的建议。count on表示“指望，依靠”，符合句意。deal with表示“对付，处理”;refer to表示“提到，查阅”;stand for表示“代表”。
