It was a long time before the police________what he was really doing.A．caught ho

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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

C

解析

试题分析：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。