问题补充:
(·山东济宁二模)The fight would have been avoided if either of you had been able to your anger.
A. put down
B. hold back
C. keep up
D. cut off
答案:
A. put down
(答案→)B. hold back
C. keep up
D. cut off
解析:选B考查动词短语辨析。句意:这场争斗本来可以避免的,如果任何一方能控制住怒火的话。hold back ones anger“抑制住怒火”,符合题意。put down“放下;镇压”;keep up“保持,继续,使不低落”;cut off“中断”。