I phoned my first teacher time and again when I heard that he was ill, yet could

I phoned my first teacher time and again when I heard that he was ill, yet couldn’t     .

A. get through     B. get along C. get over        D. get hold of

试题答案

A

由句子的意义可知应选择A项，表示“打通电话”之意。get along 一般接with表示“相处如何/进展如何”；get over表示“恢复健康，克服困难”；而get hold of表示“抓住”的意思。这三个短语都是及物动词要接宾语，在此均可以排除。