【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】考查动词短语的意义和用法。work out是指“制订出,设计出,计算出”,如:The scientists have worked out a method of sending spacecraft to Mars.(科学家们已经设计出一种向火星发射宇宙飞船的方法。)work on可指“对……起作用,对……产生影响”,如:The medicine worked on the affected part like magic.(这个药对患部产生了奇效。)也可指“从事于……,致力于……”,如:He sat up far into the night working on this article.(他写这篇文章一直到深夜。)work at意为“从事于……,致力于……”,如:He is now working at a difficult problem in mathematics.(他现在正在做一道数学难题。)work up指“逐步建立,逐步发展”,如:His law firm is beginning to work up at last.(他的法律事务所终于开始兴旺发达了。)也可作“激起,激发”讲,如:The boy was deliberate to work up her anger.(这个小男孩故意惹她生气。)