1 . --- Why didn’t Mr. White arrive on time for the meeting?
--- He must have been ________ on his way here in the traffic jam.

A．given up

B．put up

C．taken up

D．held up

2 . 我们每天被迫做很多不必要的练习题，这占去了我们太多的时间。(be made, unnecessary exercises, take up) (汉译英)

3 . 选词并用其适当的形式填空。

be known as, take up, appear to be, be generous to, come up with, cheer up, kind of, come across, in spite of, play a role in

1. When you__________something important, please write it down at once.
2. He did not particularly want to_________a competitive sport.
3. In the lunar calendar, the year 2020____________the year of the mouse.
4. The way he explains the question makes_________sense, but I still don’t really understand.
5. I hope you can___________help those in need, and you have got help from others.
6. Have you ever noticed how easy it is to__________a reason to do nothing?
7. Train community workers so that they can___________preventive health care services.
8. Something may___________free of charge, but there may be a hidden cost.
9. I hope that you___________! After all, things are not so bad as they seem.
10. He never gave himself up to pessimism___________difficulties.