1 . The soldiers have ______ their positions, waiting for the general.

A．taken up	B．picked up
C．turned up	D．set up

2 . Are you going to take ________ the challenge of lasting a whole week without arguing? （用适当的词填空）

3 . 根据句意，选择单词或短语并以其适当形式填空。

lack                 consist of             enthusiastic          exposed to            tolerate            thrilled          broke away        convenience        linked to            make sense        swallows             credit       taking up             lost sight of        announce

1. He became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people _______ cholera.
2. In another part of London, he found supporting evidence from two other deaths that were _______ the Broad Street outbreak.
3. I still cannot believe that I am ______ this prize that I won last year.
4. How many countries does the UK ______?
5. Hit by a ______ of fresh air, my head ached.
6. To their ______ the four countries do work together in some areas (eg, the currency and international relations), but they still have very different institutions.
7. She was ______ by so many wonderful treasures from different cultures displayed in the museum.
8. However, I ________ Wang Ping when we reached what looked like a large market because of too many carriages flying by in all directions.
9. Only if you put the sun there did the movements of the other planets in the sky _______.
10. His friends were ______ and encouraged him to publish his ideas, but Copernicus was cautious.
11. England is the largest of the four countries, and for ______ it is divided roughly into three zones.
12. At first my new surroundings are difficult to _______.
13. With this extra evidence John Snow was able to ______ with certainty that polluted water carried the virus.
14. However, the southern part of Ireland was unwilling and ________ to form its own government.
15. A giant machine, always greedy for more, ________ all the waste available.

4 . Peter is ill, so you are supposed to ________ Class 14, and there is no doubt ________ it is a great challenge to you, Mr Zhang.

A．take on; whether

B．take over; that

C．take up; that

D．take out; whether

5 . My young brother’s face        when he heard the good news from his teacher, saying he won the prize for overseas study tour.

A．brought up

B．lit up

C．put up

D．took up

6 . You should take ____________ my suggestion and start saving money. (用适当的词填空)

7 . To stay healthy, Professor Li ________ cycling as a regular form of exercise last month.

A．took up

B．caught up

C．took on

D．caught on

8 . It is amazing to learn that our human beings tend to        some knowledge when we are exactly relaxing ourselves，such as diving，swimming and so on.

A．take up	B．take on
C．pick up	D．pull through

9 . 那位年轻的警察立即在拐弯处就位指挥交通。(take up) （根据提示汉译英）

10 . The government announced the ________ of a special fund.

A．taking up

B．looking up

C．setting up

D．making up