Module 2 Period 2.pptVIP

⑦The spokesman never gave a ______ answer to any question of the reporters. He often talked some unconcerning things. A. straight B. close C. clear D. direct 【解析】选D。句意：这位发言人从来不对记者的问题给予直接的回答。他经常说一些不相关的事情。straight径直的；close密切的；clear清楚的；direct直接的。 ⑧As commander-in-chief of the armed forces, he has directed that all measures ______ for our defense. A. had been taken B. would be taken C. be taken D. to be taken 【解析】选C。句意：作为军队总司令，他已命令采取各种措施进行防御。direct后接宾语从句要用虚拟语气，谓语动词要用should+动词原形，should可省略；此处应用被动语态。 5. take up 站好位置以备…… 【观察领悟】 take up除此意外，还表示：占据（时间或空间）；拿起；从事；继续，接着讲。 阅读下列句子，并在其括号内填入take up的含义。 ①And so every morning, week in, week out, from dawn to dusk, Timoteo takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic. ( ) ②She took up the telephone receiver and began to dial. ( ) ③He took up the story where Tom had left off. （ ） ④Mr. Liu took up his teaching when he was twenty-one years old. （ ） ⑤Writing the paper took up most of the weekend. （ ） 站好位置以备 拿起 接着讲 开始从事 占据 【拓展延伸】 take away 拿走，带走 take in 欺骗；收留；吸入、拿进来 take off 起飞；脱下；离开 take on 呈现、显现；雇用；承担(工作) take out 拿出 take over 继承；接管 【对点演练】 5. ①Chinese handwriting is an important part of our culture, so young people are required to ______ handwriting. A. take in B. take out C. take away D. take up 【解析】选D。句意：中国书法是我国文化的重要组成部分，因此要求年轻一代要学习书法。take in吸收；take out拿出；take away拿走，带走；take up从事，开始做；根据句意选D。 ②（2014·昆明高二检测）These teenagers don’t know much of the world yet; that’s why they are so easily ______． A. taken in B. taken on C. taken up D. taken over 【解析】选A。句意：这些青少年对于世界了解还不多；那就是他们那么容易被骗的原因。take in欺骗；take on呈现