(单选题)
—What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
—A postcard from his father ______ an attack of home-sickness in him.
A.took up
B.set off
C.brought in
参考答案:B
参考解析:
考查动词短语辨析。句意:“约翰怎么了?他已经在那里坐了好几个小时了。”“他父亲寄来的明信片使他想家了。”took up意为“开始从事,占据”;set off意为“出发,引发,触发,激起”;brought in意为“赚钱,引入”。根据句意可知,此处表示父亲的明信片激起了约翰的想家之情。故选B。
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