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在下列句子的空格处填上一个恰当的英语单词。
1. Barney took us ___ airport.巴尼把我们送到机场。
2. Would you mind ___ Susie home?请你带苏茜回家好吗？
3. When he refused to give his name, he was taken into ___.他拒绝说出自己的姓名，于是就被拘留了。
4. My job has taken me ___ over the world.我的工作让我走遍了世界各地。
5. His wife went to Australia, taking the children ___ her.他的妻子带着孩子去了澳大利亚。
6. I have to take Steven ___ money tonight.我今晚得把钱带给史蒂夫。
7. He took me to ___ his parents.他带我去见他的父母。
8. Would you like to ___ a look?你想看看吗？
9. Mike’s just taking a ___.迈克正在淋浴。
10. Sara took a deep ___.萨拉深深地吸了一口气。
11. I waved, but he didn’t take any ___.我挥挥手，但他没有理会我。
12. Please take a ___.请坐。
13. Would you mind taking a photo of us ___?你帮我们拍张合影好吗？
14. Take your feet ___ the seats.请你把脚从座位上挪开。
15. Someone’s taken a pen ___ my desk.有人从我的书桌上拿走了一支钢笔。
16. Police say money and jewellery were taken in the ___.警方说钱和珠宝在这次抢劫中被抢走了。
17. How long is this ___ to take?这要花多长时间？
18. Organizing a successful street party takes a lot of ___.成功举办一次街头聚会要花很多精力。
19. Repairs take time to carry ___.修理要花时间。
20. It took a few minutes for his eyes to ___ to the dark.过了几分钟他的眼睛才适应了黑暗。
21. It took me ages to find a ___ for Dad.我花很长时间才买到一样给爸爸的礼物。
22. Catching ___ four goals will take some doing.追上四分要花很大力气的。
23. It takes courage to ___ you are wrong.承认错误需要勇气。
24. Nell’s got ___ it takes to be a great footballer.内尔具备成为一名伟大足球运动员的潜质。
25. ___ you take the job?你接受这份工作吗？
26. Do you take American ___?你们接受美国运通信用卡吗？
27. If you take my ___, you’ll see a doctor.如果你听我的意见，就去看医生。
28. Our telephone takes 3.5 million ___ a year.我们的求助热线每年接听350万个电话。
29. Some doctors are ___ to take new patients without a referral.有些医生不愿意接受没有转诊单的新病人。
30. Liz found his criticism ___ to take.利兹觉得他的批评很难接受。
31. I just can’t take ___ more.我再也受不了了。
32. Staff have agreed to take a 2% pay ___.员工同意接受2%的降薪。
33. Small businesses took a ___ in the last recession.在上次的经济衰退中，小企业遭遇了困境。
34. That’s the truth — take ___ from me.这是事实 — 相信我。
35. He’s the kind of man who makes things happen but lets others take the ___.他是那种自己做事却让别人领功的人。
36. It isn’t official yet, but you can take it as ___ that you’ve got the contract.这虽然还是非正式的，但你可以认为你已经得到这份合同了。
37. Let me take your ___.我来帮你拿着外套吧。
38. Can you take this package ___ I get my wallet?你帮我拿一下这个包裹好吗？我把钱包拿出来。
39. I just wanted to take him ___ my arms.我好想把他拥在我的怀里。
40. Let’s take a ___.我们坐出租车吧。
41. I took the first plane ___.我搭乘第一班飞机走了。
42. Take the M6 ___ Junction 19.走6号高速公路到第19号交叉口下。
43. Are you ___ French next year?你明年修法语吗？
44. Applicants are asked to take a ___ test.申请者被要求参加一个笔试。
45. What ___ shoe do you take?你穿多大尺码的鞋子？
46. The elevator takes a ___ of 32 people.这电梯最多可以乘32人。
47. Investigators will take samples of wreckage to ___ the cause.调查人员将从残骸上取样以确定事故的起因。
48. The police took a ___ from both witnesses.警察给两名目击者都做了笔录。
49. I was joking, but he took me ___.我是在开玩笑，但他却当真了。
50. Ben took the news very ___.本听到这个消息反应很强烈。
51. She does not take ___ to criticism.她不乐于接受批评。
52. I’ll take that remark as a ___.我会把那句话当成夸奖。
53. The ___ of dust clouds has been taken as evidence of recent star formation.尘云的出现已被视为最近有恒星形成的证据。
54. I took her to ___ his daughter.我把她当成他的女儿。
55. Of course I won’t tell anyone! What do you take me ___?我当然不会告诉任何人！你当我是什么人？
56. I take it you’ve heard that Rick’s ___.我想你已经知道里克辞职了。
57. You should take ___ in your work.你应该对自己的工作感到自豪。
58. At first, he took ___ interest in the baby.起初，他对宝宝一点兴趣也没有。
59. She stood feeling lost until an elderly man took ___ on her.她不知所措地站着，直到一个老人来向她表示同情。
60. Don’t take ___. Roger says things like that to everybody.不要见怪，罗杰跟谁都说那样的话。
61. Investors can take ___ from the fact that the World Bank is underwriting the shares.世界银行正在认购这些股票，投资者可以放心。
62. Enemy ___ have taken the airport.敌军已经占领了机场。
63. Both boys were taken ___.两个男孩都被囚禁了。
64. The Democrats took ___ in 1948.民主*党**于1948年掌权。
65. Youngsters need to take ___ of their own lives.年轻人应该自己掌握自己的生活。
66. The doctor will ask ___ you are taking any medication.医生会问你是否在使用什么药物。
67. Take two ___ before bedtime.睡前服用两片。
68. Most teenagers start taking ___ through boredom.大多数青少年因为无聊而开始吸毒。
69. She took an overdose after a ___ with her boyfriend.她和男朋友吵架后服用了过量药物。
70. The latest raise takes his salary into six ___.最近一次加薪使他的薪水达到了六位数。
71. Even if you have the talent to take you to the top, there’s no ___ you’ll get there.即使你有出人头地的才能，你也未必就能做到。
72. If you want to take it further, you should ___ an attorney.如果你想进一步行动，应该找个律师咨询一下。
73. Take the patient’s ___ first.先测一下病人的脉搏。
74. ‘Take four from nine and what do you ___?’ ‘Five.’ “9减4等于多少？”“等于5。”
75. Ten take away nine ___ one.10减9等于1。
76. The ___ took $25 on Saturday.这个摊位星期六收进25美元。
77. To some people, smoking is addictive. Others can take it or ___ it.有些人吸烟会上瘾，有些人觉得可有可无。
78. People love British cars. Take the Mini. In Japan, it still sells more than all the other British cars ___ together.人们喜欢英国车。就拿Mini汽车来说，在日本它的销量仍然超过其他所有英国汽车销量的总和。
79. Who takes you ___ English?谁教你们英语？
80. Let me ___ your email address.让我记下你的电子邮箱地址。
81. Sue offered to take ___.休提出她来记笔记。
82. Alf said joining the club would take me ___ of myself.阿尔夫说加入俱乐部会让我摆脱烦恼。
83. Looking after a baby readily takes it out of ___.照看婴儿会让人精疲力竭。
84. Reg took it upon himself to ___ the press a list of names.雷吉自作主张给了媒体一份名单。
85. He knows how to take an engine to ___.他知道如何把发动机拆开。
86. I’m quite taken by the ___ of Christmas in Berlin.去柏林过圣诞节这个想法很吸引我。
87. He took the ___ at over 60 and lost control.他在转弯时时速超过60，失去了控制。
88. Emma was somewhat taken ___ by his directness.埃玛对他的坦率感到有点吃惊。
89. Jenni readily takes ___ her mother.詹妮真像她母亲。
90. Tom was always taking things ___ in the garage.汤姆老是在车库里拆东西。
91. The police took the house apart looking for ___.警察彻底搜查了那所房子，寻找线索。
92. Tariq takes several gay ___ apart in his book.塔里克在他的书中指出了人们对同性恋的一些错误看法。
93. Voters took ___ the relationship between the government and the union in the 1970s. 20世纪70年代选民开始对政府和工会之间的关系产生不满。
94. She whisked the tray ___ the table and took it away.她把桌子上的盘子匆匆一收，拿走了。
95. He was taken away to begin a prison ___.他被带走去服刑了。
96. This should take some of the ___ away.这应该可以减轻一些疼痛。
97. Fish and chips ___ take away, please.炸鱼和薯条，带走，谢谢。
98. The disagreement between the two men should not take ___ from their accomplishments.两人之间的分歧应该无损于他们的成就。
99. You’d better take back that ___!你最好收回那句话！
100. If the shirt doesn’t ___, take it back.如果这件衬衫不合身，拿去退货吧。
101. Having the grandchildren around takes me back to the days ___ my own children were small.孙儿绕膝的情景把我带回到了自己孩子还小的那些日子。
102. She made us take down all the ___.她让我们把所有的招贴画都取下来。
103. Can I just take some details ___?我记一些细节，好吗？
104. Don’t be taken ___ by products claiming to help you lose weight in a week.不要相信那些声称能让你在一周内就减肥的产品。
105. Brett’s always taking in ___ animals.布雷特总是收养流浪的动物。
106. He watches the older kids, just taking it all ___.他仔细观察那些大孩子，全都记在心里。
107. His eyes quickly took in the ___ of her dress,他一眼就注意到她的连衣裙很雅致。
108. They continued a few miles ___ to take in Hinton House.他们又走了几英里去参观辛顿堡。
109. All five teenagers were arrested and taken in for ___.五个少年全部被抓获，并带回受审。
110. He sat on the bed to take his boots ___.他坐到床上脱靴子。
111. Charlie was taking off his shirt when the telephone ___.查理正在脱衬衫，突然电话铃响了。
112. I felt quite ___ as the plane took off from Heathrow.当飞机从希斯罗机场起飞时，我感到很兴奋。
113. Mimi became ___ when Jack’s career started taking off.杰克的事业开始起飞，米米就妒忌起来。
114. I rang my boss and ___ to take some time off.我给老板打了电话请假一段时间。
115. Dad took the day ___ to come with me.爸爸那天请了假陪我一起去。
116. We’re taking ___ 50 new staff this year.我们今年要招收50名新员工。
117. Don’t take on too much work — the ___ cash isn’t worth it.不要太卖命了—多挣那点钱不值得。
118. Her face took ___ a fierce expression.她脸上露出来凶相。
119. His life had taken on a new ___.他的生活出现了新的面貌。
120. Nigeria will take ___ Argentina in the first round of the World Cup on Saturday.星期六在世界杯第一轮的比赛中，尼日尼亚队将对阵阿根廷队。
121. He was prepared to take on anyone who ___ a finger on us.谁要是敢动我们一指头，他就会和他拼了。
122. We stopped ___ take on fuel.我们停下来加油。
123. We’re taking my folks ___ for a meal next week.下周我们要带父母出去吃顿饭。
124. Before taking a loan out, ___ your monthly outgoings.申请*款贷**之前，算一下你每月的支出。
125. How much would you like to take ___?你想提多少钱？
126. You can take out six books ___ a time.你一次可以借六本书。
127. The building was taken ___ by a bomb.这座建筑被一枚*弹炸**摧毁了。
128. Don’t take it out on me just because you’ve had a ___ day.不要因为你一天过得不顺心就拿我来撒气。
129. ___ with herself, she took her annoyance out on Bridget.她生自己的气，就把怒气发泄到布里奇特身上。
130. His only reason for investing in the company was to take it ___.他投资这家公司的唯一原因是想接管它。
131. Ruth moved into our ___ and promptly took over.鲁思一搬进我们的公寓就开始指手画脚了。
132. Sandra took to it ___ away.桑德拉立即就喜欢上它了。
133. Charles was an odd character whom Kelly had never really taken ___.查尔斯是个怪人，凯莉从来没有真正喜欢过他。
134. Dee’s taken to getting up at 6 and going ___.迪伊养成了6点钟起床去慢跑的习惯。
135. He was so ___, he took to his bed for a week.他心情十分沮丧，在床上躺了一个星期。
136. Roger took painting ___ for a while, but soon lost interest.罗杰有段时间喜欢上了绘画，但很快又没了兴趣。
137. Peter will take up the management of ___ department.彼得将担任财务部的管理工作。
138. The headteacher takes her ___ up in August.校长将于8月份上任。
139. Now the papers have taken ___ the story.现在各大报纸已经开始报道此事。
140. The hospital manager has promised to take the matter up with the member of staff ___.医院主管答应和相关医务人员商量处理此事。
141. I’m still very angry and will be taking it up ___ the authorities.我仍然很生气，将和当局就此事进行交涉。
142. The little time I had outside of ___ was taken up with work.课外的一点点时间我都用来工作了。
143. The old books have taken up much ___ in the office.那些旧书占去了办公室很大的空间。
144. Rob took up the ___ to visit.罗布接受了访问的邀请。
145. Rick took up the challenge and ___ the 250 miles route alone.里克接受挑战，独自骑行这条250英里的路线。
146. The runners are taking up their ___ on the starting line. 赛跑选手们在起跑线上各就各位。
147. I’ll take up the story ___ you left off.我来接着你把故事讲下去。
148. I’ll take you up on that offer of a drink, if it still ___.我接受你的邀请去喝一杯，如果你说的还算数的话。
参考文献:
朗文当代高级英语词典[M]. 北京：外语教学与研究出版社， PEARSON. 2014
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