Question

-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

D．built up

Answer 1

B

試題分析：短語(yǔ)辨析。A占據(jù)，從事于，開(kāi)始做；B引起，使…發(fā)生；C介紹，引進(jìn)，賺錢(qián)；D逐步建立；句意：—John怎么了？他坐在那里好幾個(gè)小時(shí)了�！�爸爸給他寄的一張明信片讓他開(kāi)始想家了。本題中的set off指引起的意思。故B正確。
點(diǎn)評(píng)：本題的四個(gè)短語(yǔ)都是高考的重點(diǎn)短語(yǔ)。尤其是AB項(xiàng)更是重點(diǎn)，要注意其一詞多義的現(xiàn)象。