问题
选择题
Electric trains have now _______ steam trains in England.
A．taken place
B．in place of
C．instead of
D．taken the place of
答案
答案：D
短语辨析，taken place 发生 in place of 代替 instead of 代替taken the place of取代，根据题意，现在在英国电力机车已经取代了蒸汽机车。选D。