问题
选择题
Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.
A．take up
B．pick up
C．make up
D．look up
答案
答案：A
take up把......当作被保护人,关照,提携,列如:This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(这个运动员得到波士顿大学的关照。)
本题译文：虽然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小说家,但他愿意提携任何有前途的年轻人并尽力给予帮助。