问题
选择题
(2013·山东实验中学高三二模)—What's the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
—A postcard from his father ________ an attack of homesickness in him.
A．took up
B．set off
C．brought in
D．built up
答案
答案：B
选B 句意：“约翰怎么了？他一直在那儿坐了好几个小时了。”“父亲寄来的明信片使他想家。”take up“拿起；占据；从事”；set off“出发；引起；使爆炸”；bring in“带来；引进”；build up“逐渐建立”。