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(39) {{/U}}features in American university classrooms actually
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【答案解析】[解析] take the initiative是一种习惯用语,表示具有“主动性”,这里正好需要这种词义。play与initiative不搭配,如用do,其搭配形式是in doing something or do something on one's own initiative意为“主动地做某事”。