单选题 Mr. Bush ______ gardening as his hobby shortly after he retired from the General Motor last year.
  • A) took up
  • B) took back
  • C) took in
  • D) took over


【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[考点] 词组辨析
[句意] 去年从通用公司退休后不久，布什先生就把园艺作为了自己的业余爱好。
[解析] 在本题中take up意为“开始从事，开始做”。take-up是个很重要的短语，意思很多，如“拿起； 开始从事；吸收；占据”等等。
[避错] take back“拿回，收回”；take in“接受；吸收”；take over“接收，接管”。