Question

— Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.— Sorry, sir, but I was ______.

— Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.— Sorry, sir, but I was ______ for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam. A．held up B．put up C．taken up D．given up

Answer 1

A

试题分析：动词短语辨析。hold up延误，耽搁；举起；put up举起，张贴，留宿；take up占据，从事于；开始做；give up放弃；句意：—Jack，这是这个星期你第三次迟到了。—对不起。可是今天在路上因为交通堵塞我被延误了15分钟。根据句意A正确。 点评：本题考查了副词up加上不同的动词构成的不同的短语，在平时的学习要注意积累，也要注意这些词组的一词多义现象。