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阅读下面短文，然后按要求做题．

　　take phrasal verbs

　　take after sb, phr. v [T not in progressive form]to look or behave like (an older relative): Mary really takes after her mother; she has the same eyes, nose and hair.

　　take off phr. v

　　1．[T](take sth, off) to remove (esp. clothes): Take your coat of f. opposite put on.

　　2．[I](of a plane, spacecraft, etc.) to rise into the air at the beginning of a flight.

　　3．[T](take sb. off) informal to copy the speech or manners of (someone), esp. for amusement; mimic: The actor made everyone laugh by taking off the members of the royal family.

　　4．[T](take sth, off) to have a holiday from work on (the stated day) or for (the stated period): I'm taking Thursday off because 1'm moving house./Take a few days off, Michael.

　　5．[I]to begin to become successful, popular, or well-known: It was at this point that her acting career really took off.

　　6．[I]informal to go away, esp. on a journey or to leave in a hurry: She just took off without saying goodbye to anyone.

　　take (sth.) over phr. v

　　[I; T]to gain control over and be responsible for (something): Who do you think will take over now that the governor has Left./I'm feeling too tired to drive any more; will you take over?

　　take to sb./sth. phr. v

　　[T]to feel a liking for, esp. at once: I took to Paul as soon as we met./I'm not sure if he'll take to the idea.

　　take sb./sth, up phr. v [T]

　　1．to begin to spend time doing; interest oneself in：John took up acting while he was at college. [+-ving]Alfred's just taken up playing the guitar.

　　2．(of things or events) to fill or use (space or time) esp. in a way that is unpleasant：The job took up most of Sunday./These boxes of yours are taking up too much space.

　　3．to continue：I'll take up the story where I finished yesterday.

　　注释：amusement n．娱乐活动　　gain vt．获得

　　mimic adj．模拟的　　responsible adj．有责任的

根据短文内容选择最佳

1．Which “take off” in the following sentences has a different meaning?

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A．I took a week off in October and I'm taking off Thanksgiving, too.

B．Everyone takes Christmas off.

C．She used to take off her teacher to make her friends laugh.

D．You need a break. Why not take a fortnight off from work?

2．Melissa ________ her father in being generous.

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3．“Today, we are to ________ Unit 11, Planting trees.” Our teacher said to us at the very beginning of the class.

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4．He will ________ my job while I ________ a week ________ for New York.

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A．take after, take…to

B．take up, take…after

C．take to, take…over

D．take over, take…off

5．I ________ her the moment I met her.

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　　There was a big garden near John's house, and it had a lot of f 1 trees in it. One day John saw some beautiful apples o 2 one of them. He went home and got a ladder, put it a 3 the high wall of the garden and climbed up. Then he pulled the ladder up, and put it down on the o 4 side, and climbed down into the garden. Just then a gardener came r 5 a corner and saw him.

　　“What are you doing?” he s 6 .

　　John thought quickly and said, “I'm selling my ladder.”

　　“Selling your ladder? In somebody's garden! Do you think I believe s 7 a foolish story?” said the gardener and came to John w 8 a stick.

　　“It's my ladder,” said John, “and I can sell it w 9 I like. You needn't buy it if you don't want to.” And he took his ladder and climbed over the wall a 10 .

JOLIN Tsai (蔡依林), a famous singer, has become an English teacher! But she is not staying in a classroom to give you talks in English. Instead, she has published (出版) a new book, "Jolin’s English Diary Book". It came out in Taiwan in March. Jolin is helping you learn English in a light hearted way and give you useful words for life outside your textbooks.
　　"I hope it’s a happy English book," she said, "When you learn English in a fun way, you will keep on doing it." This certainly doesn’t mean just reciting (背诵) words. Jolin has a lot of clever ways of learning. She likes to listen to English songs or find friends to talk to in English. She has been good at English since Grade 3 in primary school (小学). Because of this, she hosted (主持) news programme on the radio herself.
　　Jolin knows it’s important to put English to good use. So, in her English diaries, she wrote something about her everyday life, like study, fashion (时尚), travel and family. After each diary, she gives you lots of notea.You can use them often, too! Jolin also asks you to keep diaries like hers.
【小题1】 When did Jolin Tsai publish "Jolin’s English Diary Book" ?

I put the fish in the ice box to keep it 　　　.

  (A) fresh       (B) full       (C) new    (D) young