Question

【题目】词义辨析

用take the place of；take one’s place；take place；in place of或in one’s place的适当形式填空。

【1】I’ll ______________ Jane, as she can’t come to the meeting herself today.

【2】 The music festival will ______________ next month.

【3】 I used honey ______________ sugar.

【4】The chairman was ill so his secretary spoke ______________.

【5】 She couldn’t attend the meeting so her assistant ______________.

【6】 When the audience ______________, the play began.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 take the place of

【2】 take place

【3】in place of

【4】in his place

【5】took her place

【6】took their places

【解析】take the place of“取代，代替”，是动词短语，相当于replace或take one’s place。take one’s place除“代替”之外，还可意为“就位，入座”。take place“发生，举行”，作不及物动词，无被动语态。in place of是介词短语，“代替，取代”相当于in one’s place。