Question

Yesterday I read books in the library ____ playing computer games.

1. A.
   take place
2. B.
   take the place of
3. C.
   instead of
4. D.
   instead

Answer 1

C
take place意为“发生”；take the place of和instead of都表示“取代，代替”，但前者是动词短语，后者是介词短语；instead是副词，通常用于句尾。