Question

Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.

A．take up

B．pick up

C．make up

D．look up

Answer 1

A

take up把......当作被保护人,关照,提携,列如:This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(这个运动员得到波士顿大学的关照。)
本题译文：虽然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小说家,但他愿意提携任何有前途的年轻人并尽力给予帮助。