Question

Robert           business two years ago, but he didn’t get along well at first for   experience.

A．pick up; want of	B．put up; short of
C．set up; need of	D．took up; lack of

Answer 1

D

考查动词词组辨析。Pick up 捡起，偶然学到，好转，接送某人，接收信号，染上……习惯 put up 举起，张贴，留宿 set up建立 take up占据（时间，空间），开始从事   want of 缺乏，需要  short of缺少 need of需要 lack of缺少 
句意为罗伯特两年前开始从事自己的生意，但是他开始没有进展的很好因为缺乏经验。