Question

Electric trains have now _______ steam trains in England.

A．taken place

B．in place of

C．instead of

D．taken the place of

Answer 1

D

短语辨析，taken place 发生 in place of 代替 instead of 代替taken the place of取代，根据题意，现在在英国电力机车已经取代了蒸汽机车。选D。