2019年mpacc考试英语真题——其他723

{01}Last year my old college friend Melissa _________ her family business, a company supplying metal boxes to other factories.
A.took up
B.took down
C.took off
D.took over
解析：动词词组考查题。A.took up 从事  B. took down 记下   C. took off 起飞、脱掉衣服  D. took over 接管 “去年我的大学同学Melissa接管了家族事业，一家向别的工厂提供金属箱的公司。选D
本题选D。
{02}Bending down, he ______the footprints that hadn’t been blown away in the wind, concluding that they belonged to a wolf.
A.ignored
B.inspected
C.expanded
D.defended
解析：词义辨析。  A．忽略 B．检查；检阅   C．扩张 D．保卫。句意：他弯下腰来检查没有在风中被吹走的脚印，……，故选B。
本题选B。