— What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.— A postcard

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— What’s the matter with John? He has been sitting there for hours.
— A postcard from his father_______ an attack of home-sickness in him.

A．took up

B．set off

C．brought in

D．built up

答案

B

解析

试题分析：A. took up占据        B. set off引起，出发        C. brought in 带来          D. built up逐渐建立；句意：约翰怎么了？他在那里做了好几个小时了.一封来自他父亲的明信片使他想家了。故选B
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