问题补充:
The driver began to speed up to for the hour he’d lost in the traffic jams.
A. keep up
B. make up
C. take up
D. catch up
答案:
A. keep up
(答案→)B. make up
C. take up
D. catch up
解析:考查动词短语的用法区别。A保持,继续,维持;B;编造,弥补;C 占据时间(空间);D追上, 吸住;句意为:那位司机开始加速,目的是弥补他在交通堵塞中失去的时间。四个选项,只有B可以与for连用表示弥补,故B正确。