1．—What was the speaker saying?
—Sorry，I was so tired that I couldn’t __________ what she was saying.
A．take up B．take in
C．take on D．take away
解析：选B。考查短语动词辨析。根据答语“不好意思，我刚才很累，没听懂她在说什么”，take in在此意为“理解，领会，明白”符合句意。take up从事，占掉(空间，时间)；take on呈现(面貌等)；take away拿走。
2．Most nurses are women，but in the higher ranks of the medical profession men are in the __________.
A．minority B．majority
C．shortage D．substitute
解析：选B。考查名词辨析。句意：大多数护士都是女性，但在医疗行业的高级阶层男性占了大多数。majority意为“大多数”。minority少数，少数民族；shortage缺乏，短缺；substitute替代者，代用品。
