The wife complained to her husband that much of her time was ( ) with housework.
A、
taken after
B、
taken in
C、
taken up
D、
taken for
【正确答案】：C
【题目解析】：
本题考查常见动词短语的含义辨析。
take after：像，take in：吸收、理解，take up：占用、耗费，take for不是固定搭配。分析语境，妻子向丈夫抱怨她大部分的时间都被家务活…了。此处“占用”含义最合适，be taken up with sth是固定搭配意为“忙于某事”，故选C。
句意：妻子向丈夫抱怨说她大部分时间都花在做家务上了。