×The storm took place last Friday.（上星期五发生了暴风雨。）这个句子是否正确？
上面的句子不正确。应将 took place 改为 occurred。虽然 occur 和 take place 都作“发生”解，但它们的用法是有一些差别的。
take place 主要用于描述按计划发生的事情 (the meeting, conversation, wedding, party, celebration):
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The race will take place tomorrow. (Freeman) 赛跑将于明天举行。
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The concert takes place next Friday. (ELD) 下周五举行音乐会。
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The hearing is scheduled to take place tomorrow morning at eleven. 听证会定于明天上午十一时举行。
occur 主要用于描述偶然发生的事情：
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His death occurred the following year. (RCD) 第二年他就死了。
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Several fires(storms) have occurred. (UED) 发生了几起火灾(暴风雨)。
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The accident occurred despite all the precautions that had been taken to prevent it. (Cassell's) 尽管采取了很多预防措施,事故还是发生了。
请做下面的英语试题:
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Pearl fishing, or the search for pearl-bearing oysters, takes place in shallow waters. A. is taught B. occurs C. is prohibited D. starts (TOEFL)
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The word "Christmas", derived from the Old English for "Christ's Mass", first occurred in the eleventh century. A. started B. recurred C. appeared D. predominated (TOEFL)
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Iron occurs in combination with numerous other elements. A. expands B. melts C. exists D. deteriorates (TOEFL)
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Within a given year, a maximum of seven eclipses can occur, either four solar and three lunar, or five solar and two lunar. A. be studied B. be compared C. happen D. disappear(TOEFL)