—I haven’t seen you walk your dog recently? Why?—Well I have the habit as it too much

问题补充：

—I haven’t seen you walk your dog recently? Why?

—Well, I have the habit, as it too much of my spare time.

A. given out; takes for

B. given in; takes for

C. given up; takes up

D. given off; takes up

答案：

A. given out; takes for

B. given in; takes for

(答案→)C. given up; takes up

D. given off; takes up

解析：考查短语辨析。“最近不见你遛狗了，为什么？”“噢，我已经戒掉这个习惯了，因为它占用了我大部分的空闲时间。”give out“分发，公布，用尽”；give in“屈服”；give up“放弃”；give off“发出（光、热）”；take... for“认为，以为”；take up“占据”。故选C。