【问】 × The storm took place last Friday.(上星期五发生了暴风雨。)这个句子是否正确?
 【答】 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)：
 1. The race will take place tomorrow. (Freeman)
 赛跑将于明天举行。
 2. The concert takes place next Friday.(ELD)
 下周五举行音乐会。
 3. 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：
 1. His death occurred the following year. (RCD)
 第二年他就死了。
 2. Several fires(storms) have occurred. (UED)
 发生了几起火灾(暴风雨)。
 3. The accident occurred despite all the precautions that had been taken to prevent it. (Cas-sell’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：
 1. 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)
 2. The word“Christmas”，derived from the Old English for“Christ’s Mass”，first oc-curred in the eleventh century.
 A. started B. recurred
 C. appeared D. predominated (TOEFL)
 3. Iron occurs in combination with numerous other elements.
 A. expands B. melts
 C. exists D. deteriorates (TOEFL)
 4. Within a given year，a maximum of seven eclipses can occur，either four solar and threelunar，or five solar and two lunar.
 A. be studied B. be compared
 C. happen D. disappear (TOEFL，88. 10)