— Jack this is the third time that you have been late this week.— Sorry sir but I was

问题补充：

— Jack, this is the third time that you have been late this week.

— Sorry, sir, but I was for 15 minutes on the way here in the traffic jam.

A. held up

B. put up

C. taken up

D. given up

答案：

(答案→)A. held up

B. put up

C. taken up

D. given up

解析：动词短语辨析。Hold up延误，耽搁；举起；put up举起，张贴，留宿；take up占据，从事于；开始做；give up放弃；句意：—Jack，这是这个星期你第三次迟到了。—对不起。可是今天在路上因为交通堵塞我被延误了15分钟。根据句意A正确。