John will Jake in the team in the ing match.
A. replace
B. take place of
C. instead of
D. in place of
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(答案→)A. replace
B. take place of
C. instead of
D. in place of
解析：动词及短语辨析。A取代；没有B这个词组；C代替，而不是；D代替（介词短语）；句意：在即将来临的比赛中John将代替Jake。句子缺少的是谓语动词，故A正确。