James took the magazines off the little table to make--- for

make room for “为……腾地方”,为固定短语.
room 可以做抽象名词解,不仅仅是房间的意思,这里是指空间,如例句：There is usually room to accommodate up to 80 visitors.---通常可以多能容纳80名来宾.
,而field意思很多,一般做田地或者某个领域解,如例句：
...a field of wheat.
…一片麦田.
Each of the authors of the tapes is an expert in his field.---这些磁带的每一位作者都是其领域内的专家.
你可以去查查牛津等大辞典,那里会说的更详细~希望说的能帮到你