58. Although John was the eldest in the family, he always let his sister _____ charge of the house.

　 A. take　　 B. hold　　 C. make　　 D. get

[答案] A. take.

[注釋]take charge of (=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.) 負(fù)責(zé)、掌管、看管; He took charge of the department (or the children)

57. The island where these rare birds nest has been declared a _____.

servation

[答案] D. conservation.

[注釋] conservation 保存(自然資源等) the conservation of soil and water 水土保持; the law of conservation of energy 能量守恒定律。observation觀察; reservation (旅館房間、戲院座位等的) 預(yù)定; 保留 (意見) ; [美]保留地：1) Have you make your reservations? (你預(yù)定了沒有？) 2) I will accept the suggestion without reservation. (我將毫無保留地接受這項(xiàng)建議。) 3) The government has set apart Indian reservations. (政府已經(jīng)劃出印地安人保留地。) preservation保存 We must strive for the preservation of our natural resources. (我們必須努力保護(hù)自然資源)conservation, preservation, reservation從漢語概念出發(fā)時(shí)很容易混淆。Conservation是動(dòng)詞conserve派生的名詞, 與原來動(dòng)詞的意義相同, 表示"保持、保存”時(shí), 強(qiáng)調(diào)“珍惜、節(jié)用。 Preservation是動(dòng)詞preserve派生的名詞, 強(qiáng)調(diào)“收藏、保存”使之完好無損或質(zhì)量不變; 常與食品、博物館收藏的展品等詞搭配。Reservation主要指意見、看法等的“保留”; 作“保留地”解時(shí), 尤指美國印地安人保留地或澳大利亞土著民族保留地。本題指自然生態(tài)的保持, 用conservation最切題。

本題譯文：這個(gè)珍禽巢居的島已宣布為自然保護(hù)區(qū)。

56. Kate's ambition to become a nurse _____ from a desire to help others.

A. prompted　 B. promoted　 C. programmed　 D. proceeded

[答案] D. proceeded.

[注釋]proceed form (=arise form) 來自; 由......產(chǎn)生：1) Clouds of smoke proceeded form the chimney. (從煙囪里升起縷縷濃煙。) 2) This proceeded from ignorance. (這是出于無知。)

[注意] proceed 的其他用法： (=go on [to do sth.]; continue) 接著 (做某事) ; 繼續(xù)進(jìn)行; 1) He proceeded to give me a vivid description of the mountainous scenery there. (他接著給我栩栩如生地描述那里的山區(qū)景色。) 2) 接介詞with; Now please proceed with your story. (現(xiàn)在請你接著將下去。) 3) 接介詞to: We will now proceed to the next business. (我們現(xiàn)在將接著干下面的一件事。) 4) 準(zhǔn)備取得 (某種學(xué)位) ：He will proceed to the degree of M.A. this year. (他準(zhǔn)備今年取得文科碩士學(xué)位。)

本題譯文：凱特想當(dāng)護(hù)士的志向出自于幫助他人的愿望。

55. Dress warmly, _____ you'll catch cold.

A.on the contraryB.or rather C. or else　 D. in no way

[答案] C. or else.

[注釋]or else (=otherwise; if not) 否則：Hurry up, or (else) you'll be late.

54. This book gives a brief _____ of the history of the castle and details of the art collection in the main hall.

A. outline　　 B. reference　　 C. article　　 D. outlook

[答案] A. outline.

[注釋]outline 輪廓, 概要; give an outline of sth. 概要說明某事。

53. How can we get this language point _____ to the students.

　 A. down　　 B. round　　 C. across　　 D. into

[答案] C. across.

[注釋]參閱III,64注釋。

本題譯文, 我們怎樣才能把這個(gè)語言點(diǎn)向?qū)W生講清楚？

52. They have held several meetings to _____ next year's production plans.

　 A. set down　　 B. make out　　 C. work up　　 D. draw up [答案] D. draw up.

[注釋]參閱III,42。

本題譯文, 他們已開過幾次會議來起草明年得生產(chǎn)計(jì)劃。

51. The workmen made so much _____ that Mrs. Walker had to spend three days cleaning up afterwards.

A. trouble　　 B. damage　　 C. mess　　 D. nuisance

[答案] C. mess.

[注釋]make mess弄得亂七八糟。Make a mess of“把......弄得亂七八糟”：He made a mess of his work. (他把他的工作搞得亂七八糟。

50. Lawyers often make higher _____ for their work than they should.

　 A. bills　　 B. charges　　 C. prices　　 D. costs

[答案] B. charges.

[注釋]make charges for對......收 (費(fèi)) ; 索 (價(jià)) 。charge也可以用作動(dòng)詞, 表示“收費(fèi), 索價(jià)”, 如：1) We don't charge anything for that. (對此我們不收費(fèi)。) 2) How much do you charge for a haircut? (理個(gè)發(fā)要收多少錢？)

49. He looked rather untidy as there were two buttons _____ from his coat.

　 A. loosing　　 B. losing　　 C. off　　 D. missing

[答案] D. missing.

[注釋]missing 缺少的; a book with some missing pages. (缺頁書) 。