32. John was very upset because he was _____ by the police with breaking the law.

　 A. accused　　 　　　　　　　 B. arrested　　 　　　 C. sentenced　　 D. charged

　D. charged.

　 be charged with受指控犯有......; He was charged with murder. (他受指控犯有凶杀罪。)

31. The child enjoyed _____ up the wooden bricks then knocking them down.

　 A. adding　　 　　　　 B. pushing　　 　　　 C. piling　　 　　　　 D. forming

C. piling.

　　 pile up (=lay in a pile or as if in a pile) 把......放成一堆, 堆积：pile up the books on the table (把书堆在桌子上) 。Pile up作不及物动词用, 意为“积压; (若干汽车) 相撞”：1) Perishable goods are piling up at the docks. (码头上易腐烂的货物堆积如山。) 2) Several cars piled up after ignoring the fog warning on the motorway. (由于无视高速公路上的大雾警告, 有好几辆汽车相撞。)

30. 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

A. take.

　 take charge of (=to be or become responsible for sb. or sth.) 负责、掌管、看管; He took charge of the department (or the children) .

29. 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

　A. outline.

　 outline 轮廓, 概要; give an outline of sth. 概要说明某事。

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

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

　C. across.

本题译文, 我们怎样才能把这个语言点向学生讲清楚？

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

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

　B. charges.

make charges for对......收 (费) ; 索 (价) 。charge也可以用作动词, 表示“收费, 索价”, 如：1) We don't charge anything for that. (对此我们不收费。) 2) How much do you charge for a haircut? (理个发要收多少钱？)

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

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

　D. missing.

　 missing 缺少的; a book with some missing pages. (缺页书) 。

25. We all knew from the very _____ that the plan would fail.

　 A. outcome　　 　　　　　　　　　　 B. outset　　 　　　　 C. income　　 　　　 D. output

　B. outset.

　　 outset 开端, 开始, from the very outset (从一开始) 。outbreak爆发, 发生。outcome结局. income 收入。output 产量。

24. It is wrong for someone in such a high _____ in the government to behave too badly in public.

　 A. situation　　 　　　　　　　 B. position　　 　　　　　　 C. employment　　 D. profession

B. position.

　 position 此句中指“地位” (不可数, 有时加不定冠词), 如：1) She was a woman of high position. 2) a high (low) position society.

23．The Olympic Committee has drawn up strict rules for the athlete to______.

A go on 　　　　　　　 B go with 　　　　　　　　　　 C go without 　　　 D go by

D　 考查词义辨析。

A继续下去；B伴随；C没有……也行；D依照，遵循。句意为“奥委会制定了严格的规定要运动员遵守。根据句意，选D。