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 finance minister has not been so _____ since he raised taxes to such a high level.

　 A. popular　　 B. well-known　　 C. favorable　　 D. preferable

　A. popular.

　 popular 此处意为“ (=liked and admired) 受爱戴的, 有名声或声望的”。

22. The boy had a _____ escape when he ran across the road in front of the bus.

　 A. close　　 B. short　　 C. narrow　　 D. fine

　C. narrow.　　　 have a narrow escape 幸免遇难。

21. A university is an educational institution which _____ degrees and carries out research.

　 A. rewards　　 B. awards　　 C. grants　　 D. presents

　B. awards.

　 awards sb. sth. 授于某人某物。如：They awarded John the first prize. (他们授于约翰一等奖。)

对比：reward sb with sth. 以某物酬谢某人, 须加介词with; They rewarded the boy with $5 for bringing back the lost dog. (他们给这男孩5美元酬谢他把丢失的狗找回来。) grant (=consent to give or allow what is asked for) 同意 (给予) , 答应 (请求) ：The firm granted him a pension. (公司同意给予他退休金。) present sb. with sth. 赠送：Our class presented the school with a picture. (我们班给学校送了一幅画。) present 颁发, 呈递：1) The principal will present the diplomas. (校长将颁发文凭。) 2) We shall present a complete report to the Annual Conference. (我们将向年会递交一份全面的报告。)

本题句意是：大学是授予学位和进行研究的教育机构。可见, 本题应选award.

20. We are interested in the weather because it _____ us so directly ------ what we wear, what we do, and even how we feel.

　 A. benefits　　 B. guides　　 C. affects　　 D. effects

　C. affects.

　 affect (=have an influence or effect on) 影响：The climate affected his health. (气候影响[损害]了他的健康。)

[注意]affect vt. 影响。effect n. (=influent) 影响, 作用：Some films have a misleading effect on children. effect vt. (=bring about) 实行, 进行, 产生......后果:1) I will effect my purpose: no-one shall stop me! 2) We hope to effect an improvement. (我们希望能引起改进。)

注意两个常用的习语:1) to that effect 那个意思的 (话) ：She said she hated spinach, or words to that effect. (她说她不喜欢吃菠菜或那个意思的话。) 2) to the effect that... 意思时说, 表示下述意思：I said a few words the effect that all he had told us was already well known. (我说了几句话, 意思是说他告诉我们的一切都已众所周知。)