332. Busy and successful as he was, the novelist was willing to _____ any promising young man and give him all the help he could.

　 A. take up　　 B. pick up　　 C. make up　　 D. look up

[答案] A. take up.

[注释]take up把......当作被保护人,关照,提携,列如:This athlete was taken up by several Boston universities.(这个运动员得到波士顿大学的关照。)

pick up参阅III.129,130注释。

本题译文：虽然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小说家,但他愿意提携任何有前途的年轻人并尽力给予帮助。

331. When there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.

　 A. right　　 B. final　　 C. definite　　 D. fixed

[答案] B. final.

[注释]final最终的,不会改变的。definite明确的。fixed固定的,不变的;a fixed income(固定收入)。right正确的。

330. After dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.

　 A. delivery　　 B. pronunciation　　 C. conversation　　 D. speech

[答案] D. speech

[注释]make a speech to sb.(向某人做演讲)。make conversation with sb.(和某人闲谈conversation常与下列动词搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀谈起来),have a conversation with(与......谈话),interrupt (break off) conversation(中断谈话),turn the conversation to other matters(把话题转到其他问题上)delivery常指"(演讲等的)说话方式,口才",如: His report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的报告内容很好,但他的口才太差)。

329. Deserts, dry areas with _____ no vegetation, cover more than one-third of the Earth's land surface.

　 A. surprisingly　　 B. eventually

　 C. permanently　　 D. virtually

[答案] D. virtually

[注释]virtually(=almost, very nearly; in every way that is really important)几乎，事实上，实际上；My book is virtually finished; I have only a few changes to make in the writing.( 我的书几乎写完了,我只要在作品中再作一点修改就可以了。)

surprisingly令人惊奇的；eventually最终的；permanently永久的。

328. All too _____ it was time to go back to school after the glorious summer holidays.

　 A. often　　 B. fast　　 C. soon　　 D. late

[答案] C. soon

[注释]all too实在太......，all too soon意为太快了，带有惋惜的意味，如：Tom had snatched a short holiday from his work to come here. He said it ended all too soon.(汤姆趁工作之暇匆匆来此渡一短假，他说，假期过得太快了。)

327. The rainbow _____ as the sun came fully out from behind the clouds.

　 A. dissolved　　 B. removed　　 C. resigned　　 D. disappeared

[答案] D. disappeared

[注释]disappear消失。dissolve溶解。remove去除。resign辞去,辞职。retire退休。

326. The car salesman took the customer for a driver in the new model in order to _____ its improved features.

　 A. advocate　　 B. demonstrate　　 C. exhibit　　 D. reveal

[答案] B. demonstrate

[注释]demonstrate(=show clearly by giving proof or example)(用实例,证据)证明,表演。advocate拥护,提倡。exhibit展览,陈列。reveal揭示,暴露。

325. I caught a _____ of the car before it disappeared around the bend.

　 A. glance　　 B. glimpse　　 C. glare　　 D. gleam

[答案] B. glimpse

　　 [注释] catch (or get) a glimpse of瞥见(强调行为的结果)。take a glance (or look) at看一眼(强调行为过程本身)。

324. The lorry driver was badly _____ when his lorry crashed into a wall.

　 A. damaged　　 B. hit　　 C. hurt　　 D. harmed

[答案] C. hurt

[注释] damage损坏;harm对......有害;hurt(精神上或肉体上)伤害; hit打击;pain(精神上或肉体上)痛苦。

323. She is so _____ that she cried for days when her pet rabbit died.

　 A. sensitive　　 B. sensible　　 C. imaginative　　 D. impressive

[答案] A. sensitive

　　 [注释] sensitive敏感的(to),易受伤害的,灵敏的。sensible明智的(of),通情达理的。imaginative有想象力。impressive的给人留下印象的,感人的。