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.

[注释]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)

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

servation

[答案] D. conservation.

[注释] conservation 保存(自然资源等) the conservation of soil and water 水土保持; the law of conservation of energy 能量守恒定律。observation观察; reservation (旅馆房间、戏院座位等的) 预定; 保留 (意见) ; [美]保留地：1) Have you make your reservations? (你预定了没有？) 2) I will accept the suggestion without reservation. (我将毫无保留地接受这项建议。) 3) The government has set apart Indian reservations. (政府已经划出印地安人保留地。) preservation保存 We must strive for the preservation of our natural resources. (我们必须努力保护自然资源)conservation, preservation, reservation从汉语概念出发时很容易混淆。Conservation是动词conserve派生的名词, 与原来动词的意义相同, 表示"保持、保存”时, 强调“珍惜、节用。 Preservation是动词preserve派生的名词, 强调“收藏、保存”使之完好无损或质量不变; 常与食品、博物馆收藏的展品等词搭配。Reservation主要指意见、看法等的“保留”; 作“保留地”解时, 尤指美国印地安人保留地或澳大利亚土著民族保留地。本题指自然生态的保持, 用conservation最切题。

本题译文：这个珍禽巢居的岛已宣布为自然保护区。

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.

[注释]proceed form (=arise form) 来自; 由......产生：1) Clouds of smoke proceeded form the chimney. (从烟囱里升起缕缕浓烟。) 2) This proceeded from ignorance. (这是出于无知。)

[注意] proceed 的其他用法： (=go on [to do sth.]; continue) 接着 (做某事) ; 继续进行; 1) He proceeded to give me a vivid description of the mountainous scenery there. (他接着给我栩栩如生地描述那里的山区景色。) 2) 接介词with; Now please proceed with your story. (现在请你接着将下去。) 3) 接介词to: We will now proceed to the next business. (我们现在将接着干下面的一件事。) 4) 准备取得 (某种学位) ：He will proceed to the degree of M.A. this year. (他准备今年取得文科硕士学位。)

本题译文：凯特想当护士的志向出自于帮助他人的愿望。

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.

[注释]or else (=otherwise; if not) 否则：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.

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

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

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

[答案] C. across.

[注释]参阅III,64注释。

本题译文, 我们怎样才能把这个语言点向学生讲清楚？

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.

[注释]参阅III,42。

本题译文, 他们已开过几次会议来起草明年得生产计划。

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.

[注释]make mess弄得乱七八糟。Make a mess of“把......弄得乱七八糟”：He made a mess of his work. (他把他的工作搞得乱七八糟。

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

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

[答案] B. charges.

[注释]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？)

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.

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