41. The Department is also deeply _____ in various improvement schemes.

A. connected　　 B. included　　 C. involved　　 D. implied

[答案] C. involved.

[注釋]be involved in 參與。Be included in 包括在......中。

40. Jim's plans to go to college _____ at the last moment.

A. fell out B. gave away　 C. gave off　　 D. fell through

　[答案] D. fell through，未能實現(xiàn)　　　 [注釋] 參閱III,49注釋。

39. The old lady can't hope to _____ her cold in a few days.

　 A. get over　　 B. get off　　 C. hold back　　 D. hold up

[答案] A. get over　 [注釋] 參閱III,55注釋。

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

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

[答案] B. awards.

[注釋]awards sb. sth. 授于某人某物。如：They awarded John the first prize. (他們授于約翰一等獎。)

對比：reward sb with sth. 以某物酬謝某人, 須加介詞with; They rewarded the boy with $5 for bringing back the lost dog. (他們給這男孩5美元酬謝他把丟失的狗找回來。) grant (=consent to give or allow what is asked for) 同意 (給予) , 答應(yīng) (請求) ：The firm granted him a pension. (公司同意給予他退休金。) present sb. with sth. 贈送：Our class presented the school with a picture. (我們班給學(xué)校送了一幅畫。) present 頒發(fā), 呈遞：1) The principal will present the diplomas. (校長將頒發(fā)文憑。) 2) We shall present a complete report to the Annual Conference. (我們將向年會遞交一份全面的報告。)

本題句意是：大學(xué)是授予學(xué)位和進(jìn)行研究的教育機(jī)構(gòu)�？梢�, 本題應(yīng)選award.

37. He has the _____ of an athlete: he really goes all out to win.

A. instants B. instances C. instincts　 D. intelligences

[答案] C. instincts.

[注釋] instinct 天生的本領(lǐng)。instant n. 瞬間, 時刻; adj. 立即的, 直接的。如：instant coffee 速溶咖啡; instant food (s) 方便食品。例如：Spaceships are stocked with a variety of instant foods. (宇宙飛船上備有各種個樣的方便食品。)

36. I can meet you at eight o'clock; _____ you can call for me.

　 A. incidentally　　 B. actually

　 C. alternatively　　 D. accordingly

[答案] C. alternatively

[注釋]alternatively (=as an alternative) 作為一個替代辦法：If however is used, but is not needed; or alternatively omit however. (如果使用however,就不需要but;或者作為一個替代辦法省去however。)

[注意]alternately 和 alternatively的區(qū)別:alternately (交替地) ：At a Chinese dinner, the guests and the hosts sit alternately at a round table.

35. 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

[答案] C. affects.

[注釋] affect (=have an influence or effect on) 影響：The climate affected his health. (氣候影響[損害]了他的健康。)

[注意]affect vt. 影響。effect n. (=influent) 影響, 作用：Some films have a misleading effect on children. effect vt. (=bring about) 實行, 進(jìn)行, 產(chǎn)生......后果:1) I will effect my purpose: no-one shall stop me! 2) We hope to effect an improvement. (我們希望能引起改進(jìn)。)

注意兩個常用的習(xí)語:1) to that effect 那個意思的 (話) ：She said she hated spinach, or words to that effect. (她說她不喜歡吃菠菜或那個意思的話。) 2) to the effect that... 意思時說, 表示下述意思：I said a few words the effect that all he had told us was already well known. (我說了幾句話, 意思是說他告訴我們的一切都已眾所周知。)

34. An early typewriter produced letters quickly and neatly; the typist, _____ couldn't see his work on his machine.

A. however　　 B. therefore　　 C. yet　　 D. although

[答案] A. however.　

[注釋] however 然而。

本題譯文：早期的打字機(jī)打起字來又快又整齊, 然而打字員不能看著機(jī)器鍵盤打字。

33. Will all those _____ the proposal raise their hands?

　 A. in relation to　　 B. in excess of

　 C. in contrast to　　 D. in favor of

[答案] D. in favor of.

[注釋] in favor of 贊成。in excess of 超過。in relation to 關(guān)系到。in contrast to 與......相對照。例如：

1) Everyone in the class voted in favor of the party. (=All of the children voted to have a party.)

2) We got $5000 in excess of the fixed sum. (我們盯定額多收入5000美元。)3) This appears small in contrast to (with) that. (這個同那個對比起來顯得小了。)4) I have a lot to say in relation to that affair. (我對那件事有許多話要說。)

5) We must plan in (with) relation to the future. (我們定計劃時要考慮到將來。)

本題譯文：請所有贊成此項建議的人舉手。

32. The reason why he adapted to the new situations quickly is that he has a _____ attitude.

A. changeable　 B. alternate　 C. movable　 D. flexible

[答案] D. flexible.

[注釋] flexible 靈活的, 可變通的; We need a foreign policy that is more flexible.