330. after dinner the minister made a short _____ to the guests.
a. delivery  b.pronunciation  c.conversation d. speech
[答案] d. speech
[注釋]make a speech to sb.(向某人做演講)。make conversation with sb.(和某人閑談conversation常與下列動詞搭配:get (enter) into conversation with(和......攀談起來),have a conversation with(與......談話),interrupt (break off) conversation(中斷談話),turn the conversation to other matters(把話題轉到其他問題上)delivery常指"(演講等的)說話方式,口才",如: his report was good, but his delivery was poor.( 他的報告內容很好,但他的口才太差)。

331. when there's doubt the examiner's decision is _____.
a. right    b. final    c. definite    d. fixed
[答案] b. final.
[注釋]final最終的,不會改變的。definite明確的。fixed固定的,不變的;a fixed income(固定收入)。right正確的。
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.
[注釋]take up把......當作被保護人,關照,提攜,列如:this athlete was taken up by several boston universities.(這個運動員得到波士頓大學的關照。)pick up參閱iii.129,130注釋。
本題譯文：雖然他是一位繁忙又有成就的小說家,但他愿意提攜任何有前途的年輕人并盡力給予幫助。
333. he did not find a job yet because he had no _____ to men who could help him.
a. approach  b. application   c. access  d. approval
[答案] c. access.
[注釋]have access to進入的路；能接近，進入,了解或使用(不可數(shù)名詞)。列如：1)we had access to his private files.(我們能接觸他的私人檔案。)2)only a few people have access to the full facts of the ase.(只有幾人能了解案件的全部事實。)3)only high officials had access to the emperor.(只有高級官員才能接近皇帝。)approach接近,走近,快到;對待處理(事情的)方式;接近(到達)的路:1)he was warned of the enemy.(已警告他敵人已接近。)2)his book represents a new approach to the difficulty.(他的書代表了處理困難的一種新方法。)3)the approach to the house was a narrow path.(通到這幢房子的路是一條小徑。)application申請,申請書。approval贊同。根據(jù)題意,此句中不是指身體上的“接近或靠近”,而是指“能接觸到”的某人故選access更切題意
334. the old man got into the _____ of storing money under the bed.
a. tradition    b. habit    c. use    d. custom
[答案] b. habit.
[注釋]get into the habit of doing sth.意為“養(yǎng)成了做......的習慣"。habit指個人的習慣,而custom則指社會的風俗習慣。tradition“傳統(tǒng)"。
335. the beauty of the place is more than i can describe. i am sure whoever sees it will _____ its charm.
a. appeal to   b. stick to    c. keep to    d. yield to
[答案] d. yield to.
[注釋]yield to:屈服于;投降讓步(經常有比較靈活的譯法)。如:the disease yielded to treatment.(=the disease was cured as the result of treatment.)(這病經過治療已減輕或治愈。)
appeal to向......呼吁;stick to(=keep to)堅持。
本題譯文:該地秀麗的景色無法表達于筆下。我深信,不管是誰看到了它都會折服于它的魅力。
336. children are likely to get _____ if no one cares about their upbringing.
   a. out of hand     b. out of order
   c. out of place    d. out of work
[答案] a. out of hand.
[注釋]get(or be) out of hand是習語,意為“無法控制,不受約束":this situation appears to be completely out of hand.(看來形勢已完全失去控制。)out of order有毛病,失靈;out of place不得其所的,不適當?shù)?out of work失業(yè)。
本題譯文:如果不關心孩子的教育,他們很可能會無法控制。
337. when the greeks had _____ the persians, a soldier ran from marathon to athens.
   a. won    b. bitten    c. beaten    d. hit
[答案] c. beaten.
[注釋]beat sb. 打敗某人。beat sb. black and blue(把某人打得鼻青臉腫)。hit,擊,擊中:hit a man on the head(打在人的頭上);hit at sb.(向某人打去)。strike(=hit ,give a blow at blows to)打,擊:strike a man on the chin(打在某人的下巴上)。win贏得,用作此義時,后不能接某人;可以說win a match, a victory, the first prize等。