[解析] 本句的意思是：他靠办企业发了财。固定搭配题：means意为“手段，工具”，by means of意为“以……，借着……”是固定搭配。其他三项都可作“方法”讲，但用法不同：manner主要指特征、风格，而不是指精细的方法、程序或制度；way最为通用，既可指单一的技巧，也可指复杂的操作方法，还可指处理某一问题所采取的特殊方法，以及人的总的风格；method指相当精心拟定的一组方法，并强调实施的效果和精确性。
4. Not wanting to ______ any details, the victim wrote a lengthy report about the incident.
11. When Edison died, it was proposed that the Americans ______ all power in their homes, streets and factories for several minutes in honor of this great man.
31. Scientists will have to ______ new methods of increasing the world's food supply.
A.come up with
B.come up for
C.come down with
D.come down to
A B C D
A
[解析] 本句的意思是：科学家们必须提出增加世界粮食供应的新方法。动词短语搭配题：come up with意为“提出”；come up for意为“参加”；come down with意为“患上(某种传染病)”；come down to意为“可归纳为，可归结为”。
32. I regretted ______ the task completely.
A.not to fulfill
B.not having fulfilled
C.to not fulfill
D.having not fulfilled
A B C D
B
[解析] 本句的意思是：这项工作没有做完，我感到有些遗憾。动词后非谓语动词形式题：regret to do something意为“对要做某事表示遗憾”，regret doing/to have done something意为“后悔做过某事”。其否定形式是在regret之后，非谓语动词之前加not。
33. Perhaps it will be a long time ______ from abroad.
A.when Bill comes back
B.before Bill comes back
C.when Bill will come back
D.that Bill comes back
A B C D
B
[解析] 本句的意思是：也许要很长一段时间，比尔才能从国外回来。状语从句题：根据前半句意义可判断，before Bill comes back“比尔回来之前”，准确反映了句子的前后意义关系，因此B是正确答案。
34. The government decided to ______ its gold reserves to get over the financial crisis.
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