（  ）29.What made them miss the deadline was not their lack of funding，but_____their lack of planning.

A.Even

B.still

C.rather

D.ever

29.C【解析】not…but rather为固定搭配，表“不是……而是……”。句意：让他们错过最后期限的，不是缺乏资金，而是缺少计划。故选C。

（  ）30.—The manager dismissed twelve people without warning.

—He_____them like that.

A.hadn't treated

B.couldn't treat

C.wouldn't have treated

D.shouldn't have treated

30.D【解析】shouldn’t have done表示“过去不该做某事却做了”。句意：——这个经理毫无预告就解雇了二十个人。——他本不应该这样对他们的。故选D。