二、英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child______ he or she wants.

A. however            B. whatever               C. whichever         D. whenever

答案是B。

21. —Can I look at the menu for a few more minutes before I decide?

—Of course. _______ sir.

A. Make yourself at home                       B. Enjoy yourself   

C. It doesn’t matter                                                            D. Take your time

22. When first _______  to the market, these products enjoyed great success.

A. introducing        B. introduced             C. introduce           D. being introduced

23. There were dirty marks on her trousers ______ she had wiped her hands.

A. where               B. which                   C. when                D. that

24. The evening news comes on at seven o’clock and ______ only thirty minutes.

A. keeps                B. continues              C. finishes             D. lasts

25. —Has Sam finished his homework today?

—I have no idea. He  ______  it this morning.

A. did                    B. has done               C. was doing         D. had done

26. The forest guards often find campfires that have not been _____ completely.

A. turned down      B. put out                  C. put away           D. turned over

27. _____ you call me to say you’re not coming, I’ll see you at the theatre.

A. Though             B. Whether              C. Until                 D. Unless

28. “We can’t go out in this weather,” said Bob,  ______ out of the window.

A. looking              B. to look               C. looked               D. having looked

29. You ______ be tired — you’ve only been working for an hour.

A. must not           B. won’t                C. can’t                 D. may not

30. I ______ you not to move my dictionary — now I can’t find it.

A. asked                B. ask                       C. was asking        D. had asked

31. If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off ______.

A. a price              B. price                     C. the price            D. prices

32. —Do you like ______ here?

—Oh, yes. The air, the weather, the way of life. Everything is so nice.

A. this                   B. these                    C. that                   D. it

33. I must be getting fat—I can ______ do my trousers up.

A. fairly                 B. hardly                   C. nearly               D. seldom

34. According to the art dealer, the painting ___ to go for at least a million dollars.

A. is expected        B. expects                 C. expected           D. is expecting

 35. That’s an unpleasant thing to say about your father after ______ he’s done for you.

A. something         B. anything                C. all                     D. that

第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Tracy Wong is a well-known Chinese-American writer. But her writing ___36___ was something she picked up by herself. After her first ___37___, teaching disabled children, she became a part-time writer for IBM. ___38___, writing stories was simply a ___39___ interest. Tracy sent three of her stories to a publisher(出版商).     ___40___, they immediately suggested that she put them together to make a single one long ___41___ and paid Tracy a $50,000 advance. “A pretty money,” said the publisher, “for ___42___ writer.”

    43    Tracy’s characters(人物) are interesting, her stories sometimes ___44___ readers uneasy: those about the supernatural. “My mother believed I could ___45___ the afterlife world,” she told a close friend. “She used to have me speak with my grandmother, who died many years ago.”

“Can I? I don’t think I can,” Tracy said with a laugh. “But I do have ___46___when things come to me  ___47___ .” Once, she was wondering how to complete a     48     set in ancient(古代的) China. ___49___the doorbell rang. It was a FedEx delivery man, with a copy of a book on Chinese ___50___. It came without her having   ___51___it.

Though she has published 10 books, Tracy has remained ___52___ by her fame. She lives in the same ___53___   she lived 27 years ago — although in a more comfortable home. There s more room for ___54___in her life  and it wasn’t just      55    .

36. A. skill             B. experience             C. practice             D. method

37. A. duty            B. effort                    C. job                    D. task

38. A. Instead        B. Normally               C. Certainly           D. Then

39. A. general        B. deep                     C. personal            D. lively

40. A. Interested    B. Anxiously              C. Seriously           D. Encouraged

41. A. film             B. story                    C. program            D. article

42. A. a foreign      B. a popular               C. an unusual         D. an unknown

43. A. Now that     B. Even though         C. Just because      D. Except that

44. A. find             B. turn                      C. leave                 D. hold

45. A. make up      B. connect with         C. control              D. explain

46. A. events         B. chances                C. feelings             D. moments

47. A. for no reason                               B. from a distance     C. by accident D. as gifts

48. A. description   B. pointing                C. scene                D. talk

49. A. Surprisingly B. Suddenly               C. Expectedly        D. Fortunately

50. A. cooking     B. history                  C. play                  D. medicine

51. A. known      B. sent                      C. realized            D. ordered

52. A. unchanged   B. excited               C. determined        D. unmoved

53. A. life              B. city                      C. house                D. way

54. A. success       B. work                    C. joy                    D. variety

55. A. writing        B. reporting              C. luck                  D. fun