第二部分：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

21. I will never know what was on his mind at the time, nor will ______.

A. anyone              B. anyone else          C. no one              D. no one else

22. --I don’t mind telling you what I know.

--You______. I’m not asking you for it.

A. mustn’t             B. may not                C. can’t                 D. needn’t

23. I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person.

A. While                B. Since                    C. Before               D. Unless

24. He got to the station early, _______ missing his train.

A. in case of          B. instead of              C. for fear of         D. in search of

25. The man insisted ______ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby.

A. find                  B. to find                  C. on finding          D. in finding

26. More patients ________ in hospital this year than last year.

A. treated              B. have treated          C. had been treated D. have been treated

27. Tom owns _______ larger collection of _______ books than any other student in our class.

A. the; 不填        B. a; 不填                C. a; the                D. 不填; the

28. --You haven’t lost the ticket, have you?

--_______. I know it’s not easy to get another one at the moment.

A. I hope not         B. Yes, I have           

C. I hope so           D. Yes, I’m afraid so

29. It’s ten years since the scientist _______on his life’s work of discovering the valuable chemical.

A. made for           B. set out                  C. took off            D. turned up

30. A man is being questioned in relation to the _______ murder last night.

A. advised             B. attended                C. attempted          D. admitted

31. The old man, _______ abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland.

A. to work             B. working              C. to have worked  D. having worked

32. The________ house smells as if it hasn’t been lived in for years.

A. little white wooden                             B. little wooden white

C. white wooden little                             D. wooden white little

33. _______ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan.

A. Which               B. When                   C. What                D. As

34. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people _______ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.

A. begin                B. began                   C. have begun        D. had begun

35. --How long are you staying?

—I don’t know. _______.

A. That’s OK         B. Never mind           C. It depends         D.It doesn’t matter