第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分）

从每题所给的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 so nice to hear from her again. _____, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A. What’s more B. That’s to say C. In other words D. Believe it or not

答案是D。

21. John plays basketball well, ________ his favorite sport is badminton.

A. so B. or C. yet D. for

22. You may use the room as you like ________ you clean it up afterwards.

A. so far as B. so long as C. in case D. even if

23. Scientists have many theories about how the universe ________ into being.

A. came B. was coming C. had come D. would come

24. For breakfast he only drinks juice from fresh fruit ________ on his own farm.

A. grown B. being grown C. to be grown D. to grow

25. One of the few things you ________ say about English people with certainty is that they talk a lot about the weather.

A. need B. must C. should D. can

26. —What do you think of teaching, Bob?

—I find it fun and challenging. It is a job ________ you are doing something serious but interesting.

A. where B. Which C. When D. that

27. The way the guests ________ in the hotel influenced their evaluation of the service.

A. treated B. were treated C. would treat D. would be treated

28. All of them try to use the power of the workstation ________ information in a more effective way.

A. presenting B. presented C. being presented D. to present

29. The wine industry in the area has developed in a special way, ________ little foreign ownership.

A. by B. of C. with D. from

30. When I talked with my grandma on the phone, she sounded weak, but by the time we ________ up, her voice had been full of life.

A. were hanging B. had hung C. hung D. would hang

31. At first he hated the new job but decided to give himself a few months to see ________ it got any better.

A. when B. how C. why D. if

32. John was given the same suitcase his father and grandfather ________ with them to school.

A. took B. had taken C. were taking D. would take

33. The biggest whale is ________ blue whale, which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of ________ 9-story building.

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

34. ________ twice, the postman refused to deliver our letters unless we chained our dog.

A. Being bitten B. Bitten C. Having bitten D. To be bitten

35. Being a parent is not always easy, and being the parent of a child with special needs often carries with ________ extra stress.

A. it B. them C. one D. him