II. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-3各题所给的ABC和D项中，选出最佳选项，并填写在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

Every country has its own culture.

Even though each country uses doors, doors may have ___21___ functions and purposes which lead to ___22__differences.

When I first came to America, I noticed that a public building had two different ___23___ and they had distinct functions. You have to push the door with the word “PUSH” to go out of the building and to pull the door with the word “PULL” to ___24___ the building. This was new to me, because we use the ___25___ door in South Korea. For quite a few times I failed to go out of a shopping centre and was embarrassed.

The way of using school bus doors was also ___26___ to me. I used to take the school bus to classes. The school decided that when the driver opened both the front and back doors, ___27___ who were getting off the bus should get off first, and students who were getting on should get on ___28___. In South Korea, we do not need to wait for people to get off. One morning, I hurried to the bus, and when the bus doors opened, I ___29___ tried to get on the school bus through the front door. All the students around looked at me, I was totally ___30___, and my face went red.

21. A. different B. important C. practical D. unusual

22. A. national B. embarrassing C. cultural D. amazing

23. A. exits B. entrances C. signs D. doors

24. A. enter B. leave C. open D. close

25. A. main B. same C. front D. back

26. A. annoying B. hard C. satisfying D. strange

27. A. parents B. students C. teachers D. drivers

28. A. sooner B. later C. faster D. earlier

29. A. politely B. patiently C. unconsciously D. slowly

30. A. embarrassed B. annoyed C. unsatisfied D. excited

第二节 语法填空 （共10笑题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。

A young man, while traveling through a desert, came across a spring of clear water. ___31___water was sweet. He filled his leather container so that he could bring some back to an elder ___32___ had been his teacher. After a four-day journey, the young man ___33___ (present) the water to the old man. His teacher took a deep drink, smiled ___34___(warm), and thanked his student very much for the sweet water. The young man went home ___35___ a happy heart.

After the student left, the teacher let ___36___ student taste the water. He spit it out, ___37___ (say) it was awful. Apparently, it was no longer fresh because of the old leather container. He asked his teacher, “Sir, the water was awful. Why did you pretend to like ___38____?”

The teacher replied, “You tasted the water. I tasted the gift. The water was simply the container for an act of kindness and love. Nothing could be ___39___ (sweet). ”

We understand this lesson best ___40___ we receive gifts of love from children. Whether it is a cheap pipe or a diamond necklace, the proper response is appreciation. We love the idea within the gift rather than the thing.