二、语言知识运用

A：单项选择

( ) 31. — What's the population ____ the U.S.A?

— The U.S.A has ____ population of 297 million.

A. of…a           B. of… /,        C. in…a

( ) 32. — I really hate winter, because I'm afraid of coldness.

— ________

A. So did I.      B. So do I.     C. So I do.

( ) 33. ______we are clever, ______we must work hard.

A. Even though…but   B. Though…but   C. Even though…/

( ) 34. The man thought, “I shall take it back tomorrow.”

The man thought that ____ take it back____

A. I shall, tomorrow   B. he should, tomorrow  C. he should, the next day

( ) 35. _____children there are in a family, ____ their life will be.

A. The less…the better   B. The fewer…the better  C. Fewer…richer

( ) 36. You can put the potatoes in salted water to keep them from ______ black.

A. turn       B. turning      C. turned

( ) 37. He ran away with ______ money. The police arrested him several days later.

A. a great deal of      B. many     C. a number of

( ) 38. We have three sons but ____ of them lives nearby. It's hard to see them.

A. neither           B. none          C. all

( ) 39. We should keep our classroom_____.

A. cleaning         B. to clean     C. clean

( )40. — Our environment is improving.

— Yes, more and more trees ____ around our city.

A. are planting      B. are planted     C. planted

( )41. Most of time, they had no trouble ____ the language of the country while he was traveling.

A. speaking        B. speak      C. to speak

( )42.— Hello, where are you going?

— Oh, I _____ for Hong Kong.

A. have left        B. am leaving     C. leaving