第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分55分)

第一节 单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分)

21. ——Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!

——, madam. It’s our soup of the day.

A. Let me see B. So it is C. Don’t mention it D. Neither do I

22. They might just have a place _____ on the writing course — why don’t you give it a try?

A. leave B. left C. leaving D. to leave

23. Try not to cough more than you can ___ since it may cause problems to your lungs.

A. check B. allow C. stop D. help

24. If we ____ now to protect the environment, we’ll live to regret it.

A. hadn’t acted B. haven’t acted C. don’t act D. won’t act

25. Tony can hardly boil an egg, still ____ cook dinner.

A. less B. little C. much D. more

26. Police have found ____ appears to be the lost ancient statue.

A. which B. where C. how D. what

27. When I first met Bryan I didn’t like him, but I ____ my mind.

A. have changed B. change C. had changed D. would change

28. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police ____.

A. not to do B. not to C. not do D. do not

29. The door _____ open, no matter how hard she pushed.

A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mightn’t

30. At the last moment, Tom decided to _____ a new character to make the story seem more likely.

A. put up B. put in C. put on D. put off

31. India attained ____ independence in 1947, after _____ long struggle.

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

32. There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _____ another man, also intelligent, fails.

A. since B. if C. as D. while

33. “You can’t judge a book by its cover,” ______.

A. as the saying goes old B. goes as the old saying

C. as the old saying goes D. goes as old the saying

34. It was a real race ____ time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.

A. over B. by C. for D. against

35. The sunlight is white and blinding, ____ hard-edged shadows on the ground.

A. throwing B. being thrown C. to throw D. to be thrown