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)

21. Mrs. Chen is ______ paper-cutting expert, whom I interviewed for my article on _____ Chinese Art.

A. a, the B. an, / C. a, / D. an, the

22. Why don’t you take off your shoes and have them washed? They will soon ______ in the sun.

A. hang out B. dry out C. warm up D. dry up

23. People are advised not to drive after drinking, but _______ seemed not to help a lot.

A. it B. which C. they D. one

24.— Mum, I can’t see any point in studying hard.

—Come on, dear. Years of hard study will surely ______ in your future career.

A. make sure B. pay off C. bring back D. pay back

25. I urged that they _____ themselves to their new conditions.

A. adapt B. adjusted C. matched D. put

26. The answer is connected with the main use ________ the body makes of food---- to supply the energy for movement.

A. where B. why C. what D. that

27. — I’d like a pen which ______ well.

— Will this one ______?

A. is written; do B. writes; do C. writes; work D. is written; work

28. I have been convinced that the print media are usually more _____ and more reliable than television.

A. accurate B. ridiculous C. urgent D. shallow

29. — Thanks for the ______ you did me to move away the stone.

— That’s all right.

A. favor B. good C. trouble D. kindness

30. _______ a lift on her way, Jenny finally managed to get to the station in time.

A. Offered B. Offer C. Offering D. To offer

31. ______ healthy, with easy access to affordable medical care, is still a dream for many people, with medicine price______ sharply.

A. Keeping; rise B. Keeping; rising

C. To keep; risen D. Having kept, to rise

32. — Has your son come back from abroad for the winter vocation?

— Yes. But he stayed at home for only a week. Now he ______ back to college.

A. went B. will go C. has gone D. was going

33. His suggestion made me angry, but________.?

A. making others happy B. to make others happy

C. with others happy D. others happy

34. ________ that they may eventually reduce the amount of labour needed on construction sites by 90 percent.

A. Such construction robots are clever

B. So clever the construction robots are

C. So clever are the construction robots

D. Such clever construction robots are

35. — What do you think of that tea set as a gift for Mary’s birthday?

— ________.

A. My pleasure. B. I think it’s a Chinese style.

C. Not bad. D. Let me think it over.