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）

从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。

21. —We could invite John and Barbara to the Friday night party.

—Yes,______? I'll give them a call right now.

A. why not

B. what for

C. why

D. what

22. Try______she might, Sue couldn't get the door open.

A. if

B. when

C. since

D. as

23. Planning so far ahead______no sense—so many things will have changed by next year.

A. made

B. is making

C. makes

D. has made

24. I wasn't sure if he was really interested or if he______polite.

A. was just being

B. will just be

C. had just been

D. would just be

25. —Someone wants you on the phone.

—______nobody knows I am here.

A. Although

B. And

C. But

D. So

26. I can______the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean.

A. come up with

B. put up with

C. turn to

D. stick to

27. The next thing he saw was smoke______from behind the house.

A. rose

B. rising

C. to rise

D. risen

28. Only when he reached the tea-house______it was the same place he'd been in last year.

A. he realized

B. he did realize

C. realized he

D. did he realize

29. When Alice came to, she did not know how long she______there.

A. had been lying

B. has been lying

C. was lying

D. has lain

30. The form cannot be signed by anyone______yourself.

A. rather than

B. other than

C. more than

D. better than

31. The prize will go to the writer______story shows the most imagination.

A. that

B. which

C. whose

D. what

32. They______have arrived at lunchtime but their flight was delayed.

A. will

B. can

C. must

D. should

33. It is generally accepted that______boy must learn to stand up and fight like______man.

A. a; a

B. a; the

C. the; the

D. a; 不填

34. William found it increasingly difficult to read, for his eyesight was beginning to______.

A. disappear

B. fall

C. fail

D. damage

35. —Artistic people can be very difficult sometimes.

—Well, you married one.______.

A. You name it

B. I've got it

C. I can't agree more

D. You should know

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。

In our discussion with people on how education can help them succeed in life, a woman remembered the first meeting of an introductory 36 course about 20 years ago.

The professor 37 the lecture hall, placed upon his desk a large jar filled with dried beans（豆）, and invited the students to 38 how many beans the jar contained. After 39 shouts of wildly wrong guesses the professor smiled a thin, dry smile, announced the 40 answer, and went on saying, “You have just 41 an important lesson about science. That is: Never 42 your own senses.”

Twenty years later, the 43 could guess what the professor had in mind. He 44 himself, perhaps, as inviting his students to start an exciting 45 into an unknown world invisible（无形的）to the 46 , which can be discovered only through scientific 47 . But the seventeen-year-old girl could not accept or even 48 the invitation. She was just 49 to understand the world. And she 50 that her firsthand experience could be the 51 . The professor, however, said that it was 52 . He was taking away her only 53 for knowing and was providing her with no substitute（替代）. “I remember feeling small and 54 ,”the woman says, “and I did the only thing I could do. I 55 the course the afternoon, and I haven't gone near science since.”

36. A. art　　B. history　C. science　D. math

37. A. searched for　B. looked at　C. got through　D. marched into

38. A. count　B. guess　C. report　D. watch

39. A. warning　B. giving　C. turning away　D. listening to

40. A. ready　B. possible　C. correct　D. difficult

41. A. learned　B. prepared　C. taught　D. taken

42. A. lose　B. trust　C. sharpen　D. show

43. A. lecturer　B. scientist　C. speaker　D. woman

44. A. described　B. respected　C. saw　D. served

45. A. voyage　B. movement　C. change　D. rush

46. A. professor　B. eye　C. knowledge　D. light

47. A. model　B. senses　C. spirit　D. methods

48. A. hear　B. make　C. present　D. refuse

49. A. suggesting　B. beginning　C. pretending　D. waiting

50. A. believed　B. doubted　C. proved　D. explained

51. A. growth　B. strength　C. faith　D. truth

52. A. firm　B. interesting　C. wrong　D. acceptable

53. A. task　B. tool　C. success　D. connection

54. A. cruel　B. proud　C. frightened　D. brave

55. A. dropped　B. started　C. passed　D. missed