第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的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。

例：It’s so nice to hear from her again. ______, we last met more than thirty years ago.

A．What’s more                                        B．That’s to say

C．In other words                                      D．Believe it or not

答案是D。

21. That restaurant is extremely popular, ______ you may have to wait to get a seat.

   A. for                            B. so                          C. or                          D. yet

22. Working as a manager, Rebecca found it hard ______ between work and her family.

A. balancing                                                    B. to balance              

C. to have balanced                                           D. having balanced

23. —Is the project difficult for the students?

   —No. Most of the relevant information ______ to them.

   A. has been provided      B. has provided       C. had been provided      D. had provided

24. The whole class applauded wildly at the end of the speech, ______ greatly encouraged Bob.

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

25. ______ full preparations, Tony was quite confident about the coming interview.

A. Make                      B. Made                     C. To make               D. Having made

26. —I am worn out now. I stayed up last night to finish the report.

   —Oh? You ______. The professor asked us to hand it in next week.

   A. needn’t have             B. wouldn’t have        C. couldn’t have          D. can’t have  

27. Once ______, the book will surely attract readers’ attention since it is related to people’s health.

A. publishing               B. having published      C. published       D. to publish

28. We are going to the theater tomorrow ______ all the tickets are sold out.

   A. when                      B. unless                   C. whether                    D. because

29. —I didn’t know you play the piano. It sounds wonderful!

   —Thank you! I ______ it when I worked in UK.

   A. learned                     B. had learned            C. have learned     D. learn 

30. —Are you going to the concert next week?

   —I’d like to, but I ______ an exam then.

   A. take                        B. took              C. was taking       D. will be taking

31. Students show great interest in ______ Professor Edwards presents to them in his class.

   A. whichever                 B. wherever                C. whatever                D. however

32. Most people who enjoy travelling believe that travel ______ not only our bodies but also our  minds.

   A. benefited                  B. would benefit          C. has benefited          D. benefits

33. It was not what Tom said but what he wrote in the letter ______ touched his mother.

   A. what               B. which                    C. that                      D. who

34. The job position in the advertisement requires that the applicant ______ at least 8 years of

   working experience.

A. had                        B. have                C. will have            D. has

35. —Have you seen ______ film before?

   —Yes. I saw it on ______ Christmas Day, but I can’t remember the exact year.

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

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

War started in our house in late July with a month to go before my first day of college. It was a battle of wills over what college I was to attend. Mom wanted me to attend a famous

  36   school, and I wanted to go to a small writing college. Every night for two weeks, we argued, shouted and gave   37   treatments until both sides went to bed with regrets.

It was mostly my   38  . Since my junior year of high school, I had   39   at being a nurse. I took all the science courses, and even worked as a   40   in my town’s local hospital. My   41   was to help the sick and be superwoman to the world.

Yet,   42   graduation and college neared, it all changed. Treating the sick was

  43  , but not what I was meant to do for the   44   of my life. I could picture myself in hospitals, making rounds, and taking   45  , but I couldn’t picture myself happy. It wasn’t the

  46   I wanted.

Then, I realized I had been creating and writing stories for as long as I could   47  .  I loved it, and writing was what I had been doing as a   48  . It was going to be my career. And it had to be.

On August 1st, Mom and I sat down at the dinner table and I told her that she had every

  49   to choose where to spend her money, just like I had every right to decide where I wanted to go to school. If it was her choice not to   50   any of my college education, then I would take a year off to work and earn money so I could go to the college I wanted.

Standing by my decision to be a writer had   51   my firm belief to my mom. Finally we were at   52  , and she decided to support me, which   53   the world to me.

Before that time, I had never stood up   54   my parents on any major decision. Choosing which college to attend   55   me to become a separate and complete adult. I am now finished with my first semester as a Professional Writing major and I cannot wait to see what comes next.

36. A. cooking               B. gardening                C. nursing            D. writing

37. A. medical              B. warm                      C. mental             D. silent

38. A. success               B. duty                        C. fault                  D. turn

39. A. wondered           B. aimed                      C. pointed            D. looked

40. A. student               B. volunteer                 C. graduate           D. doctor

41. A. goal                  B. job                          C. task                 D. post

42. A. before                B. after                        C. until                D. as

43. A. rough                B. noble                     C. mild                D. tough

44. A. rest                   B. part                        C. whole              D. half

45. A. notices             B. examinations           C. temperatures     D. drugs

46. A. future                B. effect                      C. drill               D. idea

47. A. see                   B. wait                       C. find                D. remember

48. A. process              B. hobby                    C. rule                D. business

49. A. chance              B. time                       C. right               D. ability

50. A. finance              B. expect                    C. raise               D. offer

51. A. doubted             B. followed                 C. shaken           D. proven

52. A. peace                B. war                        C. ease                D. play

53. A. attached             B. applied                   C. devoted           D. meant

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

55. A. forced            B. promised                C. allowed           D. reminded