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正确答案，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

　　21. —Where can I tie the horse?

　　—Oh, you can tie it to _____ of the trees.

　　A. both 　B. every 　　C. each 　　D. either

　　22. Let’s _____ to clean the house. It’s too dirty.

　　A. set about 　　B. set out 　　C. set off 　　D. set down

　　23. ___ is mentioned above, the number of the students in senior high school is increasing.

　　A. As 　　B. It 　　C. That 　　D. What

　　24. _____ this text can be used for listening has not been decided yet.

　　A. Which 　　B. If 　　C. Whether 　　D. As

　　25. —Thank you for your help.

　　—_____. Good luck.

　　A. With pleasure 　　B. Yes 　　C. My pleasure 　　D. No

　　26. Your shoes are _____.

　　A. where they were 　　　　　　　　　　B. the place you put

　　C. in the corner that you put 　　　　D. there where they are

　　27. I like _____ of the two films, for this is _____ than that one.

　　A. both； not more interesting 　　B. either； no more interesting

　　C. neither； no more interesting 　　　　D. either, not more interesting

　　28. _____ turn color and fall to the ground is a sign of winter.

　　A. That leaf 　　B. That leaves 　　C. Those leaf 　　D. Those leaves

　　29. —It was fine yesterday.

　　— _____. And a very nice day for fishing, isn’t it?

　　A. So it was 　　B. It is so 　　C. So it is 　　D. So is it

　　30. Mrs. White found her husband surrounded by letters and papers and _____ very worried.

　　A. look 　　B. looks 　　C. looking 　　D. to look

　　31. Workers in this factory are paid _____ the day.

　　A. on 　　B. in 　　C. by　D. with

　　32. He will be late _____ he can catch the 10:30 train.

　　A. if 　　B. as if 　　C. if not　D. even if

　　33. The dictionary still _____ where I _____ it a moment ago.

　　A. lies； laid 　　B. lied； lay 　　C. laid； laid 　　D. lies； lay

　　34. I like the book _____ by Tom.

　　A. written　B. be written 　　C. writing　D. to write

　　35. Just as the value of a telephone network increases with each new phone _____ to the system, so does the value of a computer system increase with each program that turns out.

　　A. adding　B. to have added 　　C. to add　D. added

　　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，然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

　　Yesterday evening I was watching the evening news on television. The news was about a　36　　for scientific discoveries. The announcer, whose name was Ralph Story, 　37　something that caught my 　38　. “All great discoveries,” he said, “are made by people between the age of twenty-five and thirty.” Being a little over thirty myself, I wanted to 　39　　with him. Nobody wants to think that he is past the age of making any 　40　. The next day I went to the public library, spending several hours, and 　41　　to find the ages of famous people and their discoveries. Ralph was right.

　　First I looked at some of the 　42　　discoveries. One of the earliest, the famous one that　43　　that bodies of different weight 　44　　at the same speed, was made by Galileo when he was 26. Madam Curie started her research that led to a Nobel Prize when she was 28. Einstein was 26 when he 　45　　his world-changing theory of relativity. Well, 　46　　of that. Yet I wondered if those “best years” were true in other 　47　.

　　Then how about 　48　? Surely it needed the wisdom of 　49　　to make a good leader. Perhaps it does, but look when these people 　50　　their careers. Winston Churchill was elected to the House of Commons at the age of 26. Abraham Lincoln 　51　　the life of a country lawyer and was elected to the government at what age? Twenty-six.

　　But why don’t best years come after thirty? After thirty, I 　52　　most people do not want to take risks or try new ways in their lives. Then I thought of those famous people　53　　Shakespeare and Picasso. The former one was writing wonderful 　54　　at the late age of fifty, 　55　　the latter was still trying new ways of painting when he was ninety!

　　36. A. program 　　　　B. prize 　　　　　　C. conference 　　　　　D. report

　　37. A. said 　　　　B. announced 　　　　C. explained 　　　　D. studied

　　38. A. mind 　　　　B. care 　　　　　　　C. attention 　　　　D. surprise

　　39. A. disagree 　　B. talk 　　　　C. meet 　　　　　　　　D. advise

　　40. A. chance 　　　B. discovery 　　　C. research 　　　　D. fortune

　　41. A. happened 　　B. wanted 　　　　　　C. succeeded 　　　　　D. managed

　　42. A. last 　　　　　　B. scientific 　　C. oldest 　　　　　D. modern

　　43. A. found 　　　　B. proved 　　　　C. doubted 　　　　　　D. showed

　　44. A. disappear 　　B. move 　　　　　C. meet 　　　　　　D. fall

　　45. A. invented 　　　　B. developed 　　　　C. published 　　　　　D made

　　46. A. plenty 　　　　　B. enough 　　　　　　C. much 　　　　　　D. all

　　47. A. fields 　　　　　B. science 　　　　C. course 　　　　　D. ages

　　48. A. election 　　　　B. politics 　　　　　C. leaders 　　　　　　D. society

　　49. A. age 　　　　　B. brain 　　　　　　　C. living 　　　　　　D. leadership

　　50. A. finished 　　　　B. won 　　　　　　　　C. started 　　　　D. defeated

　　51. A. led 　　　　　B. devoted 　　　　　　C. began 　　　　　D. gave up

　　52. A. guess 　　　　B. know 　　　　　　C. believe 　　　　D. agree

　　53. A. as 　　　　　　　B. to be 　　　　　　　C. like 　　　　　　D. about

　　54. A. paintings 　　　B. idioms 　　　　　　　C. poems 　　　　　D. works

　　55. A. when 　　　　B. while 　　　　　　C. who 　　　　　　D. after