第一部分:英语知识运用(共两节,满分45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。
1.He telephoned the travel agency to ________ three air tickets to London.
A.order B.arrange C.take D.book
2.—Excuse me, I wonder if you can help me?
—Sure. ________?
A.What help B.What is this C.What is it D.What do you want
3.James took the magazines off the little table to make ________ for the television.
A.room B.area C.field D.position
4.We ________ on this project for four hours. Let’s have a rest.
A.are working B.have been working C.worked D.had worked
5.People have always ________ about exactly how life on earth began.
A.curious B.excited C.anxious D.careful
6.________ in my life impressed me so deeply as my first visit to the Palace Museum.
A.Anything B.Nothing C.Everything D.Something
7.—Professor Johnson, I'm afraid I can't finish the report within this week.
—________. How about next week?
A.Good for you B.It won't bother me C.Not at all D.That's OK
8.—Can you believe I had to pay 30 dollars for a haircut?
—You should try the barber's ________ I go. It's only 15.
A.as B.which C.where D.that
9.Mark ________ have hurried. After driving at top speed, he arrived half an hour early.
A.needn't B.wouldn't C.mustn't D.couldn't
10.Traditional folk arts of Tianjin like paper cutting ________ at the culture show of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.
A.are exhibiting B.is exhibiting C.are being exhibited D.is being exhibited
11.Joining the firm as a clerk, he got rapid promotion, and ________ as a manager.
A.ended up B.dropped out C.came back D.started off
12.I rained heavily in the south, ________ serious flooding in several provinces.
A.caused B.having caused C.causing D.to cause
13.My father warned me ________ going to the West Coast because it was crowed with tourists.
A.by B.on C.for D.against
14.As a new graduate, he doesn't know ________ it takes to start a business here.
A.how B.what C.when D.which
15.—John went to the hospital alone.
—If he ________ me about it, I would have gone with him.
A.should tell B.tells C.told D.had told