第二部分 英语知识运用

第一节 单项填空 (共15小题, 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. Reality is not the way you wish things to be, nor the way they appear to be, ______ the way they actually are.

A. as                     B. or                    
C. but                   D. and

22. ______ the silence of the pauses, we could hear each other’s breathing and could almost hear our own heartbeats.

A. In                     B. For                  
C. Under               D. Between

23. Polar bears live mostly on ______ sea ice, which they use as ______ platform for hunting seals.

A. a; a                   B. a; the               
C. 不填; a            D. the; 不填

24. The biggest problem for most plants, which ______ just get up and run away when threatened, is that animals like to eat them.

A. shan’t               B. can’t                
C. needn’t             D. mustn’t

25. As the years passed, many occasions — birthdays, awards, graduations — ______ with Dad’s flowers.

A. are marked        B. were marked    
C. have marked      D. had marked

26. It’s hard for him playing against me. I’ve got nothing to play for, but for him, he needs to win so ______.

A. far                    B. well                 
C. little                  D. badly

27. To save class time, our teacher has ______ students do half of the exercises in class and complete the other half for our homework.

A. us                    B. we                  
 C. our                   D. ours

28. Having checked the doors were closed, and ______ all the lights were off, the boy opened the door to his bedroom.

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

29. As the light turned green, I stood for a moment, not ______, and asked myself what I was going to do.

A. moved              B. moving            
C. to move            D. being moved

30. We live day by day, but in the great things, the time of days and weeks ______ so small that a day is unimportant.

A. is                     B. are                   
C. has been           D. have been

31. Cathy is taking notes of the grammatical rules in class at Sunshine School, where she ______ English for a year.

A. studies              B. studied             
C. is studying        D. has been studying

32. By serving others, a person focuses on someone other than himself or herself, ______ can be very eye-opening and rewarding.

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

33. Most birds find it safe to sleep in the trees, but ______ they have eggs or young chicks, they don’t use a nest.

A. why                 B. how                 
C. unless               D. where

34. “Things ______ never come again!” I couldn’t help talking to myself.

A. lost                   B. losing               
C. to lost               D. have lost

35. There is an old proverb, “Love me, love my dog.” But there is ______ wisdom in this: “Love me, love my book.”

A. some                B. much               
C. more                D. most