第二部分：英语知识运用（共二节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出一个可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. ── Do you need a ride?
—— No, thanks. I ____ walking.
A.prefer
B. want
C. used to
D. take
22. He _____ one day _____ a famous NBA player.
A. thinks of , being
B. dreams of , being
C. dreams about, to be
D. make up , being
23. Your parents may be angry with you for a little while, but____ , they love you.
A. above all
B. in all
C. at all
D. after all
24. ——What about having a drink?
—— ____________.
A. Good idea
B. Help yourself
C. Go ahead, please
D. Me, too
25. In most of the western countries, English is spoken ____ the first language.
A. as
B. like
C. with
D. for
26. Football is played all over the world, so it is considered a _____ game.
A. usual
B. healthy
C. common
D. universal
27. The man ___ killed two policemen will be sentenced to death.
A. which
B. whom
C. who
D. whose
28. There is no doubt ______ our life will be better and better.
A. if
B. when
C. whether
D. that
29. In his talk, he gave us _____ on how to improve our reading.
A. news
B. advice
C. messages
D. notes
30. Mr Green, with his wife and kids, ____ to China next Sunday.
A. come
B. is coming
C. are coming
D. comes
31.Great changes ____ in the countryside, and a lot of new houses ___________ .
A. have been happened; have set up
B. have taken place; have been set up
C. have taken place; have built
D. were taken place; were built
32. It rained heavily, and it was very kind of him to ____ his umbrella with me.
A. bring
B. take
C. use
D. share
33. The village _____ we once lived has changed a lot.
A, which B. what C. where D. that
34. His family don’t like the second
-hand car, ____ is very high.
A. the price of which
B. which price
C. it’s price
D. the price of that
35. At last John was able to _____ her to give up the foolish idea that she wanted to get married to
the old man.
A. advise
B. expect
C. suggest
D. persuade
第二节完形填空（共10小题，每小题 1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从每小题所给的四个选项中，选出一个最佳选项。
Jimmy started painting when he was four years old. When he was six, he was already very
good at it. He 36 many beautiful and interesting pictures, and people 37 a lot of
38 when he’s a little o
lder, and then
money for them. They said, “This boy’s going to be
we’re going to 39 these pictures for a lot more money. Then we will get rich.”
Jimmy’s pictures were 40 from other people’s because he never painted on the whole piece of 41 . He painted on half of it, and the other half was always 42 .
“That’s very clever,” everyone said, “
43 else does that!”
44 and then said to him, “Please tell me this,
One day somebody bought one of Jimmy’s
Jimmy. Why do you paint on the 45 half of your paper, but not on the top half?”
“Because I’m small,” Jimmy said, “and my brushes don’t reach very high.”
36. A. took B. borrowed C. lent D. painted
37. A. paid B. bought C. wanted D. needed
38. A. young B. famous C. short D. cool
39. A. fill B. buy C. sell D. draw
40. A. different B. similar C. away D. good
41. A. glass B. wood C. paper D. table
42. A. empty B. full C. dirty D. blue
43. A. Anybody B. Somebody C. Everybody D. Nobody
