第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

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最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

例：The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket ______ the desert.

A. covering           B. covered             C. cover         D. to cover

答案是A。

21. Every evening after dinner, if not ______ from work, I will spend some time walking my dog.

A. being tired        B. tiring         C. tired          D. to be tired

22. Most Americans would prefer to keep their problems ______ themselves, and solve their problems ______ themselves.

A. to; by        B. by; to         C. for; to        D. in; on

23. When he ______ the door, he found his keys were nowhere.

A. would open              B. opened              C. had opened        D. was to open

24. I can ______ be a teacher. I’m not a very patient person.

A. seldom                            B. ever                         C. never                       D. always

25. At the age of 29, Dave was a worker, ______ in a small apartment near Boston and ______ what to do about his future.

A. living; wondering     B. lived; wondering  C. lived; wondered   

D. living; wondered

26. I was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, a city ______ name will create a picture of beautiful trees and green grass in our mind.

A. which                      B. of which           C. that                          D. whose

27. Would you please keep silent? The weather report ______ and I want to listen.

A. is broadcast              B. is being broadcast      C. has been broadcast     D. had been broadcast