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）

21. — Why, this is nothing but common vegetable soup!
   — _______, madam. It's our soup of the day.
A. Let me see        B. So it is      C. Don't mention it     D. Neither do I
【答案】：A
【解析】：本题考查交际用语。
句意：“哎呀，这只是普通的蔬菜汤！” “让我看看，女士。这就是我们今天的汤。”
选项A适合用于此语境，可表示日常礼貌的交际表达；而选项B、C、D均不符合语境和句意要求。

22. They might just have a place _______ on the writing course — why don't you give it a try?
A. leave       B. left       C. leaving      D. to leave
【答案】：B
【解析】：本题考查非谓语动词。
句意：他们可能只保留了一个位置给写作课程——你为什么不试试看呢？
leave作动词讲，可表示“使保留，留下备用”，leave和place属于被动关系，故left作place的后置定语，表示“剩下的位置，保留的位置”。

23. Try not to cough more than you can _______ since it may cause problems to your lungs.
A. check              B. allow                      C. stop              D. help
【答案】：D
【解析】：本题考查固定用法。
句意：想咳就咳出来吧，不要忍着，因为这可能引发你的肺部疾病。
sb. can not help表示“某人忍不住（或无法抑制）”，本句将not前置了，故答案为help。

24. If we _______ now to protect the environment, we'll live to regret it.
A. hadn't acted       B. haven't acted      C. don't act      D. won't act
【答案】：C
【解析】：本题考查if引导的现在真实条件句。
句意：如果我们现在不采取行动保护环境的话，我们将抱憾终身。
if引导的现在真实条件句的结构为：主将从现（主句用一般将来时，从句用一般现在时）。本题中，主句为we'll live，从句应为don't act，一般现在时的否定形式，故答案为选项C。

25. Tony can hardly boil an egg, still _______ cook dinner.
A. less                   B. little                 C. much              D. more
【答案】：A
【解析】：本题考查固定用法。
句意：托尼连煮鸡蛋都不太会，就更不用说做饭了。
still less为固定短语，表示“更不用说，更何况”。

26. Police have found _______ appears to be the lost ancient statue.
A. which               B. where               C. how                  D. what
【答案】：D
【解析】：本题考查what引导宾语从句。
句意：警方已锁定了那个可能是遗失的古雕像。
found后接宾语从句，从句中appears to缺少主语成分，所以应该选一个连接代词引导宾语从句，故排除选项B和C；what可以引导宾语从句，在本句中既可作found的宾语，又可作从句的主语，选项A不符合题意，故本题答案为选项D。

27. When I first met Bryan I didn't like him, but I _______ my mind.
A. have changed          B. change            C. had changed         D. would change
【答案】：A
【解析】：本题考查现在完成时。
句意：当我第一次见到布莱恩时，我不怎么喜欢他，但我已经改变我对他的看法了。
现在完成时表示动作从过去一个不确定的时间开始，一直持续到现在，并且将来有可能继续下去（也可能到此结束），强调过去发生的动作对现在造成的影响或结果。现在完成时have changed对现在造成的影响就是我改变了对Bryan的看法。

28. The driver wanted to park his car near the roadside but was asked by the police _______.
A. not to do           B. not to                     C. not do                    D. do not
【答案】：B
【解析】：本题考查动词不定式。
句意：司机想靠路边停车，但警察不让他这么做。
ask sb. (not) to do sth.表示“要求某人做（不要做）某事”，本题中，was asked用于被动语态，不定式to后的成分可省略，以避免和前面的动词park重复。

29. The door _______ open, no matter how hard she pushed.
A. shouldn't           B. couldn't             C. wouldn't            D. mightn't
【答案】：B
【解析】：本题考查情态动词。
句意：不管她怎么用力推门，都无法打开这扇门。
couldn't表示“不能，无法”，其余三项均不符合句意要求。

30. At the last moment, Tom decided to _______ a new character to make the story seem more likely.
A. put up               B. put in                      C. put on               D. put off
【答案】：B
【解析】：本题考查动词短语辨析。
句意：在最后时刻，汤姆决定增加一个新角色使故事显得更真实一些。
put up 提出；提升，使升高；
put in 把……写进（信函，故事等）；
put on 饰演，上演；穿，戴；
put off 下车；脱掉；推迟，延迟；
综上所述，只有选项B符合句意要求。

31. India attained _______ independence in 1947, after _______ long struggle.
A. 不填; a                   B. the; a                C. an; 不填           D. an; the
【答案】：A
【解析】：本题考查定冠词和不定冠词。
句意：经过一段漫长的斗争，印度于1947年实现了独立。
independence是不可数名词，故可排除选项C和D。independence前不需加定冠词the特指，“实现独立”的表达为attain independence。

32. There's no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _______ another man, also intelligent, fails.
A. since                 B. if                      C. as                            D. while
【答案】：D
【解析】：本题考查连词while。
句意：人们无法解释为什么有人能做出重大发现，然而同样聪明的另一个人却失败了。
通过句意可知，本题想要表达的是一个转折关系，while作连词讲，可表示“（对比两件事或两个人）而，然而”；since意为“因为，由于”；if意为“如果”；as意为“当……时；因为；尽管”，故本题答案为选项D。

33. "You can't judge a book by its cover," _______.
A. as the saying goes old                                          B. goes as the old saying
C. as the old saying goes                                          D. goes as old the saying
【答案】：C
【解析】：本题考查固定用法。
句意：古人云“你不能根据封面来评价一本书”。
as the old saying goes为固定表达，意为“古人云，俗话说，正如古话所说”。

34. It was a real race _______ time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.
A. over                 B. by                           C. for                   D. against
【答案】：D
【解析】：本题考查介词。
句意：我们要像真正在比赛一样争分夺秒地完成该项目。幸运的是，我们做到了。
over   prep. 在……的上方；在……期间；遍及；
by   prep. 靠近；通过，经由；
for   prep.（表示对象、用途等）给，对，供；为了；关于；
against   prep. 逆，对抗；反对；与……相反；
综上所述，只有选项D符合句意要求。

35. The sunlight is white and blinding, _______ hard-edged shadows on the ground.
A. throwing           B. being thrown        C. to throw              D. to be thrown
【答案】：A
【解析】：本题考查非谓语动词。
句意：阳光明媚而刺眼，在地面上投下了轮廓鲜明的影子。
throw表示“照射（光线），投射（阴影）”，throw和sunlight属于主动关系，故可排除选项B和D；不定式表示目的，所以to throw不符合句意要求。

第二节 完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）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。

I went to a group activity, “Sensitivity Sunday”, which was to make us more   36   the problems faced by disabled people. We were asked to “  37   a disability” for several hours one Sunday. Some members,   38 , chose to use wheelchairs. Others wore sound-blocking earplugs (耳塞) or blindfolds (眼罩).
Just sitting in the wheelchair was a   39   experience. I had never considered before how40 it would be to use one. As soon as I sat down my   41   made the chair begin to roll. Its wheels were not   42  . Then I wondered where to put my   43 . It took me quite a while to get the metal footrest into   44 . I took my first uneasy look at what was to be my only means of   45   for several hours. For disabled people, “adopting a wheelchair” is not a temporary (临时的)   46 .
I tried to find a   47  position and thought it might be restful,   48   kind of nice, to be  49    around for a while. Looking around, I   50  I would have to handle the thing myself! My hands started to ache as I   51   the heavy wheels. I came to know that controlling the   52 of the wheelchair is not going to be a (an)   53  task.
My wheelchair experiment was soon   54  . It made a deep impression on me. A few hours of “disability” gave me only a taste of the   55  , both physical and mental, that disabled people must overcome.

36. A. curious about    B. interested in       C. aware of     D. careful with 
37. A. cure             B. prevent               C. adopt       D. analyze 
38. A. instead           B. strangely      C. as usual         D. like me
39. A. learning         B. working              C. satisfying       D. relaxing
40. A. convenient             B. awkward       C. boring         D. exciting
41. A. height         B. force        C. skill           D. weight
42. A. locked         B. repaired       C. powered       D. grasped
43. A. hands        B. feet          C. keys           D. handles
44. A. place        B. action         C. play           D. effect
45. A. operation      B. communication  C. transportation   D. production
46. A. exploration    B. education     C. experiment     D. entertainment
47. A. flexible      B. safe           C. starting       D. comfortable