第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55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
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
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
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
25. Tony can hardly boil an egg, still ____ cook dinner.
A. less B. little C. much D. more
26. Police have found ____ appears to be the lost ancient statue.
A. which B. where C. how D. what
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
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
29. The door _____ open, no matter how hard she pushed.
A. shouldn’t B. couldn’t C. wouldn’t D. mightn’t
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
31. India attained ____ independence in 1947, after _____ long struggle.
A. 不填; a B. the; a C. an; 不填 D. an; the
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
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
34. It was a real race ____ time to get the project done. Luckily, we made it.
A. over B. by C. for D. against
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
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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 how 40 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 metal wheels. I came to know that controlling the 52 of the wheelchair was not going to be a(n) 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
48. A. yet B. just C. still D. even
49. A. shown B. pushed C. driven D. guided
50. A. realized B. suggested C. agreed D. admitted
51. A. lifted B. turned C. pressed D. seized
52. A. path B. position C. direction D. way
53. A. easy B. heavy C. major D. extra
54. A. forgotten B. repeated C. conducted D. finished
55. A. weaknesses B. challenges C. anxieties D. illnesses
