PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE SECTION A Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. Example: The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket the desert. A. covering B. covered C. cover D. to cover The answer is A.
21. caused the accident is still a mystery. A. How B. What C. That D. Where 22．— Marx looks nervous. — So you if you had so fierce a competition. A. do B. did C. will D. would 23．We still remember once round the famous tower when we were young. A. having taken B. to be taken C. having been taken D. to have taken 24．The sale usually takes place outside the house, with the audience on benches, chairs or boxes. A. having seated B. to seat C. seated D. seating 25．Mr. Duncan raised an unnecessary question he then failed to find an answer. A. to which B. for which C. with which D. by which 26．— Why are you still here? Everybody has gone to attend the lecture by the president. — Oh, I about it! A. wasn’t informed B. hadn’t been informed C. haven’t informed D. didn’t inform 27．Only when senior high school to show a great interest in poems. A. did I enter; did I begin B. did I enter; I began
C. I entered; I began D. I entered; did I begin 28．How can they expect to learn anything they never listen? A. when B. until C. unless D. though 29. To pass the driving test, Alice had a busy month driving the car. A. to practise B. practising C. practised D. practise 30. Mr. Li arrived at the Wuguang train station twenty minutes ago, but the train to Guangzhou yet. A. hadn’t come B. won’t come C. hasn’t come D. didn’t come 31. It is in the year of 2010 a severe drought hits Yunnan province. A. until B. that C. before D. when 32. from Adelaide to Darwin and you’ll observe some of Australia’s most beautiful landscapes. A. Traveling B. To travel C. Traveled D. Travel 33. When a student asks it is worth staying up doing their lessons, a teacher may find it difficult to answer. A. that B. what C. whether D. how 34. She won’t be able to come next week, because she herself in Mount Tai then. A. enjoys B. will be enjoying C. is enjoying D. enjoyed 35. The construction of the gym caused much noise, it difficult for people nearby to sleep. A. made B. to make C. making D. having made
SECTION B Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C, and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
It was early spring. The sun was strong and warm. I went over the hillside fields behind my village, 36 buntings and linnets, the birds I loved most. I turned along a bush between two fields where I had seen the birds before, but on this fine day almost the first birds that I saw were winter visitors. I was 37 not to see a bunting straightaway, but I went on, stopping occasionally to look at the black-thorn (黑刺李) flowers in the bush, and 38 I did hear a bunting singing. Or was it? Was I not perhaps turning a note of skylark (云雀) song into that of the song I was hoping to hear? But the bunting’s song was pretty clear, and within a few minutes I was proved 39 . The song was coming from the bush, and as I approached 40 I saw the brown bird resting in a small tree. It opened its mouth, and 41 once more. Then it flew off. It was the only one I saw that day, but at least I had found one of the birds I had 42 . It was not until I was on my way back home that I caught sight of some 43 . I saw five of them gathering on the ground when I was just coming back beside the 44 where I had found the bunting. As I came nearer, they flew up, spreading their tails so that their white edges 45 to look like a white fan in the sky. Then, to my 46 , some big pigeons suddenly came flying and joined the linnets. A moment later they had all 47 — but I had fulfilled my hopes for the day.
36． A. looking at B. looking for C. looking up D. looking after 37． A. disappointed B. dismissed C. dissatisfied D. disturbed 38． A. directly B. gradually C. suddenly D. immediately 39． A. proper B. right C. useful D. true 40． A. sadly B. hurriedly C. proudly D. quietly 41． A. danced B. ate C. sang D. shouted 42． A. observed B. noticed C. expected D. described 43． A. linnets B. skylarks C. pigeons D. buntings 44． A. bush B. road C. grass D. black-thorn 45． A. widened B. enlarged C. lengthened D. expanded 46． A. knowledge B. pleasure C. amusement D. honour 47． A. gathered B. lost C. missed D. gone
Section C Directions: Complete the following passage by using ONE word for each blank that best fits the context. When you take a walk in any of the cities in the West,
