基本信息
第一部分：英语知识运用 (共两节，满分65分)
第一节 单项填空 (共35小题；每小题1分，满分35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。
1. He is very stubborn, it is impossible to argue _____________ what he doesn’t want to.
A. with him about B. against him about C. him into doing D. him to do
2. Do you know the _________ of the saying I just quoted?
A. resource B. source C. course D. cause
3. –---What do you think the noise was?
-----It ___________ a cat.
A. may be B. might be C. could have been D. might have been
4. –--Does your father smoke?
-----_________, it’s 2 years since he __________.
A. Yes; smoked B. No; smoked C. Yes; smokes D. No; has smoked
5. _________ many times, but he still couldn’t understand it.
A. Having been told B. Having told C. He had been told D. Though he had been told
6. Our teacher entered the classroom, __________.
A. a book in hand B. book in hand C. book in his hand D. a book in hands
7. ---–This summer is very hot.
-----Yes, but it’s not __________ as hot as last summer.
A. nearly B. almost C. near D. mostly
8. When I came back, I saw him _________ at the back of the classroom.
A. sat B. seated C. seating D. seat
9. There is a real possibility that these animals could be frightened, ________ a sudden loud noise.
A. being there B. there being C. should there be D. there was
10. ________ that saw the rise of quite a number of new writers.
A. During the first half of the 18th century
B. That it was in the first half of the 18th century
C. It was in the first half of the 18th century
D. It was the first half of the 18th century
11. In the early morning all of us stood at the top of the mountain ___________ east of the city, watching __________burning sun rising.
A. /; a B. the; a C. the; the D. /; the
12. They may go swimming with us ____________ they arrive here in time.
A. provided B. because C. unless D. even if
13. When we are in a new place, we must _________ our manners and try to follow the customs of the place.
A. look out B. keep eyes out C. mind D. put up with
14. ----–How does our plan strike you?
----It _________. We can’t think too highly of it.
