第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
1. If you go by ______ train, you can have quite a comfortable journey, but make sure you get ______fast one.
A. the; the B. / ; a C. the; a D. / ; /
2. ---Sorry to ______ you, but could I ask a quick question?
---No problem.
A. worry B. prevent C. trouble D. disappoint
3. Susan decided not to work on the program at home because she didn’t want her parents to know what she ______.
A. has done B. had done C. was doing D. is doing
4. What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has ______?
A. given out B. put out C. held up D. used up
5. ---Must I turn off the gas after cooking?
---Of course. You can never be ______careful with that.
A. enough B. too C. so D. very
6. ______about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to
A. So curious the couple was B. So curious were the couple
C. How curious the couple were D. The couple was such curious
7. ---I’ve taken someone else’s green sweater by mistake.
---It ______Harry’s. He always wears green.
A. could be B. will be C. mustn’t be D. has to be
8. After a fire broke out in the lab, a lot of equipment ______ .
A. is damaged B. had damaged
C. were damaged D. was damaged
9. Some researchers believe that there is no doubt______ a cure for AIDS will be found.
A. which B. that C. what D. whether
10. Everybody in the village likes Jack because he is good at telling and ______jokes.
A. turning up B. putting up C. making up D. showing up
11. That was really a splendid evening. It’s years ______ I enjoyed myself so much.
A. when B. that C. before D. since
12. My friend Martin was very sick with a strange fever; ______, he could neither eat nor sleep.
A. as a consequence B. after all
C. any way D. otherwise
13. We went to
A. played B. showed C. acted D. performed
14. You will find as you read this book that you just can’t keep some of these stories to ______. You will want to share them with a friend.