英语基础知识运用

英语基础知识运用

第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分30分) 第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10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．The harm the modern farming methods have done ________ the countryside is considerable.

A．on B．to C．at

D．for

2．Completely lost in the exciting ________ of the football match，Tom didn’t feel his pocket picked.

A．scene B．view C．atmosphere D．sight

3．Don’t talk about such a thing in the ________ of young children. A．appearance B．surface C．existence D．presence

4．We can’t continue to pretend that the

problem of homelessness doesn’t ________ in our city.

A．exist B．live C．be D．survive

5．The sudden fall in the value of the dollar________financial experts.

A．puzzling B．has puzzled C．puzzled out D．puzzles about

6．My idea is different ________ yours，that

is to say，I don’t allow ________ here. A．from；smoking B．in；smoking C．of；

to smoke D．from；to smoke

7．Whenever she is sad，her parents can always

______.

A．bring her up B．cheer her up C．give her up D．come on

8．The police often warn us to ________ the thieves in our neighborhood.

A．find out B．look outC．point out D．watch out for

9．—Why does Mr.Black look so sad this morning?

—I hear that a fire ________ in his house and lots of valuable things were burned last night.

A．broke into B．broke up C．broke down D．broke out

10．I intended to catch the early train，but I didn’t get up ________.

A．at a time B．at one time C．in time D．in no time

11．I’m planning to hold a party in the open air，but I can make no guarantees because it ______ the weather.

A．links with B．depends on C．connects to D．decides on

12．________ you are here，I suggest that you devote yourself entirely to your studies. A．Now that B．Since that C．Even if D．As if

13．He didn’t make ________ clear when and where the meeting would be held.

A．this B．that C．it

D．these

14．________ he will offer us enough help doesn’t matter a lot to our success.

A．If B．Whether C．Before D．How

15．Ten years ago，the population of our village was ________ that of theirs.

A．as twice large as B．twice as large as C．twice as much as D．as twice much as 第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，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。

Mr.Jackson，our psychology teacher，doesn’t give the kind of assignments other teachers do，such as reading thousands of pages and answering the questions. One day he __21__ up to Thursday’s assignments by saying that __22__ is a means of communicating. “Now see if you can build up somebody，and increase his or her confidence enough that you notice a(n) __23__ in the way