Language Knowledge (45 marks)
Section A (15 marks)
　　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.
21. For more information, please send an e-mail, ______ you can also include your advice to us. 
　　A. when               B. where                  C. which                  D. that
22. Tom, you play the violin so well. But I ______ you can play the violin.
　　A. didn’t know       B. don’t know           C. hadn’t known            D. haven’t known
23. Mr. Smiths was busy writing a story, only ______ once in a while to smoke a cigarette.
　A. to stop   B. to have stopped   C. being stopped        D. stopping
24. My mother _____ all the cleaning for my family, but recently she has been too busy teaching to do it. 
　A. will do           B. is doing              C. does                  D. had done
25. ______ all of you are top students, only one will be chosen for the coming competition.
　　A. While    B. Since              C. If                  D. As
26. — “Man From the Stars” is one of the most popular South Korean TV plays in China nowadays.
　　— But I’m afraid it can’t interest ______.
　　A. somebody  B. everybody    C. nobody       D. anybody 
27. The retired teacher is said to have returned from the USA, where he ______ by some of his old students.
A. would be visited   B. visited                 C. had been visited      D. have been visited
28. Word came, as expected, ______ college entrance English exam will be reformed soon.
　　A. it             B. what               C. which               D. that
29. — When is he willing to lend his friends some money?
　　— Only when ______ hard enough.
   A. to press      B. pressed          C. pressing        D. is pressed
30.       , and you will realize your dream of being successful.
　　A. Making great efforts               B. To make your efforts 
　　C. A bit more effort                D. If you double your efforts 
31. I still remember ______ to the hospital, supported by my class teacher when I was ill at school. 
　　A. to be taken   B. being taken           C. to take                 D. taking
32. Keep up a good state of mind even if you ______ fail plenty of times.
　　A. should         B. will               C. must              D. need   
33. She told me that she had mailed part of the products and that the rest ______ in a few days. 
    A. has followed       B. have followed           C. was following        D. were following
34. It was so nice of you to come to our aid. I don’t think we ______ it without you.    
　　A. can manage    B. could have managed    C. must have managed    D. could manage
35. So mysteriously ______ missing that many puzzles wait to be solved. 
　A. did Flight MH370 go                  B. Flight MH370 went 
　C. does Flight MH370 go                   D. had Flight MH370 gone

Section B (18 marks)
　　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.
　　I break off a piece of candy and take pleasure in its sweet outside and the bitter, dark chocolate inside, thinking of my own life. Being raised by a single parent was a bitter-sweet   36  , which gave me motivation and ambition.
　　 There were several years that have left an extremely bitter taste in my mouth .The first few months after my mother’s remarriage were sweet: baseball games, family trips to the mall, dinners and movies together. Then things   37  . Baseball became too expensive, and trips to the mall were   38   by days Emily and I spent lonely in our rooms under our stepfather’s   39  . Moreover, screaming matches between him and our mother always   40   dinner. We spent five years living in a family that had   41   a war field. Emily and I almost grew used to this situation. Then one evening, after another argument had   42  , we were left homeless . And later a friend of my mother let us stay with her. Instead of focusing on our economic problem, my mother   43   pushed me to struggle for success. She wanted me to lead a   44  life. She worked long hours every night to pay her bills.   45  , she would find time to read and play with Emily and me. Mom taught me the   46   of perseverance (坚持不懈) and education. 
　　And now, writing this essay with my favorite candy close at hand, I realize my family and I are at the best points of our lives. I haven’t let the trying times stop me from making   47  , both academically and personally. I know that a bitter environment can provide good learning experiences, and that success, even more than candy, is the sweetest treat of all. 
36. A. behavior  B. adventure    C. activity   D. experience
37. A. continued      B. changed   C. ruined    D. disappeared
38. A. concerned      B. associated      C. provided      D. replaced
39. A. sympathy  B. offers        C. orders    D. efforts
40. A. separated  B. interrupted      C. harmed   D. prepared
41. A. turned into     B. turned up   C. turned down  D. turned on
42. A. broke      B. caused    C. erupted    D. delayed
43. A. mistakenly      B. obviously      C. selflessly       D. unwillingly 
44. A. important       B. difficult       C. dangerous    D. comfortable
45. A. Instead   B. Otherwise   C. Meanwhile   D. Therefore
46. A. value       B. cost     C. price    D. theme 
47. A. mistakes   B. appointments    C. arrangements  D. achievements
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