第二部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分 45 分）

第一节  单项填空 （ 共15 小题， 每小题 1 分， 满分 15 分）

21.----My head hurts, I feel terrible!        

   ----_____. You’ll be all right soon.

   A. Go ahead  B. Take it easy  C .Never mind  D. Take easy

23. His interests extended _____ the fine arts to international politics and philosophy.

   A. across                  B. through              C. over                  D. beyond

26．I read all the books I could find_____ these matters

A．throwing light upon    　    B．threw light upon

C．that throws light upon         D．throws light upon

15. Not until father came in ______ to prepare my lessons.

A. I began             B. did I begin        C. I had begun              D. had I begun

B

 “The Lord of the Rings”, one of the best sellers in the new millennium（千年）, was made up of three parts——“The Fellowship of the Ring”, “Two Towers”, and “The Return of the King”. Millions upon millions of people have read it in over 25 different languages, but fewer know about the author and the history of the composition of the creative masterwork.

       John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in South Africa in 1892. His parents died when he was a child. Living in England with his aunt, Tolkien and his cousins made up play languages, a hobby that led to Tolkien’s becoming skilled in Welsh, Greek, Gothic, Old Norse and Anglo-Saxon.

       After graduating from Oxford, Tolkien served in World War I. In 1917, while recovering from trench fever, he began composing the mythology for The Rings. As a professor of Anglo-Saxon in 1930s at Oxford, Tolkien was part of an informal discussion group called the Inklings, which included several writers. The group was soon listening to chapters of Tolkien’s imaginative work “The Hobbit”.

       Hobbit was a name Tolkien created for a local people that could best be described as half-sized members of the English rural（乡村的）class. Hobbits live in hillside holes. One of them, Bilbo Baggins, looks for treasures with a group of dwarves（侏儒）. On the way, he meets the twisted, pitiful creature Gollum, from whom he sees a golden ring that makes the holder invisible（看不见的）.

       One of Tolkien’s students persuaded her employer, publisher Allen & Unwin, to look at a draft（草稿）. The chairman of the firm, Stanley Unwin, thought that the best judge for a children’s book would be his ten-year-old son. The boy earned a shilling for reporting back that the adventure was exciting, and “The Hobbit” was published in 1937.

       It sold so well that Unwin asked for a continuation. Over a dozen years later, in 1954, Tolkien produced “The Lord of the Rings”, a series of books so creative that they hold readers—new and old —after their publication.

54. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

       A. “The Lord of the Rings” didn’t sell well in the last millennium.

       B. People know better about Tolkien himself than about his works.

       C. Tolkien was quite familiar with Old English.

       D. Tolkien knew very well about different kinds of local languages in Africa.

55. What can we learn about “Hobbit” that Tolkien created in his works?

       A. Hobbit was a race living in English downtown areas.

       B. Hobbit was a local people who were very tall and strong.

       C. Hobbit was a social group of people who lived in old castles.

       D. Hobbit was a group of people who were mostly dwarves.

56. Which of the following shows the right order of Mr J.R.R.Tolkien’s life experience?

       a. He had his “The Hobbit” published.        b. He became a member of the Inklings.    

    c. He served in World WarⅠ               d. He became an undergraduate at Oxford.

       e. “The Lord of the Rings” came to the world.  f. He moved to England to live with his aunt.

       A. f-d-b-c-a-e        B. f-d-c-b-a-e         C. f-c-d-b-e-a            D. d-f-c-a-b-e

13. -- The organizer didn’t make ________ clear who would be the winner of the competition.

   -- He did. Whoever __________ to the top of the mountain will win.

this / make that      B. it / makes it         C. that / to make it    D. it / making it

22. —Who______ it be that is knocking at the door? 

    —It ______ be Father, but I’m not sure.

can; must                       B. can; may       C. must; can                         D. may; must

2.---What about seeing a film after dinner? 

---_______.

A. The film tickets are expensive

B. I’d like to, but I have to help my mother with her housework

C. I don’t think so

D. I don’t like the idea

Look at the trouble I am in! If only I ____your advice．

   A. followed       B. would follow   C. had followed     D. should follow

This is the place where the writer was born and _____.

A. brought out    B. grown up    C. taken up     D. brought up