23. ------ Ian gave up playing the piano eventually.
-------It’s just_____of him to spend all that money on the equipment and then lose interest halfway through the course.

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）
第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。
21．We cannot be    about our work．Any small mistake may lead to a serious accident．
A．very Particular    B．too cautious  C．extremely considerate              D．quite serious

18. I’m surprised that you should have been fooled by such a(an) ____trick.

16. He gave a ________smile.

8. The ________ goal of the book is to help bridge the gap between research and teaching, particularly the gap between researchers and teachers.

7. The university has launched a research center to develop new ways of ________ bacteria which have become resistant to drug treatments.

2. It’s very ________ of you not to talk aloud while the baby is asleep.

II、单项填空(共20分)
21. In the center of the room stood a table with a _____ lamp on it, so it is very
bright in the room.

Calculations, which are astronomically exact, have been made    with the use of computers.

6. It is ______ but not _______ that Auntie will come over to see us on such a snowy day.