29. --Would you go to see the flower show with me this afternoon?

--Sorry, I’m too busy. Besides, I __________it twice.

A. see            B. saw            C. have seen      D. had seen

28. --Do you think our football team will win the match?

--Yes, we have better players. So I __________ them to win.

A. hope           B. ask             C. help           D. expect

27. Ben’s composition is almost perfect __________ several spelling mistakes.

A. except         B. except for        C. besides        D. beside

26. --Shall we go on working?

--All right, __________ I prefer to have a rest.

A. when          B. if               C. because        D. though

25. --You have left the computer on, Ted?

--Oh, __________ .I’ll go and turn it off.

A. so I have       B. so does he       C. nor I have      D. so Jane has

24. A report says hundreds of thousands of trees __________ in the Amazon rainforest the year before last.

A. were cut down                    B. have been cut down

C. was cut down                     D. has been cut down

23. --I wonder__________.

--I’m afraid we'll be late.

A. how can we be on time             

B. when they'll reach the cinema

C. why they got to school late                

D. whether we will arrive at the meeting on time

22. If you want to know the meaning of the word__________, you’d better look it up in the dictionary.

A. mostly        B. exactly         C. nearly         D. hardly

21. --Someone must be sent to that faraway village.

--I’11 offer__________ there if nobody will.

A. go             B. going           C. to go          D. went

20. Where did George think he was?

A. He knew that he was on his way home.                    

B. He thought he was high in the sky.

C. He knew that he was on a bridge.

第一节  单项填空(共15小题，计15分)

请从A、B、C、D中选出一个能填入句中空白处的最佳选项。