. A variety of courses ________ offered to enrich the students’ background knowledge of the English-speaking countries.

. Though having a big market share, most electronic devices of this kind/type/sort ________ found poor in quality.

. Statistics ________ that most of the published and quoted scientific articles are related to medical science.

35. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people_____ to enjoy the advantages of this new technology.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（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. Unfortunately, when I dropped in, Doctor Li _____ for Beijing to join in the fight against SARS, so we had not enough time for a talk.
A. just left       B. has just left       C. is just leaving      D. was just leaving

24. I don’t know if she __________, but if she __________ I will let you know.

Professor Li, who I _________ abroad, still teaches in Peking University.

254. --- We are going to have a volleyball match on the playground tomorrow afternoon.
--- Really? I ________ watch it.

253. Great changes ________ for the latest twenty years in China.

229. Look! The shop isn’t open yet. We _____.