26. Natural disasters cause several billions of dollars’worth of property damage _____.

　　 A. actually　　　　　　 B. annually　　　　　　 C. relatively　　　　　 D. comparatively

25. Our coach didn’t have the time this morning to talk about our training_____, but he made some arrangements about that.

　　 A. at length　　　　　 B. at times　　　　　　 C. at last　　　　　　　　 D. at least

24. After graduation from a music college she followed one of her friends and　 reached Hongkong in 1995, ________ , some time later, she became a great singer.

A. during that　　 B. where　　　　 C. which　　　　 D. of whom

23. There were no tickets _____for Friday’s performance.

A. preferable　　　　 B. possible　　　　　　 C. considerable　　　 D. available

22. I hope you understand the tennis committee has _____ you of a serious offence, John. They will not stand your saying bad words to the judge during a match.

A. charged　　　　　　 B. accused　　　　　　 C. blamed　　　　　　　 D. warned

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. Many new ____will be opened up in the future for those with a university degree.

A. realities　　　　　　 B. necessities　　　　 C. probabilities　　　 D. opportunities

Many teenagers in Taiwan are anxiously counting down the days to the arrival of two giant pandas from the other side of the Straits (海峡). ___61____ A group of 17 animal experts came to Wolong Nature Reserve (卧龙自然保护区) in Sichuan Province. __62______ 　　 "I cannot wait any longer to see the lovely animals. I've seen them many times on TV. Maybe I will even feed them bamboo shoots with my own hands! Isn't that exciting?" said Lin Heqian, a Senior 1 student from Private Chung-hsin School (私立忠信学校) in Taiwan. Chen Runsheng is the secretary-general of the China Wildlife Protection Association. He told the experts that it is a long-term wish of the mainland to be able to present a panda to the people of Taiwan. 　　　 Mainland pandas' resettlement (重新安置) and growth in Taiwan will surely bring the people happiness and fun, Chen added.____63______ Several zoos are still fighting to become the new home of the two pandas in Taiwan. ____64_______ Taipei Zoo is talking about building them a home there. The mainland announced its presentation of a pair of pandas to the island in May. But it seems that teenagers in Taiwan will still have to wait for half a year. That is because the new enclosure (围栏) for giant pandas in Taipei Zoo will not be finished until the end of this year, according to Chen Baozhong, president of the zoo.___65______ A. The selection of giant pandas to be sent to Taiwan started at the end of August at the Wolong 　Nature 　　Reserve. B. If everything else goes smoothly (顺利地), the pandas will be on the island next March. C. It seems the slow-moving animal will finally be coming their way. D. They picked their ideal animals and learned more about artificial breeding (人工繁殖), disease prevention and daily care last week. E. And the panda's home has not yet been picked. F. The Taiwan government hasn't decided whether it will accept the pandas.