Ⅱ 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分35分)

第一节 完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people. It began in 1891.

Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training    21    . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were     22    about the low attendance during the     23    months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good sports    24   in the winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for help. He came up with a new indoor game.

Naismith studied games being played at that    25    . he found that the most    26    game was a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors. So he put two     27    up on the poles. The players have to try to     28    a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen    29    for the game. Twelve of them are still in use today. Just seven years after the game began professional basketball teams were    30    . and that’s how basketball was born.

21. A. school          B. game          C. team          D. club

22. A. interested       B. worried        C. eager          D. dangerous

23. A. summer        B. spring          C. autumn        D. winter

24. A. suit            B. team           C. progress       D. program

25. A. game          B. school          C. time          D. place

26. A. popular         B. practical        C. excellent      D. skilled

27. A. bags           B. baskets         C. flags          D. sings

28. A. push           B. throw          C. send          D. kick

29. A. persons         B. poles           C. rules         D. balls

30. A. formed          B. called         C. dismissed      D. stationed

The article suggests that when a person            under unusual stress he should be especially careful to have a well-balanced diet.

       A．be     B．is      C．were  D．was

As_______ mountains beyond our village are becoming greener and greener, they have become _________ home to a large amount of wild life.

       A．the; 不填 B．the; a C．不填; a     D．the; the

I have had enough cake . Would you like          ?

       A．any more        B．one more        C．some more      D．another one

—Can we get everything ready by the weekend?

    —It all depends on _______ we can get Mr. Green’s co-operation.

       A．that   B．what  C．whether    D．if

—Jack called to say that he would not accept the job .

    —I had talked him into taking it up many times .        since he still refuses .

       A．I’ll come to his help       B．I can’t help it

       C．I’ll talk it over with him        D．I’ll phone him up

—How do you like your new house ?

    —          .It’s really big and comfortable .

       A．I like it very much B．Haven’t  you seen it ?

       C．My parents bought it for me   D．I chose it from one hundred

It is your own fault            you are so tired . You oughtn’t to have stayed up so late .

       A．when       B．how C．where      D．why

The plane was             to arrive 9:30, but was an hour late.

       A．certain      B．likely       C．supposed   D．about

At the seventh International Ballet Competitions , Fernando Bujones won the first gold medal ever           to an American male dancer .

       A．awarded   B．to be award     C．being awarded        D．should be awarding