二、单项选择(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.        Browns were happy to see       policeman who saved their cat.

A. The, the       B. A, the         C. The, a      D. /, a

22.  A woman was found       in her house this morning. The police said she was attacked with

a knife and bled to      .

A. dead, death     B. death, dead      C. dead, dead         D. death, death

23.  My sister and I often argue        what TV programmes      .

A. about, watching  B. with, to watch     C. about, to watch   D. with ,watching

24.  The robber said that       who moved would be killed.

A. somebody  B. everybody  C. anybody   D. nobody

25.  The women’s volleyball match will be covered       tomorrow.

A. living            B. live              C. alive       D. lively

26. Most men       at home to watch TV       shopping with their wives.

A. prefer staying, to going               B. prefer to stay, to go

C. would rather to stay, than go           D. would rather staying, than going

27.  No one knows       Mr. Li will come to our school tomorrow to give us a talk or not.

A. when           B. whether         C. where          D. if

28.        a wonderful time they       in the park at this time yesterday afternoon.

A. What, had                       B. What, were having

C. How, had                        D. How, were having

29. One of the suspects       down Zhongshan Road at 9:00 last night.

A. was seen to run   B. was seen running  C. were seen to run D. were seen running

30. The man devoted most of his time he had        others.

A. to help           B. helping          C. helped            D. to helping

31.  —John Adams didn’t play the lead role very well, right?

—Well,      . I think he is a very good actor.

A. that’s true         B. I don’t like it      C. I agree       D. I don’t think so

32. The teacher found him       and gave him difficult homework to do every day.

A. was clever       B. was a clever boy   C. clever boy        D. a clever boy

33. Whose CD player is this? It looks nice. How much is it      ?

A. cost              B. worth            C. spend       D. pay

34.  The teachers       the office for a few minutes when we arrived. We didn’t meet them.

A. had been away from                        B. had left

C. have been away from                        D. have left

35.  She asked Tom       with his car?

A. what the matter was                 B. what the matter is

C. what is the matter                 D. what was the matter