20. — How do you deal with the disagreement between the company and the customers?

— The key __________ the problem is to meet the demand __________ by the customers.

A. to solving; making B. to solving; made

C. to solve; making D. to solve; made

21. — What are you going to do this afternoon?

— I’ll probably go for a walk later on __________ it stays fine.

A. as far as B. so long as C. even if D. as if

22. More patients in hospital this year than last year.

A. treated B. have treated C. had been treated D. have been treated

23. I’m feeling sick. I __________so much chocolate.

A. needn’t have eaten B. couldn’t have eaten

C. mustn’t have eaten D. shouldn’t have eaten

24. — What do you think of the book?

— Oh, excellent. It is worth __________ second time.

A. to read a B. read a C. reading a D. being read a

25. — How about a film tonight?

— __________ I haven’t been to the cinema for a long time.

A. Yes, thanks. B. Why not? C. No, go away. D. It’s a pity.

得 分 第二节 完形填空(共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

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What will the city of the future look like? No one knows for sure, and (26) ____________ (make) predictions is a risky business. But one thing is certain—they are going to get bigger before they get smaller. In the future, care for the environment will become very important as earth’s natural (27)____________ (resource) run out. We will use lots of (28) ____________ (recycle) materials, such as plastic, aluminium, steel, glass, wood and paper, and we will waste fewer natural resources. We will also have to rely more (29) ____________ alternative energy, such as solar and wind power. All this seems certain, (30) ____________ there are plenty of things about city life in the future which are not certain.