本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分，共150分，考试时间120分钟。
第I卷（共两部分，共100分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
1. After the exam, my teacher told me that failure ____ the mother of success.
A. was B. is C. be D. been
2. He asked us ______ __ we saw the lost cat or not.
A. that B. what C. which D. whether
3. The number of people in the party _____fifty, but a number of them ____ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was
C. was; were D. were; were
4. The police asked him to _________what he had seen.
A. set about B. set down C. set up D. set out
5. Although I often send e-mails to Tom, I have never seen him _____________.
A. face to face B. in time C. at the moment D. hand in hand
6. My elder sister ____ me into buying the red mountain bike.
A. wanted B. advised C. persuaded D. told
