第二部分 知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Success always comes after many _____. In other words, ______ is the mother of success.
A. failures, failure B. failures; failures
C. failure; failure D. failures; a failure
22. Lady Catherine was ____ by the _____ news that her nephew would marry Elizabeth.
A. astonished; astonishing B. astonishing; astonishing
C. astonishing； astonished D. astonished; astonished
23. It was so dark in the cinema that I could hardly _______ my friend.
A. turn out B. pick out C. call out D. bring out
24. The number of people invited _____fifty, but a number of them____ absent for different reasons.
A. were; was B. was; was C. was; were D. were; were
25. In order to find the missing child, villagers _____ all they can over the past five years.
A. did B. do C. had done D. have done
26. It is reported that many a new house ______ at present in the disaster area.
A. are being built B. were being built
C. was being built D. is being built
27._____ of the land in that district _____ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two fifth; is B. Two fifth; are
C. Two fifths; is D. Two fifths; are
28. E-mail, as well as telephones, _______ an important part in daily communication.
A. have played B. are playing C. is playing D. play
29. We can understand why he avoids _______ to us.
A. speaking B. speak
C. having spoken D. to speak
