第一节单项选择（共15题；每小题1分，满分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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. ---Which of the two poems do you like better?
----_________shorter one, of course. I think it’s _______very interesting poem.
A. The; a B. The; the C. A; the D. The; /
22. He could hardly afford ________ time and money on such an overseas vacation.
A. spending B. to spend C. spend D. spent
23. According to the timetable, CAAC Flight 92 ______ off from Beijing at 3:40pm.
A. will be taken B. has taken C. took D. takes
24. —All passengers except Chuck died in the plane crash.
—Only he ________ that accident?
A. survived B. searched C. lived D. died
25. Not a single book is allowed _______out of the reading room according
to the new rule.
A. to take B. taking C. to be take D. being taken.
