第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请认真阅读下面各题，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.In China, _______ date 2013-1-4 has a similar pronunciation to “love you for a lifetime”, making it _______ most lucky and romantic day.
A. a, the B. /,a C. the, a D. /, the
( )22. So absorbed in his work ____________that not a sound ___________.
A. was the president; did she dare to make
B. was the president; dared she to make
C. the president was; she dared make
D. the president was; she did dare to make
( )23.The population of this city, forty percent of which _________, _________ 15% in the last three years.
