Ⅱ.知识运用(两部分，共20小题，每小题1分，计20分)
A)单项选择 从ABC三个选项中选择最佳答案填空。(共10小题，每小题1分)
【2011邵阳】21. I’m not sure about the meaning of the word. You’d better look it up in a (n) ______.
A. letter B. dictionary C. article
答案：B
【解析】名词的词义。句意为：我不敢确定单词的意思，你最好的在字典里查一下。不确定单词的意思，应该查找一下字典。
【2011邵阳】22. —I ______ some thing wrong just now. May 1 use your eraser?
—Of course. Here you are.
A. write B. wrote C. am writing
答案：B
【解析】考查时态的用法。句中的时间状语为just now，“刚才”用一般过去时态。
【2011邵阳】23. —My old friend White is going to visit me.
—We haven't seen each other _____ five years.
A. since B after C. for
答案：C
【解析】介词的用法。since+一段时间+ago；after+时间点；for+一段时间。本句中five years.为一段时间。故选择C。
【2011邵阳】24. Please follow _____ I say.
A. what B. that C. which
答案：A
【解析】考查宾语从句的连接词选择。句意为“请照着我说的做”。what代替后边说话的内容。
【易错分析】对于此题，考生易不理解say后边缺少说话的内容，因而错选了B项。
【2011邵阳】25. Dear students, please read every sentence carefully. The more _____ you are, the______ mistakes you'll make.
A. carefully; fewer B. careful; less C. careful; fewer
答案：C
【解析】考查形容词比较等级的用法。前半句有系动词are，可知缺少形容词，故排除选项A；mistakes为可数名词，用fewer来修饰。故选C。
【2011邵阳】26. —Could I borrow your computer. Bob?
—Sorry, I am ______ it.
A. taking out B. turning on C. working on
答案：C
【解析】考查动词词组的词义。take out“拿出”；turn on“打开”；C. work on“忙于；使用”。句意为：鲍勃，我能用一下你的电脑吗？对不起，我正在使用。故选C。
【2011邵阳】27. We didn't go home ______ the old man was sent to the hospital.
A. until B. when C. while
答案：A
【解析】考查连词的用法。not…until“直到…才”。句意为：直到把老人送去医院，我们才回家。故选A。
【2011邵阳】28. I spent a lot of time ______ English last weekend.
A. to practice speaking B. practicing to speak C. practicing speaking
答案：C
【解析】考查spend的用法。spend + doing形式；practice+动词的ing形式。故选C。
【2011邵阳】29.______ trees were cut down. And many birds lost their home.
A. Two thousands B. Thousands of D. Thousand of
答案：B
【解析】考查点：数词的用法。thousand前边有数字不加s；后边有of加s。
【2011邵阳】30. —My grandfather was ill in hospital last week.
—_______.
A. I don't think so. B. I'm sorry to hear that. C. That’s a good idea
答案：B
【解析】考查点：习惯用语的考查。I don't think so.“我不这样认为”。I'm sorry to hear that.“听到这个消息我很难过”。That’s a good idea. “是个好主意”。句意为：我的也有上周生病住院了。听到这个消息我很难过。
