英语试题
本试卷分为试题卷和答题卡两部分，其中试题卷由第Ⅰ卷和第Ⅱ卷组成。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。
第Ⅰ卷（满分75分）
第一部分：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)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1.—Hot news! Obama has won the presidential election again.
—______ I’m not American.
A. So what? B. How come? C. So much! D. How nice!
2. There was little chance of surviving in the storm, but I ______ somehow.
A. attempted B. failed C. managed D. retired
3. The 2004 Paralympics in Athens were ______ great success for China, which was the leader in ______ total of medals.
A. the; a B. a; 不填 C. the; 不填 D. a; the
4. Americans fill up their cars with gas ______ petrol.
A. without B. instead of C. except D. next to
5. The product in this shop is less expensive, but there is no ______ of quality.
A. guarantee B. symbol C. matter D. need
6. Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize is likely to make the world go ______ about Chinese literature.
A. nervous B. serious C. formal D. wild
7. Tim’s brown hair, dark glasses and the manner of walking alarmed the guards. That’s why he ______ closely.
A. has watched B. was watched C. had watched D. was watching
8. Customers’ demands plus his personal interest ______ the idea of his new design.
