第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
21. It was ______ great honor for China to host ______ 29th Olympic Games.
A. a; the B. a; / C. /; the D. the; the
22. The artist made up his mind to devote all his time ______ his English before going abroad.
A. improve B. to improving C. improving D. to improve
23. He is always helping people without expecting anything _____.
A. in common B. in turn C. in danger D. in return
24. Rather than _____ at home alone, The girl _____ go to the cinema that night .
A. to stay ; prefers to B. stay; preferred C. stay ; preferred to D. stay ; prefers to
25.We will fly to South Africa , ________ we plan to stay for two weeks.
A. when B. where C. there D. which
26.Our English teacher ____ Shanghai in a few days. He wonders when the earliest
plane_________ on Sunday.
A. leaves; takes off B. is leaving; takes off
