第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

21. — I went to the beach and got plenty of rest.

    — ________ You looked tired last time I saw you.

      A. You’d better not.                                   B. Why not travel abroad?

       C. I am glad you did.                          D. Sounds like a good idea.

22. — How could you ________ my sister so easily in the crowd?

— Because she stood out in her red dress.

      A. pick up             B. pick out                    C. take up                     D. take out

23. My aunt always loses her way when she is out by herself because she has no ________ of direction.

  A. sense                    B. feeling                      C. touch                       D. scene

24. Good friends as we are, I still find her difficult to understand ________.

  A. at times                B. at a time                   C. at one time               D. at the time

25. — Did you see the boys yesterday afternoon?

   — Yes. I saw them ________ the fence when I passed.

  A. climb                    B. climbed                    C. to climb                   D. climbing

26. — You are late again, Tom?

   — Sorry, but I got ________ a heavy traffic jam.

  A. caught in                     B. taken in                    C. put off                            D. held by

27. As a film star she was a success, but as a wife she was ________ failure, so their marriage ended in ________ failure.

  A. /; /                       B. /; a                           C. a; a                          D. a; /

28. If he shouldn’t have been so ________ about his food, he would be healthier now.

  A. special                  B. curious                     C. particular                  D. anxious

29. — Do you want anything else for your birthday?

   — Nothing else. I’m very ________ with what you’ve bought me.

  A. satisfying              B. disappointed              C. content                    D. honest

30. — How are the things in your village?

   — Modern farming methods have been brought in and the villagers are ________ now than before.

  A. well off                B. better off                  C. badly off                  D. worse off