第一部分：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）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
例：Stand over there __________ you’ll be able to see it better.
A. or B. and C. but D. while
答案是 B。
1. —Could you help me solve this puzzle, Tom?
—______________ I’m really not good at this game.
A. Never mind. B. You got me there.
C. It’s up to you. D. Sounds a good idea.
2. Let’s keep to the point or we __________ any decisions.
A. will never reach B. have never reached
C. never reach D. never reached
3. You should understand the traffic rule by now. You’ve had it ________ often enough.
A. explaining B. to explain C. explain D. explained
4. The ______ of spicy, salty, sweet and sour flavours makes Gong Bao Chicken hard to resist.
A. decoration B. construction C. competition D. combination
5. Susan has _____ more than 5,000 dollars in the last three months, with which she can buy new bicycles for those poor children.
A. accelerated B. accompanied C. accumulated D. acknowledged
6. 【2018·滨海7校联考】—May I help you? You seem to be having some problems.
— ______, thanks. I think I can manage.
A. All right B. No problem
C. It’s all right D. There’s no way
7. Frank put the medicine in a top drawer to make sure it would not be ______ to the kids.
A. accessible B. relative C. acceptable D. sensitive
8. Various efforts ________ in the past decades to protect the environment.
A. had made B. have made
C. were made D. have been made
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—Peter has spent too much time on novels recently.
—That may ____ his poor grade in the exam.
A account for B. answer for
C. apply for D. stand for
