Unit 21 Lessons 1 & 2

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

　　I had just sat down on the train and opened a bar of chocolate when 21. ________ really old man sat down opposite me with his huge bags. I nodded hello and smiled 22. ________ him, and then I suddenly thought, "Why not offer 23. ________ a piece of chocolate?" So I did, and he was quite surprised 24. ________ accepted the offer and thanked me. He said that people wouldn't usually do this and offer something to a 25. ________ (strange) - at least that was 26. ________ I understood, because he was speaking a really difficult dialect (方言), and the train was loud.

　　Then he opened one of his bags and handed me a handful of freshly picked cherries (樱桃), 27. ________ (explain) that he had just picked them in his garden. I learned that he had four trees and had already given away 100 kg of cherries this season! His cherries were really lovely, better 28. ________ the ones I had bought in the shops, and I enjoyed them very much.

　　Well, it was just an impulse (冲动) to offer a piece of chocolate to him, but if I hadn't done it, I would never 29. ________ (taste) those lovely cherries, 30. ________ I didn't even know he had at the time.

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

　　阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

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