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20小题；每小题1分，满分20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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1．--- What can I do for?
--- I’d like to buy a gift for my sister’s birthday, one at a proper price but of _____ great use and it’d better be ______ surprise.
A./; a B. the; a C. a; / D. /; the
When I worked as the general manager of the firm, I sometimes had _____ to visit London on business.
| A．opportunity | B．possibility | C．occasion | D．chance |
The managing director promised that he would _____ me as soon as he had any further information.
| A．communicate | B．notice | C．notify | D．note |
These plastic flowers look so _____ that many people think they are real.
| A．beautiful | B．natural | C．artificial | D．similar |
When the big bills for mother’s hospital care came, father was glad he had money in the bank to _____.
| A．fall short of | B．fall through |
| C．fall back on | D．fall in with |
. It is clear that the whole world is passing through a social revolution in which a central _____ must be taken by scientists and technologists.
| A．process | B．attention | C．measure | D．part |