第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空：（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15分）
16. — Manager, I’d like to take a week’s holiday.
— ________. We’re too busy nowadays, you know.
| A．Don’t worry | B．Forget it | C．That’s all right | D．Pardon me |
It was not until I came here ________I realized this place was famous for not only its beauty but also its weather. (2012·湖南，30)
| A．who | B．that |
| C．where | D．before |
All the photographs in this book，________ stated otherwise，date from the 1950s.
(2012·陕西，25)
| A．unless | B．until |
| C．once | D．if |
The basketball coach，as well as his team，________ interviewed shortly after the match for their outstanding performance. (2012·陕西，12)
| A．were | B．was |
| C．is | D．are |
Only after Mary read her composition the second time________the spelling mistake.
(2012·天津，6)
| A．did she notice | B．she noticed |
| C．does she notice | D．she has noticed |
Not until he retired from teaching three years ago ________having a holiday abroad.
(2012·辽宁，32)
| A．he had considered |
| B．had he considered |
| C．he considered |
| D．did he consider |