第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. _____ Chinese basketball player Yao Ming will probably return to the NBA if he can recover from _____ earlier injury.
A. 不填; an B. The; 不填 C. A; an D. The; the
Maria _____ missed the first train so as to travel on the same one as John.
| A．deliberately | B．intensively |
| C．decisively | D．objectively |
People who live in a small village are bound to see a good _____ of each other.
| A．sum | B．quantity | C．deal | D．amount |
He's _____ drink and never does a stroke of work.
| A．gone to | B．taken to | C．taken up | D．gone for |
We could see that he was trying to _____ his own responsibility for the delay, instead of accepting his fault.
| A．run over | B．smooth over | C．pass off | D．turn down |
Neither of them thought highly of him and they both tried to _____ him in his work.
| A．hamper | B．support | C．assist | D．encourage |