第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（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。
21. Unfortunately, when I dropped in, Doctor Li _____ for Beijing to join in the fight against SARS, so we had not enough time for a talk.
A. just left B. has just left C. is just leaving D. was just leaving
On ______ news today, there were ______ reports of heavy snow in that area.
| A．the; the | B．the; 不填 | C．不填; 不填 | D．不填; the |
For a long time they walked without saying ______ word. Jim was the first to break ______ silence.
| A．the; a | B．a; the | C．a; 不填 | D．the; 不填 |
______ on-going division between English-speaking Canadian and French- speaking Canadians is ______ major concern of the country.
| A．The; 不填 | B．The; a | C．An; the | D．An; 不填 |
When he left ______ college, he got a job as ______ reporter in a newspaper office.
| A．不填; a | B．不填; the | C．a; the | D．the; the |
If you buy more than ten, they knock 20 pence off ______.
| A．a price | B．price | C．the price | D．prices |