第二部分英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节单项选择（共15小题，满分15分）
Your composition is fairly well done _______ some spelling mistakes.
| A．except | B．besides | C．except for | D．but |
—Are you pleased with what he has done?
—Not a bit ．It couldn’t be ________．
| A．so bad | B．much better |
| C．any worse | D．best |
_____ scores of times , but he still couldn’t understand it ．
| A．Having explained | B．Having been explained |
| C．Though it was explained | D．It was explained |
We waited and waited．_________ we had been looking forward to ．
| A．Then came the hour | B．Then did the hour come |
| C．Then the hour came | D．The hour then came |
________ their son away to college, the old couple got more room in the house．
| A．As | B．For | C．Through | D．With |
Fish have eyes and ________appears to be a nose, and they can hear, too．
| A．that | B．which | C．it | D．what |