第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
--- ____ busy schoolwork, the children also have to take arts, music and
sports classes in their free time.
--- I wonder what they will become.
| A．Rather than | B．Expect for | C．Apart from | D．Owing to |
When young, work with every fiber of your being and when old, you’ll have little left _____ about.
| A．to complain | B．complaining |
| C．having complained | D．to have complained |
Nothing is _____ to defeat you when you often assess yourself negatively.
| A．easy | B．more easily | C．much easier | D．the easiest |
Cancer claimed the life of Steve Jobs at the age of 56, _____ spirit will live on forever in Apple.
| A．who | B．whose | C．which | D．that |
--- _____ the change of the schedule ______?
--- Oh, God! I forgot all about it. I’ll do it right now.
| A．Has, been announced | B．Was, announced |
| C．Has, announced | D．Had, been announced |