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．The newspapers in my hometown don’t contain as many colorful pages as the ones in Nanjing ____.
| A．contain | B．do | C．appear | D．seem |
3. The train had not come yet and the man ______ his watch anxiously.
| A．focused on | B．glanced at | C．watched | D．Confirmed |
2. — Do you know anything about that man?
— No. I know nothing about him _______ I read in the newspaper yesterday.
| A．besides | B．except when | C．except for | D．except what |
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. A bird in the hand is _______ two in the bush.
| A．worthy | B．worthwhile | C．worth | D．worth of |
45. With the rapid growth of population, the city______ in all directions in the past five years.
| A．has been spread | B．has spread | C． spread | D．had spread |
44. He ______ all his time and energy to his work．
| A．spent | B．cost | C．contributed | D．combined |