二．词汇与语法知识。（每小题1分，共15 分）
Great changes_______ in the rural areas in the last two decades.
| A．have taken place | B．took place | C．have been taken place | D．are happening |
Miss Green often said “God helps those who help themselves”, intending to _______ on us the significance of being independent.
| A．base | B．impress | C．focus | D．rely |
—I’m going to have lunch. Do you mind talking about your plan ____ lunch?
—All right. I’ll wait here in the office.
| A．after | B．before | C．over | D．until |
—If it hadn’t been raining so hard, I might have been home much earlier.
—It’s too bad you _____ it. Nancy _____ here and she _____ to see you.
| A．didn’t make; is; was |
| B．won’t make; will be; wants |
| C．didn’t make; was; wanted |
| D．won’t make; would be; wanted |
The U.S. government on Wednesday _______ former Commerce Secretary Gary Locke as ambassador to China, making him the first Chinese-American ever to take the post.
| A．accumulated | B．reflected | C．distinguished | D．appointed |
______, I can see that those terrible events shaped me into the person I am today.
| A．Having looked back | B．Looking back |
| C．Being looking back | D．To be looking back |