—Our women athletes achieved great success in the Vancouver Olympic Winter Games．
—Yes. No one could perform__________, I think．
| A．well | B．better | C．best | D．the best |
The fearless pirates kept _______ on the waters off the coat of Somalia, from the Gulf of Aden to the Kenya border along the Indian Ocean.
| A．knocking on | B．knocking down |
| C．knocking about | D．knocking at |
_______ the pull of the earth, a rocket must reach a speed of 28440 km/h.
| A．In order to flee | B．So as to escape |
| C．To escape | D．So that to flee |
The city, _______ by an army of 1,500 soldiers, was difficult to take.
| A．protected | B．defended | C．attacked | D．prevented |
It was not until he told me ______ what had happened.
| A．that I knew | B．did I know |
| C．when I knew | D．I had known |
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分50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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
All the teachers are _______ content with the students’ performances during the Drama Festival, which are _______ worth watching.
A. very; quite B. well; quite C. well; well D. quite; very