Ⅰ、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。
Last week, I went to see the concert of Jay Chow, ____ famous singer I love best, and this is the first time I have seen him in _____ fresh.
A. the; / B. the; the C. a; the D. a; /
By the time she reached the corner of the street, the footsteps _________.
| A．had gone | B．were gone | C．are missing | D．have disappeared |
As Polly observed the passengers on the train, she _______that she was being watched by a tall man in a dark coat.
| A．feared | B．sensed | C．sighted | D．sniffed |
Kathy ______ a lot of Japanese while working with some Japanese engineer.
| A．made up | B．took up | C．pick up | D．turned up |
— Tom was late for class this morning again.
— You know, _____.
| A．all good things come to an end | B．a leopard cannot change its spots |
| C．honesty is never too much practiced | D．a work ill done must be twice done |
For most people, life in __ Britain is very different to that lived by their grandparents.
| A．remote | B．parallel | C．contemporary | D．temporary |