After the meeting, she invited us to dinner at her home and treated us _____ many exotic foods we _____ before. It was really a wonderful treat.
| A．with; had never tasted | B．to; have never tasted |
| C．with; have never tasted | D．to; had never tasted |
Suffering from depression, he often_____his sorrows in drink.
| A．swallows | B．drowns | C．sinks | D．buries |
Spokesman has_____that there is no Chinese crew on the ship hijacked by Somali pirates.
| A．confirmed | B．proved | C．confused | D．refused |
They work well together－her steadiness(稳健) acts as a(n) ___________to his clever but often impractical ideas.
| A．award | B．belief | C．balance | D．contrary |
第二部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分55分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。
Ever since their quarrel, there has been an unpleasant___________in the office.
A. circumstance B. surroundings C. condition D. atmosphere
My headache is killing me．I ______it______away．But now it’s getting worse and worse．
| A．think; is going | B．thought; was going |
| C．have thought; is going | D．had thought; was going |