从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。
character
| A．coach | B．stomach | C．merchant | D．cheque |
surprise
| A．purpose | B．further | C．surround | D．furniture |
precious
| A．recent | B．secret | C．president | D．scene |
natives
| A．loves | B．faces | C．mistakes | D．dresses |
participate
| A．grammar | B．particular | C．apartment | D．regular |
3．_________last year, the number of people traveling this holiday weekend is expected to increase slightly.
| A．Being compared to | B．Comparing to |
| C．Compared with | D．Comparing with |
2．－What do you think of the speech given by the president?
－I like_________of what he said.
| A．more | B．many | C．few | D．Much |
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20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。
1．The famous sports star, who is also_________great success in business, is in possession of
huge fortune.
A．不填; the B．a; a C．不填;不填 D．the; the
They are __ the old houses in order to set up a new teaching building.
| A．tearing down | B．tearing up | C．putting up | D．putting down |
You should ___ the students instead of just telling them what to do.
A. reason to B, reason with C. explain D. say