The room is empty except for a bookshelf ________ in one corner.
| A．standing | B．to stand |
| C．stands | D．stood |
The traffic problems we were looking forward to seeing ______ should have attracted the government’s attention.
| A．solving | B．solve | C．to solve | D．solved |
If it were not for the fact that she _______ play tennis, I would invite her to join us.
| A．couldn’t | B．shouldn’t | C．might not | D．can’t |
She had no idea how it _____ that her husband met with trouble again.
| A．came up | B．came about | C．came out | D．came across |
Talking about buying computers, I prefer a computer less than 8,000 yuan to ______ over the amount.
| A．this | B．it | C．that | D．one |
第二部分：英语知识运用（共45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
_______ good knowledge of several languages is essential to _____ study of comparative literature because without it one can read books only in translation.
| A． A; the | B．A; / | C．The; the | D．/; the |