While prices of houses are rising so fast, many people are working out ways to their expenses.
| A．settle down | B．put up | C．turn to | D．cut down |
As I know, it is five years since Mary ____ in the south.
| A．lives | B．lived | C．has lived | D．was living |
Jim is ____ person, and everyone is willing to be ____ with him.
| A．so kind a; friends | B．so a kind; friend |
| C．such kind a; friends | D．such a kind; friend |
_____the teacher couldn't understand was______ fewer and fewer students showed interest in her lessons.
| A．What; why | B．That; what | C．What; because | D．Why; that |
—What are your parents?
—My father is a teacher, and my mother is______.
| A．he other | B．he rest | C．her | D．another |
第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I left ____ college, I got a job as ________ journalist in a magazine office.
A. a; the B. /; a C. the; a D. /; the