第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
21. ____ English language has gone through huge changes. Besides some French words such as beef and shoes, many Latin and Greek words have become ___ part of Modern English.
A. The; a B. The; / C. /; / D. /; a
22. The United States is a country ____ fifty states.
A. made of B. making up of C. consisted of D. consisting of
23. You should respect the opinion of others, and at the same time you should insist upon ____ right.
A. that you believe is B. which you believe to be
C. what you believe is D. what you believe
24. Those who want to say something more, _____ your hands and ___ to speak.
A. rise; raise B. raise; rise C. raise; raise D. rise; rise
25. They wondered how a statue from distant Greece _______ in China.
A. could have appeared B. would appear
C. may have appeared D. could appear
