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）
请从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. To their deep sorrow, there was nothing left ______ the city except ruins after the violent earthquake, which turned the whole city into a silent world.
A. in B. of C. for D. with
22. ---Alice, you didn’t come to Tim’s birthday last night.
---I wished I had, but my parents just simply___ not let me out so late at night.
A. might B. should C. would D. could
23. What’s the _______ of helping him if he doesn’t make an effort to help himself?
A. opinion B. sense C. theme D. pattern
