第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. Xi Jinping, ________ of the Communist party of China, was elected ________ by nearly 3000 deputies to the National people’s Congress in Beijing.
A. the leader, president B. leader, president
C. the leader, the president D. leader, the president
22. Mr Brown is a(n) ________ secretary in our office, for he is able to do tasks successfully, without wasting time and energy.
A. effective B. flexible C. efficient D. sufficient
23. Without the happiness Jing brought to the family, my mother ________ for another six years.
A. shouldn’t have lived B. wouldn’t have lived
C. wouldn’t live D. might not live
24. ________ wealthy people with the business tax instead of the individual income tax weakens government efforts ________ the wealth gap.
A. Taxing, closing B. Taxing, to close
C. Tax, to close D. Having taxed, closing
25. Due to the unreasonable individual income ________, the gap between the rich and poor has become an
