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. Mrs. Taylor has __________ 8-year-old daughter who has __________ gift for painting—she has won two national prizes.
A. a; a B. an; the C. an; a D. the; a
22. Teachers recommend parents __________ their children under 12 to ride bicycles to school for safety.
A. not allow B. do not allow C. mustn’t allow D. couldn’t allow
23. If we work with a strong will, we can overcome any difficulty, __________ great it is.
A. what B. how C. however D. whatever
24. Had I known her name, I __________.
A. would invite her to lunch B. would have invited her to lunch
C. invited her to lunch D. could invite her to lunch
25. —How did you like Nick’s performance last night?
—To be honest, his singing didn’t __________ to me much.
A. appeal B. belong C. refer D. occur
26. It __________ every day so far this month. I can’t tell you if it __________ tomorrow.
A. rained; rains B. is raining; shall rain
C. has been raining; rains D. has rained; will rain
27. Life can be tough sometimes, but the elderly always tell us that we can __________ the bad into the good
