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，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项
21. The beautiful lady was at ____ loss when ____ word came that she was forbidden to drive for speeding too many times.
A. a; a B. the; a C. the; the D. a; /
22. He couldn’t continue to live such a poor life, so he left home, ____ not to come back if he couldn’t get rich.
A. determining B. determined C. determine D.being determined
23. The boss took no notice of the suggestion given by the clerk that the new technology ____ the problems on conveying the products.
A. be applied to solve B. be applied to solving
C. must be applied to solving D. must be applied to solve
24. --- You didn’t tell your parents the date of our graduation ceremony, did you?
--- No, but I ____. My sister had told them.
