Ⅱ、语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从11~25各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It is a very interesting story that I heard.
A young man longed to __11__ the beautiful daughter of a farm owner. One day, he came to the __12__ to make the proposal(求婚)．
The farm owner looked at him up and down， saying，“All right. Let’s go to my pasture(牧场)．I’ll __13__ three bulls one by one. If you can catch any one’s __14__，you’re qualified to marry my daughter.”
Then they came together to the pasture. The young man stood waiting __15__ for the first bull to appear. A few minutes later the shed(牛棚) opened and a bull rushed out __16__ him. It was the largest bull he had ever seen. He thought maybe the __17__ one would be better，so he stepped aside to let it cross the pasture to the back gate of the shed.
The shed __18__ again and the second bull came rushing out. It was not only very big but also unusually fierce（凶猛的）. “How terrible it is! The next cannot be as __19__ as this.” He was so scared that he hurried to __20__ behind the railings (栏杆)．It rushed away to the back gate.
