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）
21. If you keep on writing, you will have brighter future, likely to become J. K. Rowling.
A. the; a B. the; the C. a; a D. a; the
22. The teacher doesn’t permit ________ in class.
A. smoke B. to smoke C. smoking D. to have a smoke
23. — Susan, go and join your sister cleaning the yard.
— Why ___? John is sitting there doing nothing.
A. him B. he C. I D. me
24. Patience is a kind of quality—and that is ____ what it takes to do anything well.
A. what B. which C. that D. how
