Part Ⅱ Language Knowledge (45 marks)
Section A (15 marks)
Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and D. Choose the one that best completes the sentence.
21. The tickets for the concert ______ well and they ______ out last week.
A. sell; were sold
B. sells; were sold
C. sell; have been sold
D. are sold; sold
22. At last, they climbed up the mountain, on the top of which ______ an old temple dating back to 1000 BC.
A. is standing B. there stands
C. does stand D. stands
23. — Are you happy with this new laboratory?
— Not a little. We can't have ______.
A. a worse one B. a nicer one
C. so bad one D. so nice one
24. We are going away in June but ______ that I'll be here all summer.
A. rather than B. instead
C. other than D. more than
25. ______ in the early 20th century, the school keeps on inspiring children's love for art.
A. To found B. Founding
C. Founded D. Having founded 26. ______ Yale enters its fourth century, our goal is to become truly