二、 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Greatness is all around us. It’s easy to be great because great people will help you. What is 21 about all the conventions I go to is that the greatest in the business will come and 22 their ideas with everyone. I have seen the greatest salesmen open up and 23 young salesmen exactly how they did it. They don’t 24 . I have also found it true in the world of 25 .
I’ll never forget the time I was trying to 26 Dutch Warmer Dam’s record. 1 was about a foot below his record, so I called him on the phone. I said, “Dutch, can you help me? I seem to have leveled off. I can’t get any 27 . ”
He said, “Sure, Bob. Come on up to visit me and I'll give you an I got. ”
I spent three days with the 28 , the greatest pole vaulted（撑杆跳选手）in the world. For three days, Dutch gave me the best that he’d seen. There were things that I was doing 29 and he corrected them. To make a long story 30 I went up eight inches. That great guy gave me the best that he had. I've found that sports champions and heroes willingly do this just to help you become great too.
21. A. fantastic B. mysterious C. difficult D. positive
22. A. mention B. share C. record D. inform
23. A. accept B. encourage C. examine D. show
24. A. turn down B. break up C. take over D. hold back
25. A. sports B. education C. science D. art
26. A. attack B. obtain C. achieve D. break
27. A. faster B. higher C. tougher D. longer
28. A. carpenter B. racer C. master D. merchant
29. A. exactly B. wrong C. differently D. directly
30. A. "tiresome B. eager C. short D. gradual
第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
What is the color of the universe? Astronomers had not answered this question 31 several years ago—that is 32 two American astronomers reported on their study of all the light in the universe. They said that the universe would appear to the human eyes to be a light greenish color, 33 （call）turquoise. They said that finding the color of universe was not part of their scientific research. They did it for fun.
34 , soon after their finding, the scientists 35 （admit）having made a mistake. They said their finding was much more 36 （color）than it should have been. They now say the light from our universe is closer 37 a milky white color.
Their study attempted to show 38 people might see if they could observe the universe from far away. The scientists found the average color by combining light from about 20, 000 star systems. Their 39 （inform）came from an observatory in Australia. The scientists have apologized for the mistake. They also asked for suggestions for 40 name for the new color of the universe.