第二部分：英语知识及运用（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， 从短文后所给各题的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
San Francisco is a big city which lies in the west of the United States very near the Pacific, where two earth’s plates (板块)often meet and jump. So earthquake is a  21         word to hear there. It is recorded that at least  22        big earthquakes have happened in San Francisco since the beginning of the _23         century. One happened in 1906, the other in 1989.
The second worst earthquake _24       _ San Francisco on the evening of October 17, 1989, when people were traveling to their   25      . A wide and busy overhead road fell onto the one  _26      _.  Many people were killed in their cars. A few  27      ones were not hurt, but many thousands became   28        . A large number of weak buildings didn’t  _    29      in the quake and the  30       electricity was cut off for several days, too.                 
21. A. terrible              B. sad                   C. usual                D. funny
22. A. two                   B. three                 C. four                  D. five
23. A. 17th                   B.18th                   C. 19th                  D 20th
24. A. shook                B. felt                  C. discovered         D. moved
25. A. offices                B. homes               C. factories            D. schools
26. A. above                B. nearby                     C. below               D. round
27. A. young                B. tall                   C. strong               D. lucky
28. A. homeless             B. jobless                     C. friendless          D. childless
29. A. put up                B. go up                      C. stay up              D. turn up
30. A. company’s          B. school’s             C. country’s           D. city’s