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（二）Ⅱ 语言知识及应用（共两节。满分35分）
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，然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项。
I’m glad it’s Sunday again. I can stay in bed __16____ I like, drinking tea and __17___ those thick newspapers that are brought _18____ the newsboy through the letterbox at 8:30. In this way , I can catch up with all the __19____ I haven’t got time to read during my work time.
When I __20___ the papers, I then prepare my bath. The Sunday morning bath is _21____ of the week. There’s no need to hurry because there’s no bus to _22____ and my friends are told not to call me up before noon on Sundays , so there is no danger of _23______ by the telephone.
__24____ spend the afternoon after lunch is always a bit of problem. In summer I can go to the park and sit in a chair _25___ boys playing football, while in winter I sit in front of the fire and _26____ when reading a book, sometimes I turn on the television and sleep through an old film.
Then there’s the __27____ ahead of me.  Perhaps I’ll call on some friends or go to the cinema __28__ a new film I want to see or to town for a concert. Oh , there are _29_____ pleasant ways of passing Sunday evenings. The only sad thing is that Monday morning is getting___30___.
16.A. as long as    B. as soon as   C. as well as     D. as much as
17.A. read        B. reading     C. to read       D. am reading
18.A. from        B. with        C. and         D. by
19.A. things       B. books      C. information   D. knowledge
20.A. am reading   B. have read   C. had read      D. read
21.A. the much pleasant     B. the more pleasant  
C. the most pleasant        D. the very pleasant
22.A. sit          B. catch        C. get in         D. take
23.A. trouble      B. being troubled     C. troubling   D. to be troubling
24.A. What to     B. How to         C. When to     D. Where to
25.A. looking      B. seeing         C. looking at     D. watching
26.A. fall asleep    B. go to sleep      C. go to bed   D. get to sleep
27.A. supper       B. friend        C. evening       D. work
28.A. whether there’s   B. if there is   C. when there has  D. if there will have
29.A. so many   B. such many  C. a lot  D. quite few  
30.A. busier    B. longer    C. near   D. away