第二部分语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 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1~15各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。
In a small village, there lived a potter(陶工) who had a donkey. Every day his donkey would carry soil from the ___16___ to his house. Since the field was quite far off, the potter would ___17___ under a tree midway, tying(拴) his donkey nearby.
One day, the potter __18__ to take the rope with which he tied the donkey every day. When he reached the __19__, he became worried and didn’t know what to do. At that time, a saint(圣人) __20__ to be passing by. When the potter told the saint what his __21__ was, he said, “Take the __22__ to the place where you tie him every day. __23__ to tie him using an imaginary rope. He won’t run away.” The potter did what the saint had said.
When he woke up, to his _24__ and relief, he found the donkey standing in the __25__ place. But to his frustration, when he prepared to leave for __26__, the donkey did not move. __27__, the potter saw the wise saint again and told him about the donkey’s __28__ behavior. The saint said, “Go and pretend to untie the rope.” The potter __29__ the saint’s advice.
