第二部分：英语知识运用（共85分）
第一节：单项选择（共15小题，每题1分，共15分）
21. ______ recent report stated that the number of Spanish speakers in the U.S. would be higher than the number of English speakers by ____ year 2090.
A. A; the B. A; / C. The; / D. The; a
【答案】A
【解析】句意：最近一份报告声明到2090年为止，在美国讲西班牙语的人的数量将比讲英语的人的数量要多。“一份报告”表示泛指，用不定冠词a/an “一个”。“到2090年为止”表示特指，用定冠词by the year 2090.故选A。
22. Americans eat ______ vegetables each person today as they did 20 years ago.
A. more than twice B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as D. more than twice as many
【答案】D
【解析】句意：今天的美国人每个人摄入的蔬菜量是20年前的两倍还要多。倍数表达方式：1.倍数+ as 形容词或副词 as ，2. 倍数+形容词或副词的比较级+than；3. 倍数+the size /length/ height/ width+ of;超过几倍. more than +倍数，本题考查第一种表达方式，题中已经有一个as ，A. 项错误在于没有用as many或形容词 as；B. 项倍数应该写在最前面；C.项错在多了as；故选D。
23. It’s such lovely weather. How about the two of us _____ a walk down the garden after supper?
