第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
1．Professor Wu is a teacher respected by all of us, who always ________ new teaching methods to improve our English.
A. wears out B. tries out
C. takes out D. puts out
2. After the big earthquake, many rescue teams ________through the ruins to save survivors.
A. put B. broke C. looked D. combed
3. The squirrel was lucky that it just missed ________.
A. catching B. to be caught
C. being caught D. to catch
4. —He says that my new car is a ________ of money.
