第一部分：词汇选择(第1-15题，每题1分，共15分)
下面共有15句子，每个句子均有一个词或短语划有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的四个选项中选择一个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
1. While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s Barbara Jordan supported legislation to
ban discrimination and to deal with environment problems.
A.list
B.forbid
C.handle
D.investigate
2. The company recommended that a new petrol station
should be built here.
A.ordered
B.insisted
C.suggested
D.demanded
3. It hard for the young people to imagine what
severe conditions their parents once lived under.
A.sincere
B.hard
C.strict
D.tight
4. The house stands as
steady as a rock in the wind.
A.continuous
B.quick
C.firm
D.exceptional
5. You must
shine your shoes.
A.lighten
B.clean
C.wash
D.polish
6. First editions of certain popular books cannot
be obtained for love or money.
A.at any place
B.at any price
C.in any language
D.in any country
7.A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.
A.waited on
B.talked to
C.spoke to
D.stayed with
8. Loud noises can be
annoying.
A.hateful
B.painful
C.horrifying
D.disturbing
9. Her words
offended me.
A.made angry
B.made happy
C.made excited
D.made disappointed
10. Successful leaders
dominate events rather than react to them.
A.control
B.contribute
C.convey
D.contact
11. The example was
fundamental to the argument.
A.impressive
B.public
C.essential
D.slight
12. They are still calculating the
impact of automation on the lives of factory workers.
A.affect
B.influence
C.pressure
D.passion
13. She finally
recovered herself one month after the operation on her stomach.
A.got along
B.got better
C.got on
D.got out
14. The minister
headed the committee.
A.was on the verge of
B.was on the basis of
C.was at the cost of
D.was in charge of
15. These are our
motives for doing it.
A.reasons
B.arguments
C.targets
D.pursuit
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