第1部分：词汇选项（第1～15题，每　题1分，共15分）
　　下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近选项。

　　1 The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
　　A influence
　　B force
　　C surprise
　　D power

　　2 Can you follow the plot?
　　A change
　　B investigate
　　C understand
　　D write

　　3 Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
　　A mental
　　B physical
　　C natural
　　D hard

　　4 In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed.
　　A judgment
　　B result
　　C decision
　　D event

　　5 Norman Blamey is an artist of deep convictions.
　　A beliefs
　　B statements
　　C suggestions
　　D claims

　　6 Up to now, the work has been easy.
　　A So
　　B So long
　　C So far
　　D So that

　　7 The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
　　A supposed
　　B excited
　　C discussed
　　D suggested

　　8 Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.
　　A Afterwards
　　B Therefore
　　C However
　　D Furthermore

　　9 The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
　　A sight
　　B view
　　C look
　　D point

　　10 Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
　　A tensely
　　B nearly
　　C closely
　　D carefully

　　11 The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
　　A invented
　　B explained
　　C considered
　　D accepted

　　12 He talks tough but has a tender heart.
　　A heavy
　　B strong
　　C wild
　　D kind

　　13 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy
　　A making
　　B taking
　　C expecting
　　D discussing

　　14 Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.
　　A waste
　　B buy
　　C sell
　　D use

　　15 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
　　A function
　　B ability
　　C volume
　　D power