词汇选项（第1～15题，每 题1分，共15分）
下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与划线部分意义最相近的词或短语。
1. Many fine cooks insist on ingredients of the highest quality.
A demand
B rely on
C prepare for
D create
2. Since the Great Depression, the United States government has protected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A slight
B surprising
C sudden
D harmful
3. Cement was seldom used in building during the Middle Ages.
A crudely
B rarely
C originally
D symbolically
4. Nerve signals may travel through nerve or muscle fibers at speeds as high as two hundred miles per hour.
A velocities
B impulses
C ratios
D atrocities
5. The poet William Carols Williams was a New Jersey physician.
A doctor
B professor
C physicist
D resident
6. Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
A conventionally
B obviously
C especially
D inevitably
7. We shall take the treasure away to a safe place.
A clean
B pretty
C distant
D secure
8. An important part of the national government is the Foreign Service, a branch of their specialized branches.
A a unity
B a division
C an embassy
D an invasion
9. The child’s abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor.
A bad
B frightening
C repeated
D unusual
10.There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A a steady
B a plentiful
C an extra
D a meager
11.In order to improve our standard of living, we have to accelerate production.
A step up
B decrease
C stop
D control
12.Gas does accumulate in the mines around here.
A increase
B spread
C collect
D grow
13. Our plan is to allocate one member of staff to handle appointments.
A assign
B persuaded
C ask
D order
14. Her behavior is extremely childish.
A simple
B immature
C beautiful
D foolish
15. We also want to use the water to irrigate barren desert land.
A hairless
B bare
C empty
D bald
