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.The city has decided to do away with all the old buildings in its center.
A)get rid of
B) set up
C) repair
D) paint
2. The old concernslose importance and some of them vanish altogether.
A) develop
B)disappear
C) link
D) renew
3. There is always excitement at theOlympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance.
A)beats
B)matches
C) maintains
D)announces
4. The government isdebating the education laws.
A) discussing
B) defeating
C)delaying
D) declining
5. They had a far better yield than any otherfarm miles away around this year.
A) goods
B) soil
C) climate
D)harvest
6. A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome thedefects in the firm’s products.
A) invested
B) introduced
C)installed
D) insisted
7. During the past ten years there have beendramatic changes in the international situation.
A) permanent
B)powerful
C) striking
D) practical
8. It is out of the questionthat the inspector will come tomorrow.
A) impossible
B) possible
C)probable
D) likely
9.Techniques to employ the energy of the sun are being developed.
A)convert
B) store
C) use
D) receive
10. The most crucialproblem any economic system faces is how to use its scarceresources.
A)puzzling
B) difficult
C) terrifying
D)urgent
11. Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
A)crudely
B) rarely
C) originally
D)occasionally
12. Medicinedepends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of theirspecialized branches.
A) conventionally
B) obviously
C)especially
D) inevitably
13.We were astonished to hear that theirfootball team had won the champion.
A) amazed
B) amounted
C)amused
D) approached
14. There is an abundant supply of cheap labor inthis country.
A) a steady
B) a plentiful
C) an extra
D) astable
15. Since the Great Depression, the United States government hasprotected farmers from damaging drops in grain prices.
A) slight
B)surprising
C) sudden
D) harmful