本部分为15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，要求应试者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．A new system of quality control was brought in to overcome the defects in the firm’s products．
A．invested
B．introduced
C．installed
D．insisted

2．The old concerns lose importance and some of them vanish altogether．
A．develop
B．disappear
C．1ink
D．renew

3．There is always excitement at the Olympic Games when an athlete breaks a previous record of performance．
A．beats
B．matches
C．maintains
D．announces

4．The government is debating the education laws．
A．discussing
B．defeating
C．delaying
D．declining

5．They had a far better yield than any other farm miles away around this year．
A．goods
B．soil
C．climate
D．harvest

6．The perpetual motion of the earth as it turns on its axis creates the change of seasons．
A．ancient
B．1eisurely
C．delighted
D．constant

7．Hundreds of years ago cloves(丁香) were used to remedy headaches．
A．cure
B．analyze
C．disrupt
D．prescribe

8．In mathematics the term“solid”describes a geometric figure with three dimensions．
A．angle
B．shape
C．triangle
D．equation

9．When you saw a person sneezing again and again，you might deduce that he had caught a cold．
A．suspect
B．claim
C．infer
D．modulate

10．This book merits wide attention because it gives a detailed description of the life of Princess Diana．
A．is composed of
B．is worthy of
C．makes up of
D．consists of

11．John is collaborating with Mary in writing a book．
A．cooperating
B．merging
C．combining
D．associating

12．Mary lost control of her car and collided with a tree．
A．came across
B．ran into
C．met
D．knocked

13．Mary was compelled to take in washing to help support her family．
A．pleaded
B．appealed
C．forced
D．instructed

14．The child couldn’t comprehend the advanced textbook．
A．interpret
B．read
C．understand
D．translate

15．I warned him to keep the matter confidential．
A．private
B．safe
C．personal
D．secret