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． 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) link 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 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

7．During the past ten years there have been dramatic changes in the international situation.
A) permanent B) powerful
C) striking D) practical

8． It is out of the question that 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． 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

11． Cement was seldom used in building the Middle Ages.
A) crudely B) rarely C) originally D)occasionally

12． Medicine depends on other fields for basic information, particularly some of their specialized branches.
A) conventionally B) obviously C) especially D) inevitably

13．We were astonished to hear that their football team had won the champion.
A) amazed B) amounted C) amused D) approached

14． There is an abundant supply of cheap labor in this country.
A) a steady B) a plentiful C) an extra D) a stable

15． The most crucial problem any economic system faces is how to use its scarce resources.
A)puzzling B) difficult C) terrifying D) urgent