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 room was furnished with the simplest essentials, a bed, a chair, and a table
A)supplied B) gathered
C)grasped D)made

2. The local government decided to merge the two firms into a big one.
A)motivate B) combine
C)compact D)nominate

3. He emphasized a feasible plan which can be accepted by the both sides.
A)favorable B) possible
C)formal D)genuine

4. When does the next train depart?
A)pull up B) pull down
C)pull out D)pull in

5. Because administering the whole company, he sometimes has to work around the clock.
A)adjusting B) evaluating
C)engaging D)managing

6．We have to ask them to quit talking in order that all people present could hear us clearly.
A) decrease B)cease
C) continue D)keep

7.The Klondike was the scene of one of the biggest gold rushes the world has ever known.
A) location B)view
C) event D)landscape

8. She has been the subject of massive media coverage.
A) extensive B) negative
C) expensive D)active

9.The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
A) rejected B) investigated
C)proposed D)postponed

10. The sea was calm and still.
A) quite B)quiet
C) yet D)rough

11. In a bullfight, it is the movement, not the color, of objects that arouses the bull.
A) confuses B)excites
C) scares D)satisfies

12. The committee comprises five persons.
A) absorbs B)concerns
A) excludes D)involves

13. All the people assembled at Mary's house.
A) collected B)fixed
C) asserted D)assist

14. We derive knowledge mainly from books
A)deprive B) obtain
C) descend D)trace

15.We all consider him a man of dynamic personalities.
A)dangerous B) doubtful
C)active D)easy