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. First editions of certain popular books cannot be obtained for love or money. 
A) at any place B) at any price C) in any language D) in any country
2. The company recommended that a new petrol station（should） be built here.
A) ordered B) insisted C) suggested D) demanded
3. It hard for the young people to imagine what severe conditions their parents once lived under.
A) sincere B) hard C) strict D) tight
4. The house stands as steady as a rock in the wind. 
A) continuous B) quick C) firm D) exceptional
5. You must shine your shoes. 
A) lighten B) clean C) wash D) polish
6. While serving in the Senate in the early 1970s Barbara Jordan supported legislation to ban discrimination and to deal with environment problems. 
A) list B) forbid C)handle D)investigate
7．A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday. 
A) waited on B) talked to C) spoke to D) stayed with
8. Loud noises can be annoying.
A) hateful B) painful C) horrifying D)disturbing
9. These are our motives for doing it. 
A) reasons B) arguments C) targets D)pursuit
10. Successful leaders dominate events rather than react to them. 
A) control B) contribute C) convey D)contact
11. The example was fundamental to the argument. 
A) impressive B) public C) essential D)slight
 
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