一、单选题
　　(词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分) 。下面共有l5个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请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、
　　一、词汇(15分)
　　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
　　标准答案： d
　　2、
　　They have a far better yield than any other farm for miles around.
　　A) expectation
　　B) soil
　　C) climate
　　D) harvest
　　标准答案： d
　　3、
　　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
　　标准答案： a
　　4、
　　Jim has gained so much weight that a lot of his clothes don't fit him any more.
　　A) put off
　　B)put down
　　C) put on
　　D) put up
　　标准答案： c
　　5、
　　A beautiful woman attended to me in that store yesterday.
　　A) waited on
　　B) talked to
　　C) spoke to
　　D) stayed with
　　标准答案： a
　　11、
　　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
　　标准答案： a
　　12、
　　Loud noises can be annoying.
　　A) hateful
　　B) painful
　　C) horrifying
　　D)irritating
　　标准答案： d
　　13、
　　They always mock me because I am ugly.
　　A) smile at
　　B) look down at
　　C) look up to
　　D)laugh at
　　标准答案： d
　　14、
　　These are our motives for doing it.
　　A) reasons
　　B) arguments
　　C) targets
　　D)stimuli
　　标准答案： a
　　15、
　　The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
　　A) rejected
　　B) investigated
　　C) proposed
　　D) postponed
　　标准答案： b