第1部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)下面每个句子中均有1个词或短语划有底横线，请为每处划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1、Safety officials have earnestly, questioned whether the increased use of synthetic materials heightens the risk of fire.
A．cautiously
B．severely
C．accurately
D．seriously


2、Applicants will be asked to provide information on how they will disseminate information to other students at their university or college.
A．disclose
B．deliver
C．spread
D．analyze


3、To absorb a younger work force, many companies offered retirement plans as incentives for older workers to retire and make way for the younger ones who earned lower salaries.
A．rewards
B．opportunities
C．motives
D．stimulus

4、Should English classes be compulsory at the elementary or primary school level in countries where it is not the native language?
A．required
B．necessary
C．selected
D．permanent


5、 We have a responsibility to ensure our nation's continued prosperity and the most sensible way to do this is by investment in basic scientific research.
A．effective
B．efficient
C．significant
D．reasonable


6、He failed to carry out some of the provisions of the contract, and now he has to take charge of the consequences.
A．answer for
B．run into
C．abide by
D．step into


7、The book shifted her outlook from social to spiritual, for its theme was that before you change other people you have to change yourself.
A．viewpoint
B．vocation
C．prospect
D．preference


8、 Their business flourished at its new location a year later owing to their joint efforts and hard work.
A．prevailed
B．failed
C．boomed
D．shrank


9、At last John Smith chose to step down as the company's chief executive and return to hisroots in software research.
A．resign
B．remove
C．retire
D．replace


10、The legislative provision has a great impact on the operations of the department.
A．law
B．passage
C．revision
D．clause


11、Bob believes that the invasion of the marketplace into the university is undermining fundamental academic values, and that we must act now to halt this decline.
A．lace
B．plug
C．cease
D．digest


12、I shall never forget the look of intense anguish on the face of his parents when they heard the news.
A．stress
B．dilemma
C．misery
D．surprise


13、The wealth of a country should be measured in the light of the health and happiness of its people as well as the material goods it can produce.
A．in line with
B．in terms of
C．in regard to
D．in case of


14、 He noticed that Joan was studying him closely, but her expression gave away nothing of what she was thinking.
A．revealed
B．disposed
C．reminded
D．distributed


15、The police tried in vain to break up the protest crowds in front of the government building.
A．unskillfully
B．violently
C．ineffectively
D．eventually