下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有下划线，请为每处下划线部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。
1、The high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
A．force
B．influence
C．surprise
D．power
2、Can you follow the plot?
A．change
B．investigate
C．write
D．understand
3、Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
A．physical
B．mental
C．natural
D．hard
4、In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed.
A．result
B．judgment
C．decision
D．event
5、Norman B amey,is an artist of deep convictions.
A．statements
B．beliefs
C．suggestions
D．claims
6、Up to now, the work has been easy.
A．So
B．So long
C．So that
D．So far
7、The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
A．supposed
B．excited
C．suggested
D．discussed
8、Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.
A．Therefore
B．Afterwards
C．However
D．Furthermore
9、The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
A．view
B．sight
C．look
D．point
10、Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
A．tensely
B．nearly
C．carefully
D．closely
11、The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
A．explained
B．invented
C．considered
D．accepted
12、He talks tough but has a tender heart.
A．heavy
B．strong
C．kind
D．wild
13、It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy.
A．making
B．taking
C．discussing
D．expecting
14、Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing..
A．waste
B．buy
C．use
D．sell
15、The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
A．function
B．ability
C．power
D．volume