第一部分：词汇选项(第1～15题，每题1分，共15分)
下面共有15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。答案一律涂在答题卡相应的位置上。
1 We saw a lot of commercial buildings in Chicago.
A condemned
B razed
C business
D vacant
2 Salt has been a respected commodity for much of recorded time.
A flavoring
B preservative
C remedy for illness
D article of trade
3 Pure feldspar is a colorless, transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful.
A truly
B rapidly
C periodically
D frequently
4 In 1925 Clarence Darrow competently opposed William Jennings Bryan at the renowned Scopes' "Monkey Trial".
A adeptly
B maliciously
C privately
D rashly
5 The Olympic Games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.
A debate
B celebration
C instruction
D rivalry
6 He is going to compile the data requested by the tax collector.
A sprout
B evade
C redeem
D gather
7 After 1850, various states in the United States began to pass compulsory school attendance laws.
A harsh
B diversified
C mandatory
D complicated
8 In statistics the most frequently used computations are the mean, the median, and the mode because all are indicators of central tendency.
A graphs
B variables
C calculations
D words
9 The Empire State Building was conceived on a grander scale than previous skyscrapers.
A executed
B designed
C financed
D applauded
10 Theodere Dreiser was one of the first American novelists to portray immoral characters without condemnation.
A hostility
B sadness
C blamed pity
11 Most religions are concerned with the worship of one or several deities as well as with ethical rules of conduct.
A faith
B speech
C thought
D behavior
12 The Passamaquoddy and Penobscot people were confederates of the colonists in Maine at the time of the Revolutionary War.
A guardians
B teachers
C allies
D observers
13 By the 1880's, living conditions in the congested Eastern Seaboard cities of the United States had become local scandals.
A developing
B diverse
C crowded
D wealthy
14 The population of Seattle is a conglomerate of people from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds.
A a company
B a fluctuation
C an assortment
D a matching
15 Although dolphins sometimes swim singly or in pairs, they usually congregate in large herds, often numbering in the hundreds.
A procreate
B eat
C lived assemble
