模拟试题第一套
第一部分：词汇选择
下面共有15个句子，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。
1. We have to ask them to quit talking in order that all people present could hear us clearly.
A. begin B. cease C. continue D. keep
2.The Klondike was the scene of one of the biggest gold rashes the world has ever known.
A. location B. view C. event D. landscape
3. She has been the subject of massive media coverage.
A. extensive B. negative C. expensive D. active
4. The conference explored the possibility of closer trade links.
A. rejected B. investigated C. proposed D. postponed
5. The sea was calm and still.
A. quite B. quiet C. yet D. rough
6. In a bullfight, it is the movement, not the color, of objects that arouses the bull.
A. confuses B. excites C. scares D. satisfies
7. The committee comprises five persons.
A. absorbs B. concems C. excludes D. involves
8. The repair work involved modifying two of the windows.
A. cleating B. changing C. mending D. painting
9. We derive knowledge mainly from books.
A. deprive B. obtain C. descend D. trace
