一、单项选择题。

1.词汇选项

The government is debating the education laws.

A） discussing

B） defeating

C） delaying

D） declining

2.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

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） concerns

A） excludes

D） involves

8.All the people assembled at Mary's house.

A） collected

B） fixed

C） asserted

D） assist

9.He made an immense amount of money in business.

A） large

B） small

C） limited

D） little

10.The substance can be added to gasoline to accelerate the speed of automobiles.

A） quicken

B） shorten

C） loosen

D） enlarge

11.We should never content ourselves with a little book knowledge only.

A） convince

B） satisfy

C） comfort

D） benefit

12.We should contemplated the problem from all sides.

A） deliberated

B） thought

C） described

D） designed

13.His health had deteriorated while he was in prison.

A） became better

B） became worse

C） became stronger

D） became weaker

14.I meant to give you this book today, but I forgot.

A） intended to

B）tended to

C） extended to

D） pretended to

15.As a matter of fact, I love soft music more than popular music.

A） basically

B） probably

C） actually

D） accurately