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 Blamey 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
第2部分：阅读判断(第16～22题，每题1分，共7分)
阅读下面这篇短文，短文后列出了7个句子，请根据短文的内容对每个句子做出判断。如果该句提供的是正确信息，请在答题卡上把A涂黑;如果该句提供的是错误信息，请在答题卡上把B涂黑;如果该句的信息文章中没有提及，请在答题卡上把C涂黑。请访问考试大网站http://www.examda.com/
Hercules
Once upon a time there was a great Greek hero, Hercules. He was taller and stronger than anyone you have ever seen. On his shoulder he carried a club and in his hand he held a bow (弓). He was known as the hero of a hundred adventures.
Hercules served a king. The king was afraid of him. So again and again he sent him on difficult tasks. One morning the king sent for him and told him to fetch three golden apples for him from the garden of the Singing Maidens (歌女). But no one knew where the garden was.
So Hercules went away. He walked the whole day and the next day and the next. He walked for months before he saw mountains far in the distance one fine morning. One of the mountains was in the shape of a man, with long, long legs and arms and huge shoulders and a huge head. He was holding up the sky. Hercules knew it was Atlas, t
