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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　The cheetah is?considered?the fastest of all land animals. 　　A　regarded as 　　B　substituted for 　　C　compelled to be 　　D　expected to be 　　2　Writing is a skill that requires?consistent?practice. 　　A　invariable 　　B　orderly 　　C　regular 　　D　customary 　　3　Some birds?consistently?return to the same nesting area each spring. 　　A　occasionally 　　B　purposely 　　C　regularly 　　D　surprisingly 　　4　Cold air causes the arteries around the heart to?constrict. 　　A　become rigid 　　B　contract 　　C　close 　　D　die 　　5　Crayfish, small freshwater crustacean similar to lobsters, are?consumed?by inhabitants of the Mississippi River Basin. 　　A　bred 　　B　caught 　　C　eaten 　　D　supplied 　　6　Groundwater, a resource that exists everywhere beneath the Earths surface, is under in-creasing risk from?contamination?and overuse, 　　A　popularization 　　B　contraction 　　C　pollution 　　D　industrialization 　　7　The ability to contemplate two?contradictory?thoughts at once is said to be a mark of genius. 　　A　hypothetical 　　B　profound 　　C　opposing 　　D　mathematical 　　8　What he said was?contrariwise?to what we expected. 　　A　ironic 　　B　innate 　　C　opposite 　　D　circumspect 　　9　The graduate students will?convene?in the Student Union. 　　A　converse 　　B　meet 　　C　summon 　　D　raze 　　10　The new theory was?corroborated. 　　A　confirmed 　　B　bleached 　　C　hurled 　　D　refrained 　　11　Needlepoint has always been an elegant and?costly?form of embroidery. 　　A　expensive 　　B　beautiful 　　C　popular 　　D　complicated 　　12　Mary McCarthys satires are?couched?in a prose style that has a classic precision. 　　A　fused 　　B　prefaced 　　C　standardized 　　D　expressed 　　13　A person who deals with the public must be?courteous?at all times, even when he or she is very tired. 　　A　forthright 　　B　polite 　　C　decisive 　　D　neat 　　14 Photojournalist Margaret Bourke-White became famous for her?coverage?of significant events during the Second World War. 　　A　usage