下面共有15个句子，每个句子中均有1个词或短语画有底横线，请从每个句子后面所给的4个选项中选择1个与画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 high-speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences.
    A influence 
    B force 
    C surprise 
    D power

    2 Can you follow the plot?
    A change 
    B investigate 
    C understand 
    D write

    3 Even in a highly modernized country, manual work is still needed.
    A mental 
    B physical 
    C natural 
    D hard

    4 In the latter case the outcome can be serious indeed.
    A judgment 
    B result 
    C decision 
    D event

    5 Norman Blamey is an artist of deep convictions.
    A beliefs 
    B statements 
    C suggestions 
    D claims

    6 Up to now, the work has been easy.
    A So 
    B So long 
    C So far 
    D So that

    7 The report advocated setting up day training colleges.
    A supposed 
    B excited 
    C discussed 
    D suggested

    8 Accordingly, a number of other methods have been employed.
    A Afterwards 
    B Therefore 
    C However 
    D Furthermore

    9 The outlook from the top of the mountain is breathtaking.
    A sight 
    B view 
    C look 
    D point

    10 Our lives are intimately bound up with theirs.
    A tensely 
    B nearly
    C closely 
    D carefully

    11 The union representative put across her argument very effectively.
    A invented 
    B explained 
    C considered 
    D accepted

    12 He talks tough but has a tender heart.
    A heavy 
    B strong 
    C wild 
    D kind

    13 It is no use debating the relative merits of this policy
    A making 
    B taking 
    C expecting 
    D discussing

    14 Our statistics show that we consume all that we are capable of producing.
    A waste 
    B buy 
    C sell 
    D use

    15 The fuel tanks had a capacity of 140 liters.
    A function 
    B ability 
    C volume 
    D power