Section A

　　Directions： In each item， choose one word that best keeps the meaning of the sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word. Mark out your choice on the ANSWER SHEET with a single line through the center.

　　16. He was nominated as the best model football player of 1996.

　　A） rejected

　　B） denied

　　C） designated

　　D） asserted来源：www.examda.com

　　17. The government is deliberating about what should be done to solve the problem.

　　A） regulating

　　B） diagnosing

　　C） contemplating

　　D） wandering

　　18. The Great Wall is a great tourist attraction， luring millions of visitors each year from all over the world.

　　A） attracting

　　B） serving

　　C） entertaining

　　D） receiving

　　19. The small building was established as a subsidiary of the great theatre n order to give young singers performing experience.

　　A） foundation

　　B） continuation

　　C） supplement

　　D） fraction

　　20. You must hand in your paper by the end of this month.

　　A） draft

　　B） submit来源：www.examda.com

　　C） modify

　　D） revise

　　21. The essence of the priest‘s sermon was that all human beings should love each other.

　　A） purpose

　　B） destination

　　C） definition

　　D） nature

　　22. He was too honorable to have gone without paying his premium.

　　A） respectable

　　B） considerate

　　C） hospitable

　　D） liable

　　23. The teacher asked his students to try to depict realistically the Battle of Waterloo.

　　A） recall

　　B） couch

　　C） celebrate来源：www.examda.com

　　D） describe

　　24. This autumn‘s electricity privatization alone is reckoned to have generated about 47 letters.

　　A） assessed

　　B） estimated

　　C） balanced

　　D） forecasted

　　25. Short， frequent practice is more effective than long， infrequent sessions， because it is less fatiguing.

　　A） deliberate来源：www.examda.com

　　B） harmful

　　C） sophisticated

　　D） exhausting