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