词汇选项下面共有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.We saw a lot of commercial buildings in Chicago.
A condemned B razed C business D vacant
2.Salt has been a respected commodity for much of recorded time.
A flavoring B preservative C remedy for illnes D article of trade
3.Pure feldspar is a colorless, transparent mineral, but impurities commonly make it opaque and colorful.
A truly B rapidly C periodically D frequently
4.In 1925 Clarence Darrow competently opposed William Jennings Bryan at the renowned Scopes Monkey Trial.
A adeptly B maliciously C privately D rashly
5.The Olympic Games attempt to transcend national interests and bring together the best international athletes in a spirit of friendly competition and peace.
A debate B celebration C instruction D rivalry
6.Each member of the committee helped to gather the information contained in the report.
A surmount B consig C compil D devise
7.In recent years people have become interested in purchasing gemstones for investment.
A works of arts B rural land C houses D jewels
8.Mosquitoes generally breed in swampy areas.
A always B usually C rarely D never
9.Solar energy is generated as protons fuse to form helium atoms.
A bred B conceived C developed D produced
10.Since rhetoric is the art of calculated polemic and has persuasion as its goal, can it be considered a verbal science?
A competition B objective C subject D core
11.The works of Walt Whitman had a lasting effect on the development of modern American poetry.
A an enduring B an unknown C a startling D a final
12 Not until his play Beyond the Horizon was produced was Eugene ONeill lauded as the foremost creative American playwright.
A compensated B secretly named C given preference D praised
13.A prominent advocate of woman suffrage, Susan B.Anthony lectured throughout the Unites States for the cause of womens rights.
A raised money B arranged meetings C wrote articles D gave speeches
14.Helen Kellers achievements as an author and lecturer were an inspiration to millions.
A editor B directo C correspondent D speaker
15.A corporation is a business organization that is formed to act as a single person and is legally endowed with particular rights and duties.
A by word B by law C laudably D liberally