单选题
Although the two companies talked about how little ______ there is between them, they still expect to eliminate about 100,00 positions from among a combined work force of 140,000 after their mergence.(2004年厦门大学考博试题)
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析：本题空格处意思是两家公司之间的重叠处很少。A项“overlap重叠处”符合题意，如：The style in these two books largely overlaps．(这两本书的文体有许多处是一致的。)其他三项“combination结合；congregation集合：inundation洪水”都不正确。