第1部分：词当汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）

　　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 nursery is bright and cheerful．

　　a pleasant    b colorful

　　c  fashionable      d different

　　2 he is but a child．

　　a probably    b not

　　c  only      d hardly

　　3 the price of vegetables varies according to the weather．

　　a jumps    b rises

　　c  falls    d  changes

　　4 did you do that to irritate her?

　　a  tease    b  attract

　　c  annoy    d  protect

　　5 the old lady let her flat to an english couple.

　　a  offered    b  rented

　　c provided        d sold

　　6 a ship was reported to be in distress a few miles out at sea.

　　a disorder        b  formation

　　c  service    d  danger

　　7 you should cultivate the habit of reading carefully．

　　a  invent    b begin

　　c  develop    d  initiate

　　8 merge the following two short sentences into one new sentence.

　　a split    b combine

　　c  break    d divide

　　9 his hand writing is flowing and graceful.

　　a pleasing    b formal

　　c  informal    d  flowery

　　10 the sisters can't tolerate each other．

　　a  bear    b  hate

　　c  like        d  criticize

　　11 the dentist has decided to extract her bad tooth.

　　a  pullout    b  repair

　　c  take    d  dig

　　12 the child's abnormal behavior puzzled the doctor.

　　a  funny    b  eightening

　　c  repeated    d unusual

　　13 gunpowder was used extensively in firearms prior to 1990.

　　a in    b around

　　c from   d before

　　14 human facial expressions differ from those of animals in the degree to which they can be deliberately controlled and modified.

　　a sufficiently     b noticeably

　　c intentionally    d absolutely

　　15 foreign money can be comverted into the local currency at this bank.

　　a altered    b changed

　　c bought    d sold