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