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