第一部分：词汇选项（第1~15题，每题1分，共15分）

下面每个句子中均有1个词或者短语有括号，请为每处括号部分确定1个意义最为接近的选项。

1.      He shifted his position a little in order to (alleviate) the pain in his leg.

        A.control   B. easy       C. experience      D. suffer

2.      Our aim was to (update) the health service, and we succeeded.

        A.offer       B. provide  C. modernize  D. fund

3.      She moves from one (exotic) location to another.

        A.unusual    B. familiar   C. similar  D. proper

4.      Nothing would (induce) me to vote for him again.

        A.teach        B. help   C. discourage D. attract             

5.      The photographs (evoked) strong memories of our holiday in France.

        A.refreshed  B. stored  C. blocked  D. erased

6.      The weather was (crisp) and clear and you could see the mountains fifty miles away.

        A.hot   B. heavy  C. fresh   D. windy

7.      Every week the magazine presents the (profile) of a well-known sports personality. 

        A. success  B. description   C. evidence  D. plan

8.      Her comments about men are (utterly) ridiculous completely. 

        A. slightly                B. completely  C. partly  D. faintly

9.      The walls are made of (hollow) concrete blocks. 

A . big   B. empty  C. long  D. now

10.   We almost (ran into) a Rolls-Royce that pulled out in front of us without signaling.

A. overtook  B. hit  C. passed  D. found

11.   When I heard the noise in the next room, I couldn’t resist having a (peep) look. 

        A.chance  B.    visit  C. look  D. try

12.   He has been granted (asylum) in France.    

     A.    power  B. relief  C. protection  D. license

13.  He was (weary) of the constant battle between them.      

A. fond  B. tired  C. proud  D. afraid

14.  Newborn babies can (discriminate) between a man’s and a woman`s voice.

A.&nb