单选题 The suspect ______ that he had not been in the neighbourhood at the time of the crime.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[译文]犯罪嫌疑人称案发时他并没有在附近。 [题解]近义动词辨析：advocate“拥护，主张，提倡”；allege“断言，宣称”，与句意相符；address“演讲，向……作(正式)讲话；(在信封或包裹上)写姓名地址”；announce“宣布，宣告；声称，叙说；预告，预示”。