单选题
Since any answer was likely to cause embarrassment to his party, the politician tried to ______ the question.
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] A项“evade逃避，躲避”符合题意，如：The released criminal always tries to evade the police. (释放犯总想不要碰上警察。)其他三项“B项delude迷惑，蛊惑；C项seclude隔离；D项invade侵略，侵袭”都不正确。本题空格处是说这位政治家尽量回避这个问题。因此A项为正确答案。