The two pharmaceutical companies collaborated in developing new drugs to______the pain of patients in the terminal stages of cancer.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】各项的意思是:alleviate减轻,缓解,缓和;confront勇敢地面对,正视;insulate使绝缘,使隔离;terminate结束,使终结。根据句意判断,答案是A。