第一节 同义词辨析、形近词辨析训练
A. adapt—adopt effective—efficient pause—pursue
empty—vacant –hollow in case/in case of/in the case of
1. We (adapted/adopted) ourselves to the hot weather.
2. Circumstances will force us finally to (adapt/adopt) this policy.
3. The German telephone system is highly (effective/efficient).
4. My headache's much better. Those tablets are (effective/efficient)
5. After graduating, she hopes to (pause/pursue) a career in the theatre.
6. It was very light to carry, being (empty/vacant /hollow) except for two shirts.
7. They always leave (empty/vacant/hollow) seats to whoever comes first.
8. (In case/In case of/In the case of) learning English, we must practise a lot.
9. He doesn't dare to leave the house (in case/in case of/in the case of) he is recognized.
10. (In case/In case of/In the case of) my not being there, ask my brother to help you.
B. except/except for considerate /considerable
formally /formerly respectable/respectful/respective
11. (Except/Except for) an old lady, the bus was empty.
12. It was very (considerate /considerable) of you to remember my birthday.
13. There was a (considerate/considerable) growth of the light industries during the war.
14. Begun in 1801, the road was (formally/formerly) opened in 1902.
15. This man, (formally /formerly) the possessor of much wealth, is now poor.
16. No educational system is perfect. Each one has its (limits/limitations).
17. The teacher is poor but (respectable/respectful/respective). I wish you would be more (respectable/respectful) to him.
18. The three men were given work according to their (respectable /respectful /respective) abilities.
C. practical /practicable live/alive/lively aches/sore
ache/pain/sore/painful temporary/permanent
19. It sounds like a good idea, but there are some (practical /practicable) difficulties.
20. Is it (practical/practicable) to try to grow crops in deserts?
21. I wish your mother was (live/alive/lively) to hear you!
22. The cat was playing with a (live/alive/lively) mouse.
23. He told a very (live/alive/lively) story about his life in Africa.
24. The Olympic Games in Mexico City and in Munich were telecast (live/alive/lively).
25. My knee (pains/aches/sore) me on damp days.
26. My leg (ached/pained/sore) and I was tired.
27. I have just had a tooth pulled out and my mouth is very (ache/pain/sore/painful).
28. He was such a wanderer that he never had a (temporary/permanent) address.
29. The pioneer life is (temporary/contemporary) and soon replaced by other forms of life.
D. model/medal recommend/introduce
engage/marry/divorce fell/felled principal/principle
30. This is the athlete who everyone says will win the gold (model/medal) at the winter Olympic Games.
31. The person who was (recommended/introduced) for the position did not fulfill the (maximum /minimum) requirements.
32. Officer ! I've been (stolen/robbed)
33. Officer My dog's been (stolen /robbed).
34. My aunt took me over at the age of three when my parents got (engaged/married/divorced)
35. Her head sank down, and two great tears (fell/felled) on his hand.
36. What's your (principal/principle) reason for wanting to be a doctor?
37. If you want a free day you'll have to ask the (principal/principle).
E. sensible/sensitive bleed/breed successive/excessive
exclusive/inclusive define/confine compel /repel
38. Our counselor offered a (sensible/sensitive) approach to the problem.
39. A (sensible/sensitive) instrument is one that will measure very small quantities.
40. Earthworms stop (bleeding/breeding) some time before they die.
41. The football team celebrated its fourth (successive/excessive) victory.
42. (Successive /Excessive) spending can lead to bankruptcy.
43. There are twenty-eight days in that month, (exclusive/inclusive) of Sundays.
44. The real-estate agent has the (exclusive/inclusive) right to sell the house.
45. I wish you would (confine/define) yourself to the matter under discussion.
46. The Constitution (defines/confines) the powers of the president.
47. Water and oil (compel /repel) each other.
48. The rain (compelled/repelled) us to stay in doors.
F.substitute/constitute access/assess/excess
crash /crush discourage/encourage contract/contact/contrast
49. If you cannot go yourself; please find someone to (substitute/constitute) you.
50. They are modern buildings with (distinct/extinct) national style.
51. Switzerland has (access/assess/excess) to the sea via the River Rhine.
52. The (access/excess) of losses over profits will ruin the business.
53. We saw the aircraft (crash /crush) and burst into flames.
54. Don't let one failure (discourage/encourage) you; try again.
55. When the .synthetic is (contracted/contacted/contrasted) with the natural one, the difference is very apparent.
56. Air expands when heated, and it (contracts/contacts/contrasts) when cooled.
G. charged/accuse emerge/submerge attach/detach
construct/instruct permit/permission/allowance
57. The police (charged/accused) him with breaking the law.
58. We saw the submarine (emerge/submerge) from the water.
59. He (attached/detached) his watch from the chain.
60. There was a nice little present for everyone, with a suitable poem (attached /detached).
61. A private tutor (constructed/instructed) the prince and princess.
62. You must obtain (permit/permission/allowance) from the landowner to fish in this river.
63. When he was a student, his father gave him a monthly (salary/permission/allowance) towards his expenses.
H. reward/prize/price/praise travel/voyage/journey
ask/enquire/question job/post/work march/wonder/wander
64. When he was at school, he won first (reward/prize/price/praise) for good behaviour.
65. When he makes a (travel/voyage/journey) by car, he takes his family with him.
66. Police officers working on the murder haves (asked/enquired/questioned) hundreds of families.
67. After the Cabinet reshuffle, the Minister wasn't very happy at his new (job/post/work).
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