本期練習(xí)重點(diǎn)：易混詞
1. The school principle told me that I could be in the football ___1____
team if I practised more.
2. The strange, almost incomprehensible fact is that many professors,
just like they feel obliged to write dully, believe that they sholud ___2___
lecture dully.
3. The unemployment rate in the US arose to 4.5% in April from 4.3% ___3___
in March due to its economic slowdown.
4. Using cells from immature animals makes it more difficult for
secientists to perdict with certainty the physical character of the ___4___
resultant clone.
5. We must not forget that advertising makes a positive contribution
to our products. Newsapaper, commercial radio and television
companies could not subsist without this resource of revenue. ___5___
6. The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two
things: the invention of labor-saving machinery and the developing of ___6___
science agriculture.
7. Many foreigners in England have considerate difficulty in making ___7___
themselves understood
8. Having lived in Guangzhou for years, some people still can’t adopt ___8___
themselves to the hot and humid weather.
9. At Duke, economy is the most popular major, attracting nearly 15 ___9___
percent of undergrates.
10. The orangutan of Sumatrs and Borneo shares 96.4 percentage of ___10___
the same genetic make-up humans.
參考答案及解析:
1. principle -> principal
principle意為“原則，原理”，principal意為“校長”，根據(jù)句子的意思這里應(yīng)該是“學(xué)校校長”。
2. like -> as
like: 像……一樣。like后面不能接從句。
as: 介詞（作為），副詞（如此），關(guān)系代詞，連詞（因?yàn)椋浑S著；雖然；正如）
3. arose -> rise
arise：沒有“上升”之意，多指“產(chǎn)生，發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)”，是不及物動詞；
rise：“上升、增長”，是不及物動詞；
raise：是及物動詞，表示把具體事物抬起到高處或提高某抽象事物（工資，地位等）。
4. character -> characteristic
character“性格，角色”，characteristic意為“特性，特征”。
5. resource -> source
resource意為“資源”，source意為“來源”，此處指稅收來源，故使用后者。
6. developing -> development
這里應(yīng)該使用develop的名詞形式development，表示“科技農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展”。developing的意思是“發(fā)展中的…”。此處的development與invention是并列的。
7. considerate -> considerable
considerate意為“體貼的，周到的”，用法有be considerate of sb；
considerable意為“相當(dāng)大的，相當(dāng)多的”。根據(jù)意思應(yīng)該用后者。
8. adopt -> adapt
adopt意為“采用，采納；正是通過；收養(yǎng)”；
adapt意為“使適應(yīng)；改編，改寫”。
9. economy -> economics
economy：經(jīng)濟(jì)，經(jīng)濟(jì)制度；
economics：經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)；
economic：經(jīng)濟(jì)的，經(jīng)濟(jì)上的，經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的；
economical：節(jié)約的，節(jié)省的，be economical of “節(jié)省..”。
10. percentage -> percent
percentage不直接跟在數(shù)詞之后，常用于a percentage of sth /sb，如： Only a few vegetable-origin foods have such a high percentage og protein。而percent通常直接跟在數(shù)詞之后表示百分比的數(shù)值。
1. The school principle told me that I could be in the football ___1____
team if I practised more.
2. The strange, almost incomprehensible fact is that many professors,
just like they feel obliged to write dully, believe that they sholud ___2___
lecture dully.
3. The unemployment rate in the US arose to 4.5% in April from 4.3% ___3___
in March due to its economic slowdown.
4. Using cells from immature animals makes it more difficult for
secientists to perdict with certainty the physical character of the ___4___
resultant clone.
5. We must not forget that advertising makes a positive contribution
to our products. Newsapaper, commercial radio and television
companies could not subsist without this resource of revenue. ___5___
6. The agricultural revolution in the nineteenth century involved two
things: the invention of labor-saving machinery and the developing of ___6___
science agriculture.
7. Many foreigners in England have considerate difficulty in making ___7___
themselves understood
8. Having lived in Guangzhou for years, some people still can’t adopt ___8___
themselves to the hot and humid weather.
9. At Duke, economy is the most popular major, attracting nearly 15 ___9___
percent of undergrates.
10. The orangutan of Sumatrs and Borneo shares 96.4 percentage of ___10___
the same genetic make-up humans.
參考答案及解析:
1. principle -> principal
principle意為“原則，原理”，principal意為“校長”，根據(jù)句子的意思這里應(yīng)該是“學(xué)校校長”。
2. like -> as
like: 像……一樣。like后面不能接從句。
as: 介詞（作為），副詞（如此），關(guān)系代詞，連詞（因?yàn)椋浑S著；雖然；正如）
3. arose -> rise
arise：沒有“上升”之意，多指“產(chǎn)生，發(fā)生，出現(xiàn)”，是不及物動詞；
rise：“上升、增長”，是不及物動詞；
raise：是及物動詞，表示把具體事物抬起到高處或提高某抽象事物（工資，地位等）。
4. character -> characteristic
character“性格，角色”，characteristic意為“特性，特征”。
5. resource -> source
resource意為“資源”，source意為“來源”，此處指稅收來源，故使用后者。
6. developing -> development
這里應(yīng)該使用develop的名詞形式development，表示“科技農(nóng)業(yè)的發(fā)展”。developing的意思是“發(fā)展中的…”。此處的development與invention是并列的。
7. considerate -> considerable
considerate意為“體貼的，周到的”，用法有be considerate of sb；
considerable意為“相當(dāng)大的，相當(dāng)多的”。根據(jù)意思應(yīng)該用后者。
8. adopt -> adapt
adopt意為“采用，采納；正是通過；收養(yǎng)”；
adapt意為“使適應(yīng)；改編，改寫”。
9. economy -> economics
economy：經(jīng)濟(jì)，經(jīng)濟(jì)制度；
economics：經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)；
economic：經(jīng)濟(jì)的，經(jīng)濟(jì)上的，經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的；
economical：節(jié)約的，節(jié)省的，be economical of “節(jié)省..”。
10. percentage -> percent
percentage不直接跟在數(shù)詞之后，常用于a percentage of sth /sb，如： Only a few vegetable-origin foods have such a high percentage og protein。而percent通常直接跟在數(shù)詞之后表示百分比的數(shù)值。