60 Groups of Confusing Words60 Groups of Confusing Words.doc

Drills on 60 Groups of Confusing Words and Phrases 常考、易错词汇及短语60组 Direction: Choose just one word out of each pair to fill in the following sentences，changing its forms if necessary.1. accept/except I __________ your apology. Everyone __________ John may leave. 2. adapt/adopt In a foreign country, you must __________ new customs. The Grays plan to __________ several hard-to-place children. 3. advert/avert The speaker __________ an earlier talk she had given. She narrowly __________ a dangerous fall. 4. advice/advise Because of Michaels excellent __________, Bob completed a successful business deal. Michael will __________ Bob to be daring 5. affect/effect The accident did not __________ Thomas. The __________ on his brother, however, was great. 6. allusion/illusion T.S. Eliot uses an __________ to Greek mythology in that poem. You have the __________ that I enjoy classical music, I dont. 7. altar/alter Many a would-be-bride has been left at the __________. Would it be inconvenient for you to __________ your plans for this weekend? 8. amiable/amicable Kindly Dr. Brown is the most __________ professor on the faculty. Management and the union reached an _________ settlement. 9. among/between The campaign director divided the state __________ his three most competent assistants. (any number greater than two) In many of todays homes, the care of the children is divided __________ the two parents. 10. amount/number You would not believe the __________ of time I have spent on this project. I wish I could reuse the __________ of hours I have spent on this project. 11. ante-/anti- Scarlett OHara remembered those antebellum days fondly. (before) He is heading a new antinuclear committee in our city. (against) 12. anxious/eager I am __________ about the diagnosis. I am __________ to see your new car. 13. apt/liable/prone Having a good brain, he is __________ to get high grades. Unless it cuts spending, the firm is __________ to fail. Thomas is ______