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词以“群”分 “用法”各异 used to;? be used to; get used to 1. Computers ______ do many things for people now. 2. She ______ work in a small factory before she came here. 3. The boss is glad that the new workers ______ hard work now. 4. He asked if I ______ driving on the left while I was traveling in England. 5. They ______ play golf, didn’t they？ Key: 1. are used to??? 2. used to??? 3. are / get used to 4. was / got used to???? 5. used to 解析: used to意为“过去常常”,后接动词原形；常用来表示今昔对比，暗含不那样做了（如2和5）。 be used to接动词原形， 表示“被用来做某事”（如1）;而be / get used to后接名词、代词或动词-ing形式，表示“习惯于;适应”（如3和4）。 “能力”有别 ability; capacity; potential 1. The health center serves all patients, regardless of their ______ to pay. 2. One of their children has the ______ to be a brilliant scientist. 3. The children were born without the ______ to walk. 4. Children have a remarkable ______ to learn language. 5. The company has the ______ to build 1,500 trucks a year. 6. My son has acting ______, but he needs a lot of training. 7. The hall has a seating ______ of 2, 000 persons. Key: 1. ability???? 2. potential???? 3. ability 4. capacity / ability??? 5. capacity??? 6. potential 7. capacity 解析: ability既指天赋的“能力”(如3)，也指培养造就而获得的“本领；才能”或已经表现出来的实际“能力”(如1和4)。 capacity 用于物时，指“（容纳接受的）能力”（如7）;生产能力（如5），有时可翻译为“容量;容积”；用于人时，一般不指体力，多指才智、道德等方面，尤其指接受能力等（如4）。 potential表示“潜在的能力;可能性”（如2和6）。 refuse; reject 1. Judge Gifford ______ the defense’s request. 2. All apples with soft spots ______, even in the Christmas Rush. 3. The horse ______ the apple. 4. Gibson ______ the idea as “absurd”. 5. How can he ______ to obey the order as a soldier? 6. Tom ______ by the army because of his bad eyesight. 7. Under the law, doctors cannot ______ patients access to their own medical records. 8. My brother asked her to marry him, but she ______. Key:? 1. rejected / refused? ?2. were rejected? 3. refused / rejected? ?4. rejected? ?5. refuse 6. was rejected ?7. refuse????? 8. refuse 解析： 两者都作“拒绝”讲，指不去做别人要求你做的事或不接受别人提供的某物（如1和3）。但refuse更常接表示“邀请、许可”等意义的词；且