本期重點：易混詞
易混詞主要考查近義詞混用和形近詞混淆。英語詞匯中有很多詞在拼寫上、語義上很相似，如assure / ensure, rise / arise /raise, effect / affect, adopt / adapt，likely / probable，accept / receive，like / as，cost / spend等, 但是它們的用法卻迥然不同。這些易混淆的詞構成六級改錯的一個重要錯誤類型。
考點例析：
例1： His persistence was awarded when the car finally started. ________
解析：句中“award”是“頒發，授予(獎賞)”之義，而文中想要表達的意思是“汽車終于啟動了，那就是對他堅持不懈精神的回報。”應把award改成reward。
例2：A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times’ S5.________
content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues.
解析：動詞value有兩個含義：第一，to think that someone or something is important，比如I value our friendship。第二，to decide how much money something is worth，比如we decide to get this house valued。不論哪個含義，用于此都不適合。從文中可以推測這些人碰頭人是為了judge how good, useful, or successful the paper is，因此要用evaluate。
例3：Leprosy is caused by bacteria spread through liquid from the nose
and mouth. The disease mainly effects the skin and nerves. S4.________
解析：effect 作動詞時意為“產生，招致(某種結果);實現，完成”，但此處需要表示“影響”，故將effects -> affects.
鞏固與拓展
1. His success result from part in his ability to sell the product and
in part from his policy of expanding during periods of economical __________
decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their investments.
2. There is a train which leaves London at 5pm and
arrives Cambridge at 6:45pm. __________
3. In fact, psychologists adapt a similar approach to scientists in other fields ______
4. They are far more probable to report that they don’t have the time to ______
read the papers and have no interest in the content.
5. Ever since the enclosures, wool and then woolen cloth
had been the principle exports of England ________
綜合訓練
A “typical” British family used to consist of mother, father and two
children, and in recent years there have been many changes in family 1.____
life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and other 2. _____
are the result of changes in society. For example, for the law 3.___
made easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. 4. ______
In fact, one marriage in every three now end in divorce. This means that 5. ______
there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it
used to be with unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. 6._____
Another change has been caused by the fact people are living longer 7. ____
nowadays, and many old people lives alone following the death of their
partners. As a cause of these changes in the pattern of people’s lives, there 8.____
are many families consist of only one person or one person and children. .9._____
You might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they
once are. However, the majority of divorced people marry again and they 10._____
sometimes take responsibility for a second family.
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