(八)形近詞。
    測(cè)試的內(nèi)容是拼寫和詞形，特別是一些意義也比較接近的詞，這類詞為數(shù)不多，所以，完形填空中這類空格占分比重也較小，常見的這類詞有：accept—except，adapt—adopt，angel一angle，bad—bed'beside—besides，clash—crash—elLiSh，comment—command，die—due，dusk—dust．effect—affect—effon，fellow—foIlow，formal—former，glass—grass，idea—jdeal，later—late—latter，major—mayor，impress—express，possible—principle，quiet—quite，rise—aris—arouse，sent—cent，SOW—sew，steal—steel，through—thou曲一thorough，weather—whether等。
    如下題中的題1、4、5、8和10：
    Having passed what I considered the wont obstacle，our spirits—1—．We made towards the left of the cliff,where the going was better，though—2—steeper．Here we found—3—snow，as most 0f it seemed to have been—4—0ff the mountain．We could not see the mountains in the—5—because clouds were forming all round us．
    About l o'clock a storm came up suddenly．We—6—its apporach but we were concentrating on cutting steps，and before we had time—7—anything，we were—8—by snow．We could not move up or down andhad t0 wait motionless，getting—9—．—10—my hood，my nose and cheeks were frostbitten and I—11 ahand out 0fmy glove to warlTl them．
    1．A．roseB．raisedC．a(chǎn)roseD．a(chǎn)roused
    2．A．quiteB．fairlyC．ratherD．hardly
    3．A．fewB．a(chǎn) fewC．1ittleD．a(chǎn) little
    4．A．brewnB．brownC．blewnD．blown
    5．A．distanceB．instanceC．instantD．distant
    6．A．may not have noticedB．had to notice
    C．must have noticedD．ought to have noticed
    7．A．t0 makeB．for makingC．to doD．for doing
    8．A．blinded．B．boundedC．bindedD．bound
    9．A．More cold and more coldB．colder and colder
    C．more frozen and more frozenD．frozen and frozen
    10．A．In spite ofB．Inspire 0fC．In case 0fD．Despite of
    l I．A．dared not t0 bringB．dared not bring
    C．dared not to takeD．dared not take
    (參考答案：1．A，2．c，3．c，4．D，5．A，6．D，7．c，8．A，9．B，10．D，11．D)