1. interest ; interesting ; interested

（1）The book is very _____ .

（2）He became very _____ in science .

（3）He shows a great _____ in this subject .

（4）What are your _____ in life ?

2. once ; as soon as

（1）_____ a beginning is made , the work is half done .

（2）_____ I get an answer from him , I’ll ring your up .

3. over ; across ; through

（1）We walked _____ the forest .

（2）I can’t jump _____ the fence（籬笆）.

（3）She swam _____ the river .

4. else ; other

（1）Are there any _____ questions ?

（2）Is there anything _____ ?

（3）The story is more interesting than the _____ one .

5. at last ; finally ; in the end

（1）I hope that everything will turn out all right _____ .

（2）We walked to the bus stop , then we took a bus and got to the station , and _____ , we got on the train .

（3）When _____ they got into the town , they found nobody in .

（4）The students made many suggestions but _____ they had to follow the teachers .

6. alive ; living ; lively

（1）His father is still _____ .

（2）His class is very interesting and _____ .

（3）Who’s the greatest man _____ ?

7. in（at）the front of ; in front ; in front of

（1）The driver is sitting _____ the bus .

（2）The grandmother walked slowly , and the children ran _____ .

（3）There are some apple trees _____ the house .

8. be used by ; be used for ; be used as

（1）English _____ a very useful working language .

（2）Knives can _____ cutting things .

（3）English _____business people all over the world .

9. the number of ; a number of

（1）_____ the pages in his book is two hundred .

（2）_____ students in our school are from cities .

10. too ; also ; either ; as well

（1）If you do not go , I shall not , _____ .

（2）He gave me advice , and money _____ .

（3）The children _____ went swimming .

（4）There was frost（霜）last night , and tomorrow , _____ !

11. try to do ; try doing

（1）He _____（climb）the tall tree , but he could not .

（2）The tree is very tall . He is _____（climb）it .

12. how many ; how much ; how long ; how often ; how soon ; how many times

（1）_____ have you been to Beijing ? Only once .

（2）_____ do you see your grandfather ? Once a week .

（3）_____ students are there in your school ? About two thousand .

（4）_____ will he be back ? In two weeks .

（5）_____ have you worked here ? For twenty years .

（6）_____ is it ? It’s fifty yuan .

13. little ; a little ; few ; a few

（1）We have _____ milk for the baby . Please go and buy some .

（2）Sorry , I can’t answer your question . I know _____ about the news .

（3）Li Lei has _____ friends , but he has _____ good friends .

（4）— Have you any friends here ? — Yes , I have _____ .

（5）The foreigner only knew _____ Chinese .

（6）A lot of us have tried , but _____ have pass the exam .

（7）— How far is it ? — Only _____ kilometres .

（8）Quite _____ people came here to see the strange animal though it was raining hard .

14. above , over

（1）Eagles fly _____ the white clouds .

（2）Don’t knock the vase _____ .

（3）Turn the table-cloth _____ .

（4）We heard a plane flying _____ .

15. no ; none ; no one

（1）There is _____ clouds in the sky .

（2）_____ other man could do the work .

（3）_____ told us about that .

（4）It’s _____ of your business !

16. besides ; except ; except for ; but

（1）We all went there _____ Tom .

（2）_____ teaching , he is in charge of school’s Youth League work .

（3）Your composition is good _____ some spelling mistakes .

（4）Last night I did nothing _____ watch TV .

17. lift ; raise ; rise

（1）Look ! The men _____ the heavy box onto the truck .

（2）Please _____ your hand .

（3）Prices _____ up already .

（4）The sun _____ in the east .

18. make from ; make of ; make into ; make up of ; make with

（1）Nylon is _____ air , coal and water .

（2）Bamboo can be _____ good walking sticks and fishing peoples .

（3）The medical team is _____ ten doctors .

（4）This cake is _____ six eggs.