(八)形近词。
测试的内容是拼写和词形，特别是一些意义也比较接近的词，这类词为数不多，所以，完形填空中这类空格占分比重也较小，常见的这类词有：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。
如下题中的题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.aroseD.aroused
2.A.quiteB.fairlyC.ratherD.hardly
3.A.fewB.a fewC.1ittleD.a 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
(参考答案：1.A，2.c，3.c，4.D，5.A，6.D，7.c，8.A，9.B，10.D，11.D)