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有些英文字的串法相似,但意思卻大相逕庭,例如「father」和「farther」,前者解作「父親」,後者則解作「更遠的」;而「disease」、「decease」和「decrease」便分別解作「疾病」、「死亡」和「減少」。正所謂「差之毫釐,繆以千里」,用詞錯誤,小則教人摸不著頭腦,大則引起誤會、令人尷尬。因此,若使用容易混淆的英文字,切記要格外留神。


請從選項中選出正確答案,使句子的意思完整。

1. The ________ reason behind her decision is to protect children from warfare.

  a. principal b. principle c. princess


2. The management is ________ of the company’s financial performance in the coming year.

  a. confidant b. confident c. confidential


3. This research project will be completed in the ________ half of the year.

  a. later b. latter c. letter


4. Decorations of the restaurant ________ from time to time.

  a. vary b. variety c. very


5. He decides to ________ an environmental-friendly approach so as to reduce paper consumption of the department.

  a. adapt b. adobe c. adopt


6. ________ strikes can cause fire and property damage.

  a. Lighting b. Lightening c. Lightning


7. The vehicle was ________ when the lorry crashed into it.

  a. station b. stationary c. stationery


8. Due to ________ weather conditions, we decide to postpone the ceremony.

  a. service b. serve c. severe


9. I am hungry. When can the ________ be ready?

  a. super b. supper c. supreme


10. In addition to the students’ academic performance, the school attaches great importance to ________ education.

  a. moral b. morel c. morale

 

答案
 
1.   2.   3.    4.   5.   6.   7.   8.   9.   10.

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第一百四十二則遊戲答案︰
 
1. (i) Long Ping Road (ii) B
2. (i) Temple Street (ii) A
3. (i) Castle Peak Road (ii) D
4. (i) Sycamore Street (ii) C
5. (i) Tung Lo Wan Road (ii) B
6. (i) 翡翠里 (ii) A
7. (i) 愛秩序街 (ii) C
8. (i) 賈炳達道 (ii) C
9. (i) 蝴蝶谷道 (ii) A
10. (i) 協和街 (ii) B


經抽籤後,得獎者名單如下︰

      姓名 所屬單位 /  職位
1. FONG Nga-yee PC, DIT 2 ,WTSDIST
2. LEE Siu-yan ACO, F2 Filing P&A
3. CHAN Hau-wai PC 5957, SDS STDIST
4. 黃宏俊 PC, UB INT RAILDIST
5. LAU Kwok-wing SGT 51102, OSSU Team 4 MOSDIV
6. CHANG Yee-ching WDPC, DIS MKDIST
7. HUI Sui-king PCO, Crime Wing TSD
8. LIN Pui-shan PS to CSP PR SQ, SQW

 
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