Task 2 Choose the more suitable word from the two provided for each blank in the following sentences, and give reasons for your choice.
1. We all went to the exhibition       (besides, except) the director, who was too busy to go.
2. Many people here have got other income       (besides, except) their wages.
3. She likes to sit       (besides, beside) the window.
4. The internal situation of a country usually _____ (effects, affects) its foreign policy.
5. Their hard work _____ (effected, affected) rapid progress in the work.
6. A large ______ (amount, number) of cement was used for this project.
7. A large ______ (amount, number) of people volunteered to do this difficult job.
8. The chairman made some ______ (complementary, complimentary) remarks about the speakers.
9. His strong points and hers are ______ (complimentary, complementary).
10. She is an ______ (eminent, imminent) artist in this city.
11. As a result of overproduction, a depression seems ______ (eminent, imminent) in this rich country.
12. There will be       (farther, further) changes in the itinerary.
13. This group of explorers went       (farther, further) in the desert than that one.
14. She can now spend       (less, fewer) time preparing her lessons than before.
15. She spent       (less, fewer) days in the city than planned.
16. Many beautiful paintings were ______ (hung, hanged) on the walls.
17. It is reported that some of the leaders of the coup in that country were ______ (hung, hanged).
18. He tried ______ (hard, hardly) but failed to finish his work in time.
19. The interpreter could        (hard, hardly) catch up with the fluent speaker.
20. What the minister has said ______ (implies, infers) that there will be a change in the economic policy.
21. From his statement the listeners ______ (imply, infer) that there will be a change in the economic policy.
22. He put all his things         (in, into) his suitcase.
23. All his things were       (in, into) his suitcase.
24.       (Its, It's) Jim who has helped me.
25. I like the cut of the jacket, but I don't like       (its, it's) color.
26. He ______ (lay, laid) his pen on the desk and began reading.
27. He ______ (lay, laid) on the grass, looking at the sky.
28. She treats the orphan       (as, like) her son.
29. ______ (As, Like) a friend I would advise you to stop smoking at once.
30. The inspector       (may be, maybe) here any day.
31.       (May be, Maybe) Jesse knows where she is.
32. His horse jumped and he fell       (of, off) it.
33. At 80 he died       (of, off) a heart attack.
34. One of her       (principals, principles) is that honesty is the best policy.
35. The       (principal, principle) of the school will resign because of poor health.
36. Rice is the         (principal, principle) food of the inhabitants of this area.
37. The director is a very       reported (practical, practicable) man; he has no fanciful ideas.
38. These plans are good and       (practised, practicable).
39. He ______ (rose, raised) from his seat to greet the guests.
40. He       (rose, raised) his voice and said, "No!"
41. I       (am used, used) to working at a quick tempo.
42. I     (am used, used) to work 11 hours a day, but I can't do that any more.
43. She is       (proud, arrogant) of the success her group has won.
44. That aristocrat often speaks in       (a proud, an arrogant) tone.
45. One of her       (questions, problems) is that she is pressed for time.
46. The speaker said at the end of his talk that       (questions, problems) were welcome.
47. The day was ______ (typical, representative) of deep winter here: it was snowing heavily and a north wind was blowing.
48. This may be considered his       (typical, representative) novel.
49. She wishes she were as       (thin, slim) as Jane.
50. She had only two       (thin, slim) slices of bread for breakfast.
51. He illustrated his theory with convincing       (examples, samples).
52. Here are two       (examples, samples) of student compositions.
53. Chinese culture has a       (continual, continuous) history of 5 000 years.
54. The ______ (continual, continuous) rain slowed down the construction.
55. The chairman talked about future plans       (at, toward) the end of his report.
56. They had snacks       (at, toward) the end of the meeting.

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