Task 6

With the help of a dictionary, distinguish the meanings of the commonly confused pair of words and fill in the spaces with appropriate answers.

a. The (1) building reaches (2) into the sky.
b. One (3) of this drug is that it will greatly (4) the eye-sight of the patients.
c. Although the lecturer tries her very best to deliver the materials in an (5) way, not many students seem to be (6) .
d. The surgeon team tried very hard to (7) his damaged cells and now he is on the (8) .
e. With her dying breath, Sarah (9) a whisper and (10) peacefully on the bed.
f. Since there is a (11) in the demand of mobile phone services, the network providers deliberately (12) the price.
g. The social problems (13) from the influx of mainland immigrants (14) the concerns of the public.