1、易混词语辨、练、析（Module 2）一、 vanish; disappear; fade1. She made a bow and _ behind the curtain.2. The magician waved his hand, and the hat suddenly _ into air.3. The wallpaper has _ from red to pale pink.Key： 1. disappeared 2. vanished 3. faded 【简析】 vanish“消失，不见”，指突然间化为乌有，强调非常彻底地、神秘莫测地消失、失踪 （如2）；disappear
2、“消失”，强调不能看见，从视野中“消失”（如1）；fade指“（衣服等的颜色）褪色，声音的逐渐消失”（如3）。二、 hold out; hold back; hold on; hold up; hold to1. The dam was not strong enough to _ the floods.2. We can stay here as long as our supplies _. 3. Doctors _ little hope of his recovering.4. They managed to _ until help arrived.5. We were _ on o
3、ur way to the airport in the traffic jam.6. He always _ his belief that hard working will lead to success.Key: 1. hold back 2. hold out 3. hold out 4. hold on 5. held up 6. holds to【简析】 hold out“维持、保持”，“伸出”（如2），该词还可以表示“提供（机会）”，“带来（希望）”，“使（有可能）”（如3）；hold back“退缩”，“扣住、保留”，“阻止、阻挡、控制或限制某人（某事物）”（如1）；hold
4、 on“等一下”，“历经危难而不死，坚持住”（如4）；hold up“举起”， “以武力或暴力威胁”，“阻碍或延误某人（某事物）”（如5）；hold to“不放弃、不改变（原则、观点等）”，“忠于某事物”（如6）。三、 power; force; strength; energy1. The _ of the government has increased greatly over the past century.2. The thief took the money from the old man by _.3. I have hardly enough _ left to move
5、my feet.4. Heat is a form of _.5. He devoted all his _ to the management of the store.Key：1. power 2. force 3. strength 4. energy 5. energy / enerhies【简析】 power “能力”，“权力”，指任何力和力量，着重行动所根据的职权或能力（如1）；force指使人或物体克服阻力，开始或加快运动的力，即实际上做功的力，引申为“武力”或“暴力”等（如2），其复数形式forces表示“兵力、军队”；strength“体力”,“强度”,“力量”，指人或物体内存的某种能力（如3）；energy“能量”，“精力”，指物理学上的能的概念或生理上的精力（如4、5）。
