4. know, know of, know about

　 (1) know 用作动词，意思是“(直接地)获知，懂得，认识，熟悉”。I don't know whether he is here or not. / I know him to be honest.

　 (2) know of和know about的意思都是“(间接地)获知”，指听别人说到或从书报上看到，二者没有什么区别。

3. except for, except, but, besides

　 表示“除了”的词或短语有：except; but; except for; besides; except that (when...) 等。

　 (1) except 和 but 都表示“除了……之外。没有”，二者大多数情况下可以互换；但在no, all, nobody, nothing, no one 等词后多用 but。No one knows our teacher's address except / but him. (排除him)

　 (2) besides 除……之外，还……，有附加性。What other foreign languages do you know besides English? (English与other languages都属于know的范围)

　 (3) except for 只不过……，整体肯定，部分修正，用于排除非同类事物，for表示细节上的修正。 Your article is well written except for a few spelling mistakes.

2. boring, bored, bore

　 boring adj. 令人厌烦的 The book is very boring.

　 bored adj. 感到厌烦的 I'm bored with the book.

　 bore vt. 令人厌烦　 This book bores me.

　 有些表示情感的及物动词，有与bore类似的用法。如：interest, excite, surprise, amaze, frighten, astonish, move, inspire, touch, scare, disappoint, puzzle, worry 这类词的现在分词形式，为“令人……”；过去分词形式，为“感到……”。

1. especially, specially

　 especially adv. 特殊地；尤其是

　 (1)侧重于多种事物或人中比较突出的。I like all the subjects at school, especially English. (尤其是英语)

　 (2) especially 后可接介词短语或从句。I like the Yuelu Mountains, especially in spring. (尤其是在春天) Noise is unpleasant, especially when you are trying to sleep.

　 specially 侧重特意地、专门地做某事 (后面常接for sb. 或to do sth.)

I made a chocolate cake specially for you.

7. Nearly half of the companies ____ the same opinion with the government. (share / shared)

[词语比较]

6. I find a better way ____ this problem. (to solve)

5. ____ with Class Two, ours has more boy students. (Compared)

4. We can't decide. The plan needs to be ____. (considered)

3. The headmaster ignored the ____ between Mrs. Wang and his nephew. (argument)

2. Bob thought it ____ to solve maths problems while others hated it. (fun)