Study the meaning of each CONFUSING WORD and then fill in each blank with a correct answer. 　

1. mend: a. free from faults; 　　　　 b. simple repairing work 　

2. repair: repairing work which requires special skill or equipment (1) My telephone set stopped functioning. It will have to be sent for _____________. (2) The ill-behaved boy has ____________ his ways and has changed for the better. (3) It took quite some time for a damaged car to be properly _____________. (4) Please send for an experienced technician to _____________ the leakage in the roof. (5) You can ask your mother to _____________ the hole in the pocket. (6) It is never too late to turn and never too late to _____________. 　
3. able to: actual ability after some efforts (always commendable in meaning) 　

4. capable of: potential ability (mostly derogatory in meaning) (7) An evil-doer is _____________ all kinds of tricks and undesirable acts. (8) I hope I shall be _____________ return you the kindness shown to me. (9) At the age of three, Jaclyn is _____________ read and write simple words. (10) Are you _____________ predict what will happen in the years ahead? (11) As an administrator of high calibre, David is _____________ deal with any problem. (12) He is _____________ doing any bad thing if he loses his temper. (13) With her poor physical condition, is she _____________ long journey? (14) I don't think that small company is _____________ handling such a big oversea order.

5. agree: a. have the same opinon; 　 b. have a favourable opinion; 　c. say 'yes' 　

6. approve (of): a. have a favourable opinion; 　b. say 'yes' officially (15) Do you _____________ to leave for the airport at once? (16) You are welcome to come along if your parents _____________ it. (17) The committee hesitated to _____________ the impractical plan. (18) When Jim suggested that we go out for a walk in the public park, we readily _____________. (19) Has the Board of Directors _____________ your expansion project? (20) It is generally _____________ that a person with good qualifications and experience should be given a better job.

ANSWERS: (1) repairing; (2) mended; (3) repaired; (4) repair; (5) mend; (6) mend; (7) capable of; (8) able to; (9) able to; (10) able to; (11) able to; (12) capable of; (13) capable of; (14) capable of; (15) agree; (16) approve of; (17) approve; (18) agreed; (19) approved; (20) agreed