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如我在前一帖"吓唬"过大家，要给各位留作业，这是练习题#1。

下列每题有两至三个选择词，他们读音(美音)相同但词义不同。选择正确的(次序)填入空内。

1.         In an airplane, I prefer an _____ seat than a window one.

                        a.         isle,                 b.         aisle

2.         He _____s a _____of _____s.

                        a.         pair                 b.         pare                c.         pear

3.         Her mom has three sisters, so she has at least three _____.

                        a.         ants                 b.         aunts

4.         This _____ of art work reflects the mind _____ of author's.

                        a.         peace             b.         piece

5.         You can't probably ____ it, but Chinese people eat dog meat and ____ feet.

                        a.         bear                b.         bare

6.         His small _____ sits still in that _____ field.

                        a.         plain                b.         plane

7.         The state lawmakers gather in the state ______ city and soon they will meet in the ______ building.

                        a.         capital             b.         capitol

8.         The school _________ is very clear on his _________s of managing this school.

                        a.         principal         b.         principle

9.         Those salesmen ____  ___-phones.  The case of this newly designed phone smells a pleasing ______.

                        a.         cell                  b.         sell                  c.         scent

10        In your class of ________ economics, you should have learned the concepts of capital _________ and interest.

                        a.         principle         b.         principal

11.       The wine ______ is himself a connoisseur and collects quality wines from all over the world in his ______.

                        a.         cellar               b.         seller

12.       It ____s again.  The king _____s in his kingdom, but can not do anything about
weather.  No one can ____ the weather conditions. 

                        a.         rein                  b.         rain                  c.         reign

13.       This vehicle has a good  _____ device and it is rare for it to _____down.

                        a.         break              b.         brake

14.       He _____ a boat in the lake, while his sister ____ a bike on the ____ along the lake side.

                        a.         rode                b.         road                c.         rowed

15.       Nowadays you must pay a ____ price for a license of ____ hunting.

                        a.         deer                b.         dear

16.       As soon as he uses a ____ bait, he quickly hooks a fish and ___s it in.

                        a.         reel                  b.         real

17.       The ____ of this wine bottle is a circle and he draws a ____ on it.

                        a.         chord              b.         cord

18.       The reporter was _____ there, observing the whole ____ and deciding to _____ about it afterwards.

                        a.         right                 b.         write                c.         rite

19.       At the ____, they paid a ____ price for everything they purchased.

                        a.         fair                   b.         fare

20.       Right after the long hours of negotiation in which he took a major ____, he was so
             hungry and took a bread ____ to stuff his mouth.

                        a.         roll                   b.         role

答案在《Homonyms练习002》给出。各位做这么枯燥的练习，辛苦了。现在来一点轻松的。下面的句子带点幽默，请说出幽默在哪儿?

Why did the cat run away from the tree?  Because it saw the tree bark.

想要知道结果，两天后请看下集。