题目内容：

Unlike some other European languages, English is a little tricky when it comes to writing. How a word 1. (pronounce) and how it is actually spelt can be very different things. Take two simple 2. (verb) like “have” and “save” --shouldn’t they be pronounced the same? Why do “sir” “her” and “fur” all rhyme, but “fork” and “work” don’t?

Imagine, then, a situation 3. two words are spelt and pronounced exactly the same way, but have 4. (complete) different meanings. Welcome to the world of homonyms（同形同音异）. 5. (take), for example, the word “fair” --it can be a kind of festival or an adjective to describe the color of your hair.

So how do you know which 6. (mean) someone is referring to? ---You don’t, except by the context. Obviously, if someone asks you to “give them a hand”, they don’t want you to remove 7.is at the end of your am.

Sometimes even the context doesn’t help much --- the result can be 8. (amuse). These sentences play with the double meaning of a noun.

I used to be a banker, 9. I lost interest.

A small boy swallowed some coins and had to go to hospital. When his grandmother phoned 10. (ask) how he was, the nurse said, “No change yet”.