1. Lisa has difficulty adapting new surroundings. (x)
Lisa has difficulty adapting to new surroundings. (√)
adapt(oneself) to sth意为“(使自己)适应某物”。
2. The movie is adapted for a best-seller.(x)
The movie is adapted from a best-seller.(√)
be adapted for sth意为“被改编成......"，如:The novel has been adapted for the stage.(这本小说已被改编成舞台剧。)be adapted from sth意为“改编自……”。
3. Add some sugar into your coffee, if you like.(x)
Add some sugar to your coffee, if you like.(√)
add sth to sth意为“将某物加入到某物”，是固定用法。
4. The dragon dance will add up the festive atmosphere.(x)
The dragon dance will add to the festive atmosphere.(√)
add up是“把数字加在一起(以求总数)”，如:Please add up these figures.(请把这些数字加在一起。)add to=increase，是“增加”的意思。
5. He admitted he was addictive to drinking. (x)
He admitted he was addicted to drinking.(√)
addictive是指“烟酒或药物会使人上瘾”，如:Smoking is highly addictive.(抽烟极容易使人上瘾。)be addicted to+N/V-ing是指“某人有……之瘾”或“沉迷于......”。
6. I was brought up by my adopting parents.(x)
I was brought up by my adoptive parents.(√)
adopt sb表“领养小孩”.如:You can become parents by adopting a child.(你们领养个小孩就可以当父母了。)adoptive是“领养的”，所以adoptive parents是指“养父母”;adopted是“被领养的”，因此adopted children是“养子女”。
7. The retired colonel is advancing in years.(x)
The retired colonel is advanced in years.(√)
be advanced in years是指“某人已经年迈”，为固定用法。advancing years / age则用来描述某人“年事渐高”，如:We should take his advancing age into account.她年事渐高，我们也该将其列入考虑范围。)
8. Let the give you an advice.(x)
Let me give you a bit of advice.(√)
advice为不可数名词，所以不能直接用不定冠词an来修饰，也不能在其后加s来表示复数的概念。不过，我们可用a bit / piece / word of advice来表示“一条建议”，用bits / pieces / words of advice来表示“很多条建议”。
9. Many dietitians advise to eat more fruit.(x)
Many dietitians advise eating more fruit.(√)
Many diet}ians advise people to eat more fruit.(√)
表示“给予忠告或建议”时要用advise，句型如下:advise sb to do sth或advise+N/V-ing。
10. We don't want any foreign countries to interfere in our internal affair.(x)
We don't want any foreign countries to interfere in our internal affairs.(√)
单数的affair可指个人的“私事”或与某人的“暖昧关系”，如:My private life is my own affair.(我的私生活是我的私事，用不着你管。)He had an affair with his secretary.(他跟他的秘书有染.)但指国家的重大事务，如外交、内政等时，均用其复数形式affairs，如:foreign affairs。