專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)資料

1、專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第一篇：More people die of tuberculosis than of any other disease caused by a single agent. This has probably been the case in quite a while. During the _1_early stages of the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh _2_deaths in Europes crowded cities were caused by the disease. From _

2、3_now on, though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble _4_going into decline. With occasional breaks for war, the rates of death andinfection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and _5_20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics strength

3、ened thetrend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to _6_poor countries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid1980s the frequency of infections and deaths _7_started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, i

4、t came_8_back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World_9_Health Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earthspopulation)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,population growth kept the number of clinical cases more o

5、r less constantly at 8 _10_million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poorcountries.參考答案(反白可見(jiàn)):1 將in改為for; for quite a while 作 “相當(dāng)長(zhǎng)時(shí)間”講.2 將seventh改為seven3 將were改為was這個(gè)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的主語(yǔ)是單數(shù)短語(yǔ) one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用單數(shù).4將now 改為then5將Europe前的the 去掉6 將imported改為exported根據(jù)

6、上下文,應(yīng)該是向窮國(guó)出口抗生素,而不是從這些國(guó)家進(jìn)口抗生素.7 將are 改為were8 在vanished 前加had這里要表達(dá)的是 “結(jié)核病原來(lái)消失的地方,又爆發(fā)了結(jié)核病”,所以要使用過(guò)去完成時(shí).9 將better改為worse在結(jié)合病沒(méi)有消失的地方,這種病更加嚴(yán)重了,因此要用worse.10 將constantly改為constant在 “keep sb/ sth adj”結(jié)構(gòu)中的形容詞作補(bǔ)語(yǔ).專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第二篇：One of Americas most important export is her modern music. _1_American popular music is

7、playing all over the world. It is enjoyed _2_by people of all ages in all countries. Because the lyrics are English, _3_nevertheless people not speaking English enjoy it. The reasons forits popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.The music has many origins in the United States. Country music,

8、coming from the suburban areas in the southern United States, is one _4_source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describingday-to-day situations and the feelings of country people. Many peopleappreciate this music because the emotions expressed by country _5_music songs.A second ori

9、gin of American popular music is the blues. It depicted _6_mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. Itis usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is not popular with _7_all Americans.Rock music is a newer form of music. This music style, featuringfast and repe

10、titious rhythms, was influenced by the blues and countrymusic. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950s. Since then there _8_have been many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock,disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music areyoung musicians.American popular m

11、usic is marketed to a demanding audience.Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Somesongs become popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing _9_in their original English or sometimes translated into other languages.The words may coincide but the enjoyment of the m

12、usic is universal. _10_參考答案(反白可見(jiàn)):1 改export為exportsexport作可數(shù)名詞時(shí)指出口商品,同時(shí)根據(jù)one of 結(jié)構(gòu)也可以知道這里export要用復(fù)數(shù)結(jié)構(gòu)2 改playing為played動(dòng)詞play和句子主語(yǔ)American popular music是邏輯動(dòng)賓關(guān)系,必須用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài).3 改Because為T(mén)hough或者Although此句為讓步狀語(yǔ)從句4 改suburban為rural這里屬于詞義用錯(cuò),suburban為城市郊區(qū),鄉(xiāng)村音樂(lè)顯然來(lái)自鄉(xiāng)村地區(qū).5 改為because of6 改depicted為depicts本句錯(cuò)在時(shí)態(tài).句意為

13、“blues大多抒發(fā)哀傷情感,反映美國(guó)黑人的艱難生活.”為與全文主導(dǎo)時(shí)態(tài)一致,不能用過(guò)去時(shí).此外,blues現(xiàn)在的風(fēng)格依舊,故用現(xiàn)在時(shí)7 將not去掉8 改is為was此句有過(guò)去時(shí)間狀語(yǔ) in the 1950s, 陳述過(guò)去的一個(gè)事實(shí),故用一般過(guò)去時(shí)態(tài)9 改sing為sungsung 引導(dǎo)過(guò)去分詞短語(yǔ)作賓語(yǔ)補(bǔ)足語(yǔ),表被動(dòng)意思10 改coincide為differ（在may后加not也可以）此句含有連詞but,整個(gè)句意含有轉(zhuǎn)折語(yǔ)氣專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第三篇：Cities can be frightened places. The majority of_1_the population live in

14、noisy massive tower blocks. Thesense of belonging to a community tends to appear_2_when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange_3_enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of onestreet all knew each other, nowadays people on thesame floor in tower blocks even say hello to each _4_other.

15、Country life, on the other hand, differs from thiskind of isolated existence in that a sense of communitygenerally keep the inhabitants of a small village together. _5_People have the advantage of knowing that there isalways someone to turn to when they need help. So _6_country life has disadvantage

16、s too. For example,shopping becomes a major problem and for anythingslightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- _7_dition to the nearest large town. The country has theadvantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the _8_disadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise andpopulati

17、on which do harm to human health. But one oftheir main advantages is that you are at the centre of _9_things and that life doesnt come to an end even at tenat night. Some people have found a compromise be-tween the two: they expressed their preference for thequiet life by leaving for the city and mo

18、ving to the _10_country within commuting distance of the large city.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn)):1.把frightened改為frighteningfrightened是“受到驚嚇的”，表明心理狀態(tài)，而frightening表示“令人害怕的”，表示事物性質(zhì)。2.把a(bǔ)ppear改為disappear“當(dāng)你住在摩天大廈的三十層里”，可以推測(cè)這里要表達(dá)的是歸屬感的消失，而不是產(chǎn)生歸屬感。3.把Strange改為StrangelyStrangely enough，是固定短語(yǔ)，經(jīng)常用作插入語(yǔ)，意思是“說(shuō)也奇怪，最奇怪的是”。4.在say

19、前面加上dont此處說(shuō)的是，現(xiàn)在住在同一層樓的人甚至見(jiàn)面都不打招呼。5.把keep改為keepsin that 引導(dǎo)的句子主語(yǔ)應(yīng)該是 a sense，故謂語(yǔ)應(yīng)為單數(shù)。本句的意思是，農(nóng)村生活與這種隔絕孤立的生活不同，因?yàn)橐环N歸屬感把小村里的居民聯(lián)系在一起。6.把so 改為but/yet上文提到了鄉(xiāng)村生活的好處，下文是轉(zhuǎn)折，要用but或者yet。7.把for改為on“去遠(yuǎn)征”應(yīng)該用go on a expedition，而go for 的意思是“去找，努力獲取，擁護(hù)”。8.把peaceful改為peaceof 后面不應(yīng)該用形容詞，所以應(yīng)該改為peace。這里需要注意的是quiet既是名詞又是形容詞，

20、不要被迷惑。9.把their改為its此處的代詞應(yīng)該指代上文的 the city。10.刪除leaving后面的for，或者把for改為fromleave表示“離開(kāi)某地”，而leave for表示“離開(kāi)某地去另外一 專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第四篇：Planning is a very important activity in our lives. Itcan givepleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quitesevere headaches. _1_The most significant the task ahead, the more care

21、fulthe planning _2_required. Getting to school or to work on time is a taskrequiring few _3_or no planning, it is almost routine. A months touring holiday abroad,or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If thematter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Ven

22、ice, _4_and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make _5_sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure successand of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential _6_to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the de

23、gree _7_of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources _8_and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly _9_household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply ofessentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage _10_a

24、nd over-expenditure.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn)):1 將and 改為 oror表示“或者”，因?yàn)榍昂笫莾煞N截然不同的可能性，所以應(yīng)該用or。2 將most改為 more3 將few改為little4 將involve 改為 involves因?yàn)橹髡Z(yǔ) the matter 為單數(shù)，例如：Although planning involves material investment, even more important is theinvestment in man.雖然作機(jī)會(huì)應(yīng)該包括物資投資，但最重要的是對(duì)人的投資。5 在returning后加介詞to6 將suffer改為a

25、fford7 去掉be。vary是動(dòng)詞，可與助動(dòng)詞或者情態(tài)動(dòng)詞構(gòu)成謂語(yǔ)，也可以獨(dú)立構(gòu)成謂語(yǔ)，例如：The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts.8 去掉thein essence 是固定習(xí)語(yǔ)，意為“本質(zhì)上，實(shí)質(zhì)的"9 將do改為 does主語(yǔ)是動(dòng)名詞復(fù)合結(jié)構(gòu) a nation planning its resources and needs, 應(yīng)視為單數(shù)，例如：Looking after children requires patience.10 將improperly改為 properly. 專八改錯(cuò)

26、練習(xí)第五篇：Tracing missing persons can take much patientdetective work. But a special kind of “private eye” cantrace the missing ancestors of whole peoples bystudying the clues buried by words. _1_These philologists, such as the language detectives arecalled, have traced _2_the word trail back from peopl

27、es in Europe, India,South Africa, the Americas,and the Pacific islands in a tiny nameless, and forgotten tribe that roamed central_3_Eurasia 5000 to 6000 years ago, before the dawn of writing history. _4_Since a long time scholars have been puzzled over the striking _5_difference of words in differe

28、nt languages. In Dutch, vader; in Latin, pater;in _6_old Irish, athir; in Persian, pidar;in the Sanskrit of distant India, pitr.These words all sounded likely and meant the same thing“father” _7_Where did it happen that widely separated peoples used such _8_close related sound symbols? The problem b

29、affled linguists for years. The more so_9_because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences. Towards the endof the 18 century it dawned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed_10_from some common language.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn))：1. 將by改為in(be) buried in 意思為 “被所掩蓋,掩蔽于”2. 將such去掉在這里as是連詞,引導(dǎo)狀語(yǔ)

30、從句.3. 將第一個(gè)and改為to (這個(gè)句子長(zhǎng),小心上當(dāng)呀)以便和前文的from構(gòu)成搭配 “fromto”,表示 “從到”.4. 將writing改為written“有文字記載的歷史”英語(yǔ)為 “written history”.5. 將Since改為 For因?yàn)閟ince做介詞, 表示 “自從起” 之意時(shí),后面一般不跟表示一段時(shí)間的名詞.6. 將difference改為similarity從后面的例子我們可以看出,作者在這里講述的是文字的驚人的相同之處,而不是不同之處.7. 將likely改為alikelikely 意思為 “很可能的”,不做 “相同的,相似的”解.8. 將where改為wh

31、y這里不是問(wèn)地點(diǎn)而是問(wèn)原因,從后面的because也可以看出.9. 將close改為副詞closely因?yàn)樾稳菰~close不能修飾過(guò)去分詞related.10. 將18改為 18th.The more so because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences.這句話的the more so because是什么意思呢, 以為人家出版社錯(cuò)了,不過(guò)看兩本資料都這么寫(xiě). 有誰(shuí)看得懂么?還是說(shuō)真的是出錯(cuò)了.原來(lái)the more so because意思為: 更何況. 專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第六篇：Why does the idea of pro

32、gress loom so large in themodern world? Surely because progress of particularkind is actually taking place around us and is more andmore manifesting. Although mankind has underg- _1_one no general improvement in intelligence or morali-ty, it has made extraordinary progress in theaccumulation ofknowl

33、edge. Knowledge begins to increase as _2_soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- _3_vention of writing, knowledge could be communicatedand stored. Libraries made education possible, andeducation in turn added libraries: the growth of k

34、nowl- _4_edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print-ing. All this was comparatively slow until, with thecoming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. _5_then knowledge began to be accumulated according toa systematic plan. However, as soon a

35、s new knowl- _6_edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac-count. What is called “modern civilization” is not theresult of a balanced development of all mans nature,but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical _7_life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go-ing to be done wi

36、th all this knowledge? Like is often _8_pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon whichcould be used equally for good or evil. It is now being _9_used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, forinstance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners _10_using science to shatter mens bodies whil

37、e, close athand, surgeons use it to restore them.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn))：1.把manifesting改為manifestmanifesting不能做形容詞,而如果把它理解成現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行詞,后面又缺乏賓語(yǔ),所以應(yīng)該改為形容詞manifest,表示 “顯然的,明顯的”.2.把begins改為began根據(jù)下一行出現(xiàn)的could可以判斷本句是過(guò)去時(shí).3.把mean改為means. by means of 是固定用法.4.在added后面加上to如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把圖書(shū)館加到某個(gè)事物上去”,加上to,表示給圖書(shū)館增加了內(nèi)容,符合句義

38、.5.把risen改為raisedrise是不及物動(dòng)詞,不能用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài).6.把However改為Moreover此句的意思是:新知識(shí)一經(jīng)獲得,馬上就得到實(shí)際應(yīng)用.這是對(duì)上文的追加,不存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,因此應(yīng)該用moreover.7.刪除but后面的not8.把Like改為As9.把could改為can主句為現(xiàn)在時(shí),而從句也不表示虛擬,所以應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在時(shí).10.在that后面加上of.為了避免重復(fù),這里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的內(nèi)容.因此應(yīng)該用介詞of引出. 專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第七篇：You will think about what kind of s

39、aving instru- _1_ment to use or what kind of investment to make. Byputting your money in some kind of savings instrumentor investment, you can set aside small amount of mon- _2_ey regularly and the money will earn interest or divi-dends. Interest refers to the amount what your money_3_earns when it

40、is kept in a savings instrument. Divi-dends are payments of part of a companys earnings topeople hold stock in the company. A savings instru- _4_ment has an “interest rate ” associated with it; this re-fers to the rate which the money in the instrument in- _5_creases during a certain period of time.

41、 Principal re-fers to the facial value or the amount of money you _6_place in the savings instrument on which the interest isearned.Every type of savings or investment has some riskthat the return will be less than needed or expected.Federally insured savings accounts are safe and guar-anteed up to

42、$100,000 by the U.S. Government.Therefore, they may have lower interest rates, making _7_it hard to save large amounts of money for college. _8_Bonds and stocks often have higher returns than sav-ings accounts or EE saving bonds but are more riskier. _9_You can reduce the risks of these kinds of inv

43、estmentsby starting to save early. The earlier we begin the less _10_money you will have to put aside each month and themore total savings you will accumulate.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn)):1.把saving改為savingssaving表示“節(jié)約的”，和其復(fù)數(shù)形式savings意義不同。savings的意思是“存款，儲(chǔ)蓄”。2.在small前面加上aa small amount of 表示“少量的”，冠詞不可缺。3.把what改為whic

44、h或者thatamount在此是先行詞，后面是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，這個(gè)從句顯然應(yīng)該由關(guān)系代詞that或者which引導(dǎo)。4.在hold前面加who先行詞people后面是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，因此需要有引導(dǎo)詞。5.在which前面加上at關(guān)系代詞which在此引導(dǎo)的同樣是一個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，并且在此應(yīng)該用“介詞關(guān)系代詞”這個(gè)形式，因?yàn)榍懊娴膔ate往往用于短語(yǔ)at a rate，此處的介詞可以提前。6.把facial改為face票面價(jià)值應(yīng)是：face value。7.把Therefore改為However。此處根據(jù)上下文來(lái)看，表達(dá)的是轉(zhuǎn)折的含義，而不是因果關(guān)系。8.把hard改為harder這里存在一個(gè)隱含的比較

45、，所以應(yīng)該用hard的比較級(jí)形式。9.刪除more，或者把more改為muchriskier本身已經(jīng)是比較形式了，再加上more是多余的。把more改為much，表示一種程度也可以。10.把we改為you補(bǔ)充：第二題將amount改為amounts也是正確的第四題把hold改為holding也是正確的a small amount of 和small amounts of 用法的區(qū)別a large（great，good）amount of 不可數(shù)名詞，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞一般用單數(shù)；但（large，great，good）amounts of 不可數(shù)名詞，作主語(yǔ)時(shí)，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞要用復(fù)數(shù)。A large amoun

46、t of damage has beendone by the earth quakeLarge amounts of money werespent on the bridge這就是為什么第二題也可以把a(bǔ)mount改為amounts而第八題不用改amount的原因啦. 專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第八篇：One of our main arguments is that we in Western countries actually have part to play in causing the _1_problems of the Third World. Many Third Worldcountr

47、ies are saddle with immense debt burdens, for _2_example. They were lent money with low interest rates _3_in the 1970s, when money flooded into Western banksfrom the oil-producing countries and was lent out tothe Third World. The interest rates have then been risen _4_dramatically. So you have a sit

48、uation where a countryin many cases cant even repay the interest, letting alone _5_the capital, on the debt. And I suppose the best examplefrom what I have come across is a country in WestAfrica where the consumption, the local consumptionof peanuts was banned, because peanuts, if they areimported c

49、an bring in a great deal of foreign income. _6_The peanut is a major source of protein in this country.So you have people go hungry as a result of that. _7_The peanuts were exported to Great Britain and theUnited States to feed our cattle. Those cattle then produceda surplus of milk which we do not

50、know what to do with.We have enough milk, more milk than we cancope with in the Western World. And also that milk _8_was transformed into dried milk powder and then takenback to this country to help feed children who weresuffering from malnutrition. So thats the kind of insanely _9_economic relation

51、ship that we have got ourselves in _10_the Third World.參考答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn)):1.在part前加上a詞組have a part to play in的意思是“有份兒”2.saddle改為saddled此處為被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)，應(yīng)該把動(dòng)詞變?yōu)檫^(guò)去分詞形式。3.把with改為at此處介詞與interest rates搭配。4.刪除been（這里應(yīng)該是把risen改為rising，答案應(yīng)該錯(cuò)了）rise是不及物動(dòng)詞，不用于被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。5.把letting改為letlet alone 意思為“更不用提”。6.把imported改為exported下文說(shuō)花

52、生可以帶來(lái)外匯收益，出口才會(huì)帶來(lái)外匯，所以此處應(yīng)用exported。7.把have改為had上文提到該國(guó)禁止本國(guó)消費(fèi)花生這件事用的是過(guò)去時(shí)。8.把a(bǔ)lso改為so。必須把與此相關(guān)的幾個(gè)句子聯(lián)系在一起理解，上文說(shuō)：花生出口到英國(guó)和美國(guó)去喂了牛，而牛又產(chǎn)出了過(guò)剩的牛奶，我們不知道怎么處理這些牛奶。在西方世界，我們的牛奶夠多了，多得無(wú)法處理。本句說(shuō)：這些牛奶就被制成奶粉拿到該國(guó)去喂養(yǎng)那些營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良的兒童。由此可見(jiàn)本句與上文是因果關(guān)系，不能用also來(lái)連接。9.insanely改為insane此處表達(dá)“荒唐的經(jīng)濟(jì)關(guān)系”insane修飾的是relationship，而非economic，因此要用形容詞代替

53、。10.把in改為into詞組get in 雖然也可以表達(dá)“ 進(jìn)入，陷入”，但是in為副詞，后面不能跟地點(diǎn)，所以應(yīng)該改為into 專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第九篇：One of the most important non-legislative functionsof the U.S Congress is the power to investigate.The power is usually delegated to committeeseitherstanding committees, specialcommittees set for a specific purpose, or jointc

54、ommittees _1_consisted of members of both houses. Investigations_2_are held to gather information on the need for futurelegislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performance ofmembers and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions

55、, _3_to lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently,committees rely outside experts to assist in conducting _4_investigative hearings and to make out detailed studies of issues. _5_There are important corollaries to the investigative power.One is the power to publicize investigations

56、and its results. Most _6_committee hearings are open to public and are reported widely _7_in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless _8_represent one important tool available to lawmakers to informthe citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, _9_Congressional committees also have the power to compeltestimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contemptof Congress witnesses who refuse to t