專(zhuān)八改錯(cuò)題及答案

2012年3月專(zhuān)八真題：改錯(cuò)部分Thecentralproblemoftranslatinghasalwaysbeenwhethertotranslateliterallyorfreely.Theargumenthasbeengoingsinceatleastthefirst(1)centuryB.C.Uptothebeginningofthe19thcentury,manywritersfavouredcertainkindof"free"translation:thespirit,nottheletter;the(2)sensenottheword;themessagerathertheform;thematternot(3)themanner.Thisistheoftenrevolutionarysloganofwriterswho(4)wantedthetruthtobereadandunderstood.Thenintheturnofthe19th(5)century,whenthestudyofculturalanthropologysuggestedthatthelinguisticbarrierswereinsuperableandthatthelanguage(6)wasentirelytheproductofculture,theviewtranslationwasimpossible(7)gainedsomecurrency,andwithitthat,ifwasattemptedatall,itmustbeas(8)__literalaspossible.Thisviewculminatedthestatementofthe(9)extreme"literalists"WalterBenjaminandhVradobokov.Theargumentwastheoretical:thepurposeofthetranslation,thenatureofthereadership,thetypeofthetext,wasnotdiscussed.Toooften,writer,translatorandreaderwereimplicitlyidentifiedwitheachotherNow,thecontexthaschanged,andthebasicproblemremains.(10)參考答案：going后加oncertain改為acertainrather改為notis改為wasin改為at

去掉第二個(gè)theview后面加that去掉wasculminated后面加inand改為but2011年3月專(zhuān)八真題：改錯(cuò)部分Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,IknewthatwhenIgrewIshouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofaboutseventeenandtwenty-four_(1)Itriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidsowiththeconscience(2)thatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthatsoonorlaterIshouldhaveto(3)settledownandwritebooks.Iwasthechildofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside(4)andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.ForthisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondevelopeddisagreeingmannerismswhich(5)mademeunpopularthroughoutmyschooldays.Ihadthelonelychild'shabitofmakingupstoriesandholdingconversationswithimaginativepersons,and(6)Ithinkfromtheverystartmyliteralambitionsweremixedupwith(7)thefeelingofbeingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwordsandapoweroffacinginunpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreated(8)asortofprivworldwhichIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife(9)Therefore,thevolumeofserious—i.e.seriouslyintended—writingwhichIproduced(10)allthroughmychildhoodandboyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.grew后加upconscience改成consciousnesssoon改成soonerthe和child之間加middledisagreeing改成disagreeableimaginative改成imaginary7.literal改成literaryin去掉which前加inTherefore,改成Nevertheless改錯(cuò)題出自：GeorgeOrwell的〈〈WhyIWrite?的前兩段第1個(gè)錯(cuò)誤出現(xiàn)在grew.解析：grow表成長(zhǎng)，如人和動(dòng)植物的成長(zhǎng)。如果要表“長(zhǎng)大”就要用短語(yǔ)：growup。7.literal改成literary2.句中conscience有如下的釋義：1.良心，良知2.良知1.良心2.第三類(lèi)法庭而consciousness表示1.意識(shí)到，知道.2.意識(shí)，覺(jué)悟3.意識(shí)狀態(tài)4.活醒句子的意思是：我意識(shí)到這是在違背我的本性。第三句考固定搭配：soonerorlater遲早。難點(diǎn)：outrage違背做動(dòng)詞。按句子意思作者排行老二家里上面和下面都有個(gè)小孩因此加上middledisagreeing為disagree的ing,意思是“不同意不認(rèn)同”。改為：disagreeable表1.不合意的；不愉快的；討厭的2.難相處的，脾氣壞的imaginative改成imaginary，解析：imaginative表示人富有想像力的；富丁想像的；有創(chuàng)造力的。而imaginary表示想像中的；虛構(gòu)的；幻想的如：animaginaryfriend想像中的朋友7.literal表“文字的”改成literary指文學(xué)作者的文學(xué)的志向與野心facesth.直面某個(gè)事實(shí).不用接介詞in定語(yǔ)從句，修飾world,有介詞要用在which前，不能省略Therefore,改成Nevertheless句子有轉(zhuǎn)折的意思，作者說(shuō)他一直沉溺在自己的內(nèi)心世界，然而童年時(shí)代所寫(xiě)的東西數(shù)目不多。而非因此，童年所寫(xiě)的東西不多。2010年3月專(zhuān)八真題：改錯(cuò)部分Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,(1)everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay(2)thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay.(3)Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.(4)Whereasthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscan(5)speakaboutsnowwithagreatdealfurtherprecisionandsubtletythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled'primitive')isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.(6)ThisexampledoesnotcometolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.Thepositionissimplyandobviouslythat(7)theEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilarenvironments.TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironments(9)in—whichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportantSimilarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricket(10)ifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthe19thcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:carswerenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhenwearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash,atilbury,acarriole,aphaeton,andaclarence?1be后插入as;3There改為It;5further改為more7similar改為different;9asimportant去掉as2their改為its;4Whereas改為But6come改為bring;8will改為would;10thepart去掉the2009年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)betweenschoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthelittlelistener(2)hasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,orevengrandchildren.(3)Theperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingitmaybesomethingfrom20to70years.(4)Withtheplaygroundlore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassedonwithintheveryhour(5)itislearnt;and,inthegeneral,itpassesbetweenchildren(6)ofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,or(7)evenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatithasbeenretransmittedoverandover,verypossiblyithaspassedalongachainoftwoorthree(8)hundredyounghearersandtellers,andthewonderisthatitremainslive(9)aftersomuchhandling,toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe(10)originalwording.參考答案：illustrate改為illustrated(與前文的shown保持一致)the改為a(用不定冠詞表示泛指)their改為his(代詞與前文alittlelistener在單復(fù)數(shù)上保持一致)something改為anything(這里anythingfrom...to...表示大約在...之間)therefore改為however(根據(jù)上下文邏輯關(guān)系)inthegeneral去掉the(ingeneral是習(xí)慣用法)currently改為current(這里起的是表語(yǔ)的作用，需要形容詞而不是副詞)ithaspassed改為ithasbeenpassed莊動(dòng)改為被動(dòng)，與前文保持一致)live改為alive(活躍的，仍然存在的)(live作形容詞講為現(xiàn)場(chǎng)直播的"意思)toletalone改為letalone(letalone為習(xí)慣搭配，意思是更不用說(shuō)”)2008年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分

TOC\o"1-5"\h\zThedesiretouselanguageasasignofnationalidentityisaverynaturalone,(1)andinresultlanguagehasplayedaprominentpartinnationalmoves.(2)Menhaveoftenfelttheneedtocultivateagivenlanguagetoshowthattheyaredistinctivefromanotherracewhose(3)hegemonytheyresent.AtthetimetheUnitedStates(4)splitofffromBritain,forexample,therewereproposalsthatindependenceshouldbelinguisticallyacceptedbytheuseofa(5)differentlanguagefromthoseofBritain.Therewasevenone(6)proposalthatAmericansshouldadoptHebrew.OthersfavoredtheadoptionofGreek,though,asonemanputit,thingswouldcertainlybesimplerforAmericansiftheystuckontoEnglish(7)andmadetheBritishlearnGreek.Attheend,aseveryone(8)knows,thetwocountriesadoptedthepracticalandsatisfactorysolutionofcarryingwiththesamelanguageasbefore.(9)Sincenearlytwohundredyearsnow,theyhaveshowntheworld(10)thatpoliticalindependenceandnationalidentitycanbecompletewithoutsacrificingtheenormousmutualadvantagesofacommonlanguage.參考答案：one改為thingresult改為factdistinctive改為distinctatthetime后加whenby改為withthose改為thaton去掉At改為Incarrying后加onnow改為ago2007年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分(1)andorshowrshowingthe(4)andbut(5)largelagerFromwhathasbeensaid,itmustbeclearthatnoonecanmakeverypositivestatementsabouthowlanguageoriginated.Thereisnomaterialinanylanguagetodayandintheearliestrecordsofancientlanguagesshowuslanguageinanewandemergingstate.Itisoftensaid,ofcourse,thatthelanguageoriginatedincriesofanger,fear,painandpleasure,andthenecessaryevidenceisentirelylacking：therearenoremotetribes,noancientrecords,providingevidenceofalanguagewithalargeproportionofsuchcries

thanwefindinEnglish.Itistruethattheabsenceofsuchevidencedoesnotdisprovethetheory,butin(6)(1)andorshowrshowingthe(4)andbut(5)largelagerPeopleofallracesandlanguagesmakerathersimilarnoisesinreturntopainorpleasure.ThefactthatsuchnoisesaresimilaronthelipsofFrenchmenandMalaysianswhoselanguagesareutterlydifferent,servestoemphasizeonthefundamentaldifferencebetweenthesenoisesandlanguageproper.Wemaysaythatthecriesofpainorchortlesofamusementarelargelyreflexactions,instinctivetoAlargeextent,whereaslanguageproperdoesnotconsistofsignsbutofthesethathavetobelearntandthatare(7)returnresponse(8)on(9)Aa(10)thesethose2006年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分Weuselanguageprimarilyasameansofcommunicationwithotherhumanbeings.Eachofusshareswiththecommunityinwhichweliveastoreofwordsandmeaningsaswellasagreeingconventionsas(1)tothewayinwhichwordsshouldbearrangedtoconveyaparticular(2)message:theEnglishspeakerhasiiihisdisposalatvocabularyanda(3)setofgrammaticalruleswhichenableshimtocommunicatehis(4)thoughtsandfeelings,illavarietyofstyles,totheotherEnglish(5)speakers.Hisvocabulary,inparticular,boththatwhichheusesactive-[yandthatwhichherecognises,increasesillsizeashegrowsoldasaresultofeducationandexperience.(6)But,whetherthelanguagestoreisrelativelysmallorlarge,thesystemremainsnomore,thanapsychologicalrealityfortikeinpidual,unlesshehasameansofexpressingitintermsabletobeseenbyanother(7)memberofhislinguisticcommunity;hebastogivetilesystema

concretetransmissionform.Wetakeitforgrantedrice'twom((8Stcommonformsoftransmission-bymeansofsoundsproducedbyourvocalorgans(speech)orbyvisualsigns(writing).Andtheseare(9)amongmoststrikingofhumanachievements.(10)agreeingagreed2.Awords-these/hedisposalatthedisposal4.enables-enable5.delete"the"before"otherEnglishspeakers6.oldolder7.seen—--perceived,understood,comprehended8.delete"it"before"forgranted”9.And——Yet;However10.Amostthemoststriking2005年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分TheUniversityasBusinessS7Anumberofcollegesanduniversitiesannouncedsteeptuitionincreasesfornextyear—muchsteeperthanthecurrent,verylow,rateofinflation.Theysaytheincreasesareneededbecauseofalossinvalueofuniversityendowmentsheavilyinvestingincommonstock.Iamskeptical.Abusinessfirmchoosesthepricethatmaximizesitsnetrevenues,irrespectivefluctuationsinincome:andincreasinglytileoutlookofuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesisindistinguishablefromthoseofbusinessfirms.Theriseintuitionsmayreflectthefacteconomicuncertaintyincreasesthedemandforeducation.Thebiggestcostofbeingintheschoolisforegoingincomefromajob(thisisprimarilyafactoringraduate—andprofessional—schooltuition):thepoorone'sjobprospects,themoresenseitmakestoreallocatetimefromthejobmarkettoeducation,inordertomakeoneselfmoreremarkable.S7ThewaywhichuniversitiesmakethemselvesattractivetoS10studentsincludesoftmajors,studentevaluationsofteachers,givingstudentsagovernancerole,andeliminaterequiredcourses.Sky-hightuitionshavecauseduniversitiestoregardtheirstudentsascustomers.Justasbusinessfirmssometimescolludetoshortentherigorsofcompetition,universitiescolludetominimizethecosttothemoftheathleteswhomtheyrecruitinordertostimulatealumnidenotations,sothebestathletesnowoftenbypasshighereducationinordertoobtainsalariesearlierfromprofessionalteams.Anduntiltheywerestoppedbytheantitrustauthorities,theIvyleagueschoolscolludetolimitcompetitionforthebeststudents,byagreeingnottoawardscholarshipsonthebasisofmeritratherthanpurelyofneed—justlikebusinessfirmsagreeingnottogivediscountsontheirbestcustomers.S10invested/irrespectiveof/those—that/factthat/intheschool/poor—poorer/inwhich/eliminating/shortenlessen/onto2004改錯(cuò)Oneofthemostimportantnon-廊召曲"fuKtEGin口U.SCnnggisthepowertoinvestigate.Thispowerisusuallydelegatedtocommittees-日i：hg「TOC\o"1-5"\h\zstandingcommittees,specialcommitteessetforaspecific【L：purpose,orjointcommitteesconsistedofmembersofbothhouses.\2.iInvestigationsareheldtogatherinformationontheneedforfuturelegislation,totesttheeffectivenessoflawsalreadypassed,toinquireintothequalificationsandperformanceofmembersandofficialsoftheotherbranches,andinrareoccasions,tolaythegroundworkforimpeachmentproceedings.Frequently,committeesrelyoutsideexpertstoassistinconductinginvestigativehearings(4)andtomakeoutdetailedstudiesofissues.Thereareimportantcorollariestotheinvestigativepower.Oneisthepowertopublicizeinvestigationsanditsresults.Most'A"'1committeehearingsareopentopublicandarereported‘"'JwidelyinthemassmediaCongressionalinvestigationsneverthelessrepresentoneimportanttoolavailabletolawmakers‘3}toinformthecitizenryandtoarousepublicinterestsinnationalissues.Congressionalcorrinnitteesalsohavethepowertocompeltestimonyfromunwillingwitnesses,andtociteforcontemptofCongresswitnesseswhorefusetotestifyandforperjuryofthesewhogivefalsetestimony.(10)1.,在set后加up,setup建立、成立"是固定短語(yǔ)答案：consistedtconsisting/composed答案：inron【詳細(xì)解答】固定搭配on...occasions答案：relyArelyon【詳細(xì)解答】固定搭配relyonsb.todosomething答案：makeoutmake【詳細(xì)解答】makeout意思是辨認(rèn)出’；而此處意思是對(duì)...做詳細(xì)的研究”，故用"makedetailedstudiesof...即可。答案：itsrtheir【詳細(xì)解答】此處指代的是"investigations故用復(fù)數(shù)。答案：apublicrthepublic【詳細(xì)解答】the+adj.可表示某一類(lèi)人，此處意思是面向公眾”，故應(yīng)用"thepublic。"答案:neverthelesstherefore/thus【詳細(xì)解答】此處不是表示意思的轉(zhuǎn)折，而是與前文構(gòu)成因果關(guān)系，故可改為therefore或thus。答案：interestsinterest【詳細(xì)解答】此處看成不可數(shù)名詞為佳答案：thesethose【詳細(xì)解答】those指代witnesses,即指代名詞復(fù)數(shù)做定語(yǔ)從句的先行詞，而these不行2003年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分DemographicindicatorsshowthatAmericansinthepostwarperiodweremoreeagerthanevertoestablishfamilies.Theyquicklybroughtdowntheageatmarriageforbothmenandwomenandbroughtthebirthratetoatwentiethcenturyheightaftermorethanahundred(1)__yearsofasteadydecline,producingthe"babyboom."Theseyoun(2)__adultsestablishedatrendofearlymarriageandrelativelylargeTOC\o"1-5"\h\zfamiliesthatwentformorethantwodecadesandcausedamajor(3)__buttemporaryreversaloflong-termdemographicpatterns.Fromthe1940sthroughtheearly1960s,Americansmarriedatahighrate(4)__andatayoungeragethantheirEuropecounterparts.(5)__Lessnotedbutequallymoresignificant,themenandwomenwho(6)__formedfamiliesbetween1940and1960neverthelessreducedthe(7)__divorcerateafterapostwarpeak;theirmarriagesremainedintacttoagreaterextentthandidthatofcoupleswhomarriedinearlieraswell(8)__aslaterdecades.SincetheUnitedStatesmaintaineditsdubious(9)__distinctionofhavingthehighestdivorcerateintheworld,thetemporarydeclineindivorcedidnotoccurinthesameextentin(10)__Europe.Contrarytofearsoftheexperts,theroleofbreadwinnerandhomemakerwasnotabandoned.答案：heighthighhigh作為名詞翻譯為最高水平”，又如reachanall-timehigh答案：刪除a【詳細(xì)解答】此處steadydecline指穩(wěn)定下降的行為、過(guò)程而不是其結(jié)果，為不可數(shù)名詞，故應(yīng)去掉定冠詞a。答案：wentAon【詳細(xì)解答】goon為固定搭配，意為持續(xù)”。答案：highhigher【詳細(xì)解答】后面有than,此處應(yīng)為比較級(jí)。答案：Europe^European【詳細(xì)解答】根據(jù)上下文，此處應(yīng)用形容詞作定語(yǔ)修飾名詞counterparts。答案：more【詳細(xì)解答】由上下文可知，more與equally矛盾，故應(yīng)去掉。答案：neverthelessalso【詳細(xì)解答】由上下文可知，此處講的內(nèi)容與前部分內(nèi)容之間為遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，而非轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。答案：thatrthose【詳細(xì)解答】由上下文可知，此處所指代的應(yīng)為前面復(fù)數(shù)形式的marriages,故指示代詞也應(yīng)該用復(fù)數(shù)形式。答案：Since^Although(或While)【詳細(xì)解答】從邏輯上講，此處應(yīng)表達(dá)讓步關(guān)系，而非因果關(guān)系。答案：inrto【詳細(xì)解答】to...extent為固定搭配，意為到……程度”2002改錯(cuò)Therearegreatimpedimentstothegeneraluseofastandardinpronunciationcomparabletothatexistinginspelling(orthography).Oneisthefactthatpronunciationislearnt'naturally'andunconsciously,andorthography;learnt1.deliberatelyandconsciously.Largenumbersofus,infact,remainTOC\o"1-5"\h\zthroughoutourlivesquiteunconsciouswithwhatourspeechsounds2likewhenwespeakout,anditoftencomesasashockwhen3wefirstlyheararecordingofourselves.Itisnotavoicewerecognizeatonce,4whereasourownhandwritingissomethingwhichwealmostalwaysknow.5Webeginthe'natural'learningofpronunciationlongbeforewestartlearningtoreadorwrite,andinourearlyyearswewentonunconsciously6.imitatingandpracticingthepronunciationofthosearoundusformanymorehourspereverydaythanweeverhavetospend7.learningevenourdifficultEnglishspelling.Thisis'natural'8,.therefore,thatourspeech-soundsshouldbethoseofourimmediatecircle;afterall,aswehaveseen,speechoperatesasameansofholdingacommunity9.andgivingasenseofbelonging”.Welearnquiteearlytorecognizeastranger”,someonewhospeakswithanaccentofadifferentcommunityperhapsonlyafewmilesfar.1□答案與詳解答案:and->while/whereas【詳細(xì)解答】前半句意為發(fā)音是在無(wú)意識(shí)之中學(xué)成的”，后半句意為拼寫(xiě)是有意識(shí)地學(xué)成的”，它們之間是對(duì)比關(guān)系，故應(yīng)該用連詞while來(lái)連接。答案：with—of【詳細(xì)解答】beunconsciousof是固定搭配，意為無(wú)意識(shí)地，未意識(shí)到”。即我們之中很多人一輩子都不知道自己的話聽(tīng)起來(lái)是什么樣的答案：speakAT°ut【詳細(xì)解答】speakout意為大膽地說(shuō)出"，在這里句意不通。在speakout中加上it,指代前面的speech，意為當(dāng)我們說(shuō)出話后，自己聽(tīng)起來(lái)像什么"。答案：firstlyfi【詳細(xì)解答】firstly表示順序中的第一"，first則表示時(shí)間上的第一次，首次"。這里是說(shuō)當(dāng)我們第一次聽(tīng)到自己的錄音時(shí)，通常會(huì)震驚”。故應(yīng)將firstly改為first才合乎句意。答案:圳hich—>that【詳細(xì)解答】在定語(yǔ)從句中，如果先行詞是代詞something,everything,nothing,little,few等時(shí),關(guān)系詞應(yīng)用that而不是which，故此處應(yīng)將which改為that。答案：went【詳細(xì)解答】本文通篇用的都是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，所以此處也應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，使上下文保持時(shí)態(tài)一致。答案：刪除per或卸鯽【詳細(xì)解答】per和every都是每”的意思，在此屬重復(fù)錯(cuò)誤，故將兩者去掉一個(gè)即可。答案：This-^lt【詳細(xì)解答】根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，句中缺少一形式主語(yǔ)，而作形式主語(yǔ)的只能是代詞it,this是這”的意思，不能用做形式主語(yǔ)，所以應(yīng)將this改為it。答案：communityA—^together【詳細(xì)解答】hold意為抓住，占據(jù)，包含”。此處想表達(dá)的意思是語(yǔ)言用作使社區(qū)具有凝聚力、給人歸屬感的一種方式”，用holdacommunity不能表達(dá)此意；holdsth.together表示使結(jié)合在一起不破，使團(tuán)結(jié)一致"的意思，符合句意。答案：far-away【詳細(xì)解答】要表達(dá)距離上的遠(yuǎn)近，在英語(yǔ)中通常用副詞away。far表示遠(yuǎn)，從（到）很遠(yuǎn)距離”，不合句意。2001年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分Duringtheearlyyearsofthiscentury,wheatwasseenastheverylifebloodofWesternCanada.PeopleonciusircdswinchedtheyieldsandthepriceofwheatinalmostasmuchfeelingasifLtheyweregrowers.Themarketingofwheatbecameanincreasing2.fiivoritetopicofconvei^cition.WarsetthestageforthemostdramaiicCvenlsinmarkdiiigthewesiemcrop.Foryears,fannersmistrustedspeculativegrainsellingascarriedonthroughtheWinnipegGrainExchange.Wheatpricesweregenerallylowintheautumn,sofarmerscould上notwaitformarketstoimpiwe,ILliadhappenedlooollenLlialtheysoldtheirwheatsoonshortlyafterharvestwhenfarmdebts4,werecomingdue,justtoseepricesrisingandspeculatorsgettingrich.5.Onvariousoccasions,producergroups,askedfirmercontrol,6.butthegovernmenthadnowishtobecomeinvolving,at=leastnotuntilwartimewhenwheatpricesthreatenedtorunwild.Anxioustocheckinflationandrisinglifecosts,thefederal&governmentappointedaboardofg「曲isupervisorsI。血MvvHhdeliveriesfromthecropsof1917and1918.GrainExchangetradingwassuspended,andfarmerssoldatpricesfixedbytheboard.Tohandlewiththecropof1919,thegovernment9.appointedthefirstCanadianWheatBoard,withtotalauthoritytobuy,sell,andsetprices.2000年3月專(zhuān)八真題參考答案：改錯(cuò)部分ThegrammaticalwordswhichplaysolargeapartinEnglishgrammarareforiliemostpartsharplyandobviouslydiflerem1.fromthelexicalwords.Arough印訕『湖RdilTerencewhichmayseemthemostobviousisthatgrammaticalwordshaveless"meaning;butinfeetsome^ramniarianshavecalledthem2''empty"wordsasopposedinthe"fulP"wordsofvocabulary,3.Butthisisarathermis網(wǎng)5oCcxprcssinglhedisli相ion,4一Althoughawordliketheisnotthenameofsomethingasmanis,itisvery￡irawayfrombeingmeaiiitigjess;liiereisasharp5.differenceinmeaningbetween':manisvileancPmanisvile"yeItheisthesingleveMdeofUnsdifferenceinmeaning.6,Moreover,grammaticalwordsdifferconsiderablyamongthemselvesastheamountofmeaningtheyhave,eveninthe7.lexicalsense.Anothernameforthegrammaticalwordshasbe￡11'littlewords'^Butsizeisbynomeanagoodcriterionfor8.distinguishingthegrammaticalwordsofEnglish,whenweconsiderthatwehavelexicalwordsassav:car.Aparl9.fr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