专业八级的改错练习

专业八级的改错练习

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Most people would describe water like a colorless liquid. They __1__would know that in very cold conditions it becomes a solid called ice and that when heating on a fire it becomes a vapor called steam. __2__However, water, they would say, is a liquid. We have learned that water consists of molecules composed with two atoms of hydrogen __3__and one atom of oxygen, which we describe by the formula H2O.

This is equally true of the solid called ice and the gas called steam.Chemically there is no difference between the gas, the liquid, and the solid, all of which is made up of molecules with the formula H2O. __4__This is true of other chemical substances; most of them can exist as gases or as liquids or as solids. We may normally think of iron as a solid, but if we will heat it in a furnace, it will melt and become a __5__liquid, and at very high temperatures it will become a gas. Nothing

very permanent occurs when a gas changes into a liquid or a solid.Everyone knows that ice, which has been made by freezing water,can be melted again by warmed and that steam can be condensed __6__on a cold surface to become liquid water. In fact, it is only because water is so a familiar substance that different names are used for __7__the solid, liquid and gas. Most substances are only familiar with __8__us in one state, because the temperatures requiring to turn them __9__into gases are very high, or the temperatures necessary to turn them into solids are so low. Water is an exception in this respect, which is another reason why its three states have given three different names. __10__ 答案:

1 改like为as.describe sth as sth 是把„„描述成„„的意思。

2 改heating为heated.在时间,条件,让步等状语从句中,当从句主语和主句主语是一致的时候,可以将从句的主语和be的变化形式省略。

3 改with为of.be composed of 意思为“包括,由„„组成”

4 改is made up 为 are made up.which 指代上文中的 the gas, the liquid,and the solid,表示复数概念,所以要用are

5 将第一个will去掉,在时间条件状语从句和条件状语从句中要用现在时表示将来时。 6 by改为when.when warm 相当于 when it is warmed 7 改so为such.

8改with为to.短语familiar to 后面才能接“某人” familiar with 是接sth

9改requiring为required.过去分词短语作后置定语时,和被修饰的名词时逻辑动宾关系。 10 have 后加 been.动词give和主语three states 是动宾关系

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Classic Intention Movement

In social situations, the classic Intention Movement is “the chair-grasp”. Host and guest have been talking for some time, but now the host has an ppointment to keep and can get away. His urge __1__to go is held in cheek by his desire not be rude to his guest. If he did __2__not care of his guest’s feelings he would simply get up out of his chair __3__and to announce his departure. This is what his body wants to do, __4__therefore his politeness glues his body to the chair and refuses to let him __5__raise. It is at this point that he performs the chair-grasp Intention __6__Movement. He continues to talk to the guest and listen to him, but leans forward and grasps the arms of the chair as about to push himself upwards. __7__This is the first act he would make if he were rising. If he were not __8__hesitating, it would only last the fraction of the second. He would lean, __9__push, rise, and be up. But now, instead, it lasts much longer. He holds his “readiness-to-rise” post and keeps on holding it. It is as if his __10__body had frozen at the get-ready moment. 答案:

1 将can改为must。根据上下文的意思“主人有一个约会,必须离开”是客观要求,而不是“能不能”或者“可不可以”的问题。

2 not后面加to。desire 后应该加动词不定式to do something。

3 将of 改为about。care about意思为“对„在意,在乎”,而care of 意思为“转交”。(觉得还可以直接去掉 of,care 本身也有在乎的意思,可是答案不这么写,你怎么看嘞?) 4 删掉and或者to。

5 将therefore 改为 yet或but。这两部分之间应是转折的关系。

6 将raise改为rise。raise 是及物动词,后面必须加宾语,而且在此与文章意思不符。rise意为“起身”,“站起来”,符合文义。

7 在as 和 about之间加上if或者though。此处的意思是主人身子往前倾,双手抓着椅子,好像就要站起来一样。as if/ though to do something 意思为“仿佛要做什么事情”。

8 将make改为perform或do。此处考查搭配问题,动词make与前面的act不能搭配。 9将the改为a。a fraction of a second 意思为非常短暂的时间。 10 将post改为posture

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The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric human __1__ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing with animal foods __2__An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter-gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plants foods,

one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters,Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherer’s calories come from _3__plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible __4__calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. __5__Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, and no __6__one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape

fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence __7__of medical care. They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental decay, no high blood pressure, no heart disease, and their blood cholesterol levels are very low (about half of the average American adult). __8__If no one is suggesting that we return to an aboriginal life style, we certainly __9__could use their eating habits as a model for healthier diet. __10__ 答案:

1 将as 改为like。此处的意思是“像史前人类祖先那样生活”。

2 将supplementing改为supplemented。supplemented 修饰diet,可以看作which is supplemented with animal foods的简化形式。 3 将and 改为or。

4将in改为on。on average 是固定用法。 5 将as 改为while或者whereas

6删掉for,或者将provide改为account。此处provide 是及物动词,后面不用介词for 7 删掉第一个of。despite 做介词,后面直接接名词。

8 在half后加that。that 指代前面的blood cholesterol levels,不能省略,因为这里是将部落成员的胆固醇含量与美国人的胆固醇含量相比较。

9将if改为whereas或者while。此处意思为“尽管没有人„„,但是„„”,是转折关系。 10在for后面加不定冠词a。

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There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronunciation comparable to that existing in spelling (orthography). One is the fact that pronunciation is learnt ‘naturally’ and unconsciously, and orthography __1__is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remain throughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds __2__like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we __3__firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once, __4__whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We __5__begin the ‘natural’ learning of pronunciation long before we start learning to read or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and __6__practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every __7__day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.

This is ‘ natural’, therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im- __8__mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates a means of holding a community and to give a sense of ‘belonging’. We learn quite early to recognize a __9__‘stranger’, someone who speaks with an accent of a different community—perhaps only a few miles far. __10__ 答案:

1将and改为whereas/but/yet

2 将with改为of。unconscious of 是固定搭配。

3 删掉out。speak out 意思为“大胆地说”,“大声地说”,与此处意思不符。 4将firstly改为first

5将which改为that或者将which删掉。限制性定语从句前面的先行词是something,因此要用that引导

定语从句。也可以将which删掉,不用任何引导词。 6将went改为go 7删掉per或者every

8将This改为It。It在此处做形式主语,后面的that从句是真正的主语。

9 在community后面加together。此处的大意为“语音是把社区团结在一起的工具”。 10将far改为away。“只有几英里远”应是 a few miles away。

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Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior.

Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised __1__hunting pack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmless football

and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he scores a goal, __2__enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey. __3__To understand how this transformation has taken place we must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a million __4__year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival depended on success __5__in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even if their __6__bodies, became radically changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group __7__attackers.

Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long formative __8__period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their improved intelligence,

so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new use—that of penning, __9__controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on the farms,awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of farming were no longer __10__essential for survival. 答案:

1 将viewing改为viewed。非谓语动词view和句子的主语是逻辑动宾关系。

2 将inaccurate改为accurate。如果真的目标不准确,也就不可能进球了(he scores a goal)。 3 在enjoys前面加he。由于前面if his aim is accurate and he scores a goal 是条件状语从句,因此可见这里是主句,主句的主语he是不可以省略的。 4 将look up at的up省略 5 将year变为复数 6 将if去掉

7 将co-operate 改为co-operated 8 将when改为after

9将were改为was。该谓语动词的主语是Their improved intelligence,是单数。

10 将farming改为hunting。纵观全文,在从事种植业后,“狩猎”而不是“农耕”的危险和不确定性对人们的生存已经不再那么重要了。

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During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat __1__ became an increasing favorite topic of conversation. __2__

War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn,

so farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that __3__ they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts were coming due, __4__ just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producers __5__ groups asked firmer control, but the government had no wish to become __6__

involving, at least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild. __7__ Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal government appointed __8__ a board of grain supervisors to deal with deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices

fixed by the board. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government appointed __9__ the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to buy, sell, and set prices. __10__ 答案:

the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood

of Western Canada. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if they were growers. The marketing of wheat 将in改为with became an increasing favorite topic of conversation. 将increasing改为incresingly War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn,

so farmers could not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that 将so改为but they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts were coming due, 删掉soon或者shortly

just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich. On various occasions, producers 将just改为only groups asked firmer control, but the government had no wish to become 在asked 后面加上for

involving, at least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild. 将involving改为involved

Anxious to check inflation and rising life costs, the federal government appointed 将life改为living

a board of grain supervisors to deal with deliveries from the crops of 1917 and 1918. Grain Exchange trading was suspended, and farmers sold at prices

fixed by the board. To handle with the crop of 1919, the government appointed 删掉with或将handle改为deal

the first Canadian Wheat Board, with total authority to buy, sell, and set prices. 将total改为full/complete/absolute/overall

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For the last fifteen or twenty years the fashion in criticism or appreciation of the arts have been to deny the existence of any valid criteria and to make the __1__words “good” or “bad” irrelevant, immaterial, and inapplicable. There is no such thing, we are told, like a set of standards first acquired through experience and __2__knowledge and late imposed on the subject under discussion. This has been a __3__popular approach, for it relieves the critic of the responsibility of judgment and the public by the necessity of knowledge. It pleases those resentful of disciplines, it __4__flatters the empty-minded by calling him open-minded, it comforts the __5__confused. Under the banner of democracy and the kind of quality which our forefathers did no mean, it says, in effect, “Who are you to tell us what is good or bad?” This is same cry used so long and so effectively by the producers of mass __6__media who insist that it is the public, not they, who decide what it wants to hear __7__and to see, and that for a critic to say that this program is bad and that program is good is pure a reflection of personal taste. Nobody recently has expressed this __8__ philosophy most succinctly than Dr. Frank Stanton, the highly intelligent __9__president of CBS television. At a hearing before the Federal Communications Commission, this phrase escaped from him under questioning: “One man’s mediocrity __10__is another man’s good program”. 答案:

1 将have改为has。该句的主语 the fashion是单数. 2 将like改为as。such as 是固定搭配. 3 将late改为later。later和上文first对应.

4 将by改为of或者from。 relieve sb of/ from sth 是固定搭配, 意思为 “减轻某人(的负担等)” 5 将him改为them。因为其先行词为 the empty-minded,而 “the+adj/p.p” 表示一类人时,通常表示复数概念.

6 在same前加the。the same 表示 “唯一,独一无二”的概念,因此必须加定冠词.

7 将decide改为decides。该句的主语 the public 表示的是单数概念.,这一点从后面的代词it 可以看得出来.

8 将pure改为purely。在这里purely作状语,修饰谓语动词,因此应使用副词. 9 将most改为more。more than 搭配,引导出比较状语从句.

10 将from去掉。escape在作 “被某人情不自禁地说出来”讲时,是及物动词,而只在作 “逃跑”讲时,才时不及物动词.

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For the last fifteen or twenty years the fashion in criticism or appreciation of the arts have been to deny the existence of any valid criteria and to make the __1__words “good” or “bad” irrelevant, immaterial, and inapplicable. There is no such thing, we are told, like a set of standards first acquired through experience and __2__knowledge and late imposed on the subject under discussion. This has been a __3__popular approach, for it relieves the critic of the responsibility of judgment and the public by the necessity of knowledge. It pleases those resentful

of disciplines, it __4__flatters the empty-minded by calling him open-minded, it comforts the __5__confused. Under the banner of democracy and the kind of quality which our forefathers did no mean, it says, in effect, “Who are you to tell us what is good or bad?” This is same cry used so long and so effectively by the producers of mass __6__media who insist that it is the public, not they, who decide what it wants to hear __7__and to see, and that for a critic to say that this program is bad and that program is good is pure a reflection of personal taste. Nobody recently has expressed this __8__ philosophy most succinctly than Dr. Frank Stanton, the highly intelligent __9__president of CBS television. At a hearing before the Federal Communications Commission, this phrase escaped from him under questioning: “One man’s mediocrity __10__is another man’s good program”. 答案:

1 将the have改为has。该句的主语 the fashion是单数. 2 将like改为as。such as 是固定搭配. 3 将late改为later。later和上文first对应.

4 将by改为of或者from。relieve sb of/ from sth 是固定搭配, 意思为 “减轻某人(的负担等)” 5 将him改为them。因为其先行词为 the empty-minded,而 “the+adj/p.p” 表示一类人时,通常表示复数概念.

6 在same前加the。the same 表示 “唯一,独一无二”的概念,因此必须加定冠词.

7 将decide改为decides。该句的主语 the public 表示的是单数概念.,这一点从后面的代词it 可以看得出来.

8 将pure改为purely。在这里purely作状语,修饰谓语动词,因此应使用副词. 9 将most改为more。more than 搭配,引导出比较状语从句.

10 将from去掉。escape在作 “被某人情不自禁地说出来”讲时,是及物动词,而只在作 “逃跑”讲时,才时不及物动词.

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The grammatical words which play so large a part in English grammar are for the most part sharply and obviously different from the lexical words. A rough

and ready difference which may seem the most obvious is that grammatical __1__ words have “less meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them __2__ “empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. But this is a rather __3__ misled way of expressing the distinction. Although a word like the is not the name __4__ of something as man is, it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a __5__ sharp difference in meaning between “man is vile” and “the man is vile”, yet the is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. Moreover, grammatical words __6__ differ considerably among themselves as the amount of meaning they have even in __7__ the lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been “little words.”

But size is by no mean a good criterion for distinguishing the grammatical words.” __8__ of English, when we consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. __9__ Apart from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some people say:

we certainly do create a great number of obscurity when we omit them. This is __10__ illustrated not only in the poetry of Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams and newspaper headlines.

考试大 答案:

1 删掉the 此处的most并不表示obvious的最高级,而是用作副词修饰obvious,表示程度很高,因此前面不能加the。

2 将but改为and 根据文章的意思,这里要用并列关系的and。

3 将in改为to。 as apposed to 是固定搭配,意思是“与„„相比”。 4 将misled改为misleading

5删掉away。 此处考查固定用法。 far from being...意思为“远非”“远远不怎么样”,符合这里的意思。而far away from 表示离某处很远。

6 将single改为only或者sole。这里要表达“唯一的”。

7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in。联系上下文,此处的意思是“grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异,”as to 有“关于”或者“在某某方面的意思”;将as改为in,用differ from something in„也可表达这个意思。考试大 8 将mean改为means考试大

9 将as改为like,或者在as前面加such

10 将number改为deal或者amount。obscurity是不可数名词,不能用a number of 来修饰。

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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 Europe’s crowded cities were caused by the disease. From __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 and infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and __5__ 20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics strengthened the trend 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, it 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 earth’s population)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 __10__ million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor countries. 答案:

tuberculosis n.肺结核 antibiotics n.抗生素, 抗生学

1 将in改为for。for quite a while 作 “相当长时间”讲. 2 将seventh改为seven

3 将were改为was。这个谓语动词的主语是单数短语 one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用单数. 4将now 改为then 5将Europe前的the 去掉

6 将imported改为exported。根据上下文,应该是向穷国出口抗生素,而不是从这些国家进口抗生素. 7 将are 改为were

8 在vanished 前加had。这里要表达的是 “结核病原来消失的地方,又爆发了结核病”,所以要使用过去完成时.

9 将better改为worse。在结合病没有消失的地方,这种病更加严重了,因此要用worse. 10 将constantly改为constant。在 “keep sb/ sth adj”结构中的形容词作补语.

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One of America’s most important export is her modern music. __1__ American popular music is 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 for its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.The music has many origins in the United States. Country music,coming from the suburban areas in the southern United States, is one __4__ source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describing day-to-day situations and the feelings of country people. Many people appreciate this music because the emotions expressed by country __5__ music songs. A second origin of American popular music is the blues. It depicted __6__ mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. It is 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, featuring fast and repetitious rhythms, was influenced by the blues and country music. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950’s. 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 are young musicians.American popular music is marketed to a demanding audience.Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Some songs 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 music is universal. __10__ 答案:

1改export为exports。export作可数名词时指出口商品,同时根据one of 结构也可以知道这里export要用复数结构.

2 改playing为played。动词play和句子主语American popular music是逻辑动宾关系,必须用被动语态.

3 改Because为Though或者Although。此句为让步状语从句.

4 改suburban为rural。这里属于词义用错,suburban为城市郊区,乡村音乐显然来自乡村地区. 5 改because为because of

6 改depicted为depicts。本句错在时态.句意为 “blues大多抒发哀伤情感,反映美国黑人的艰难生活.”为与全文主导时态一致,不能用过去时.此外,blues现在的风格依旧,故用现在时. 7 将not去掉.

8 改is为was。此句有过去时间状语 in the 1950’s, 陈述过去的一个事实,故用一般过去时态. 9 改sing为sung。sung 引导过去分词短语作宾语补足语,表被动意思.

10 改coincide为differ(在may后加not也可以)。此句含有连词but,整个句意含有转折语气.

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Cities can be frightened places. The majority of __1__ the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. The sense 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 one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each __4__ other.Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally keep the inhabitants of a small village togeth- __5__ er. People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. So __6__ country life has disadvantages too. For example, shopping becomes a major problem and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- __7__ dition to the nearest large town. The country has the advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the __8__ isadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise and population which do harm to human health. But one of their main advantages is that you are at the centre of __9__ things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten at night. Some people have found a compromise be-tween the two: they expressed their preference for the quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__ country within commuting distance of the large city. 答案:

1.把frightened改为frightening。frightened是“受到惊吓的”,表明心理状态,而frightening表示“令人害怕的”,表示事物性质。

2.把appear改为disappear。“当你住在摩天大厦的三十层里”,可以推测这里要表达的是归属感的消失,而不是产生归属感。

3.把Strange改为Strangely。Strangely enough,是固定短语,经常用作插入语,意思是“说也奇怪,最奇怪的是”。

4.在say前面加上don’t。此处说的是,现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。

5.把keep改为keeps。in that 引导的句子主语应该是 a sense,故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是,农村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同,因为一种归属感把小村里的居民联系在一起。 6.把so 改为but/yet。上文提到了乡村生活的好处,下文是转折,要用but或者yet。

7.把for改为on。“去远征”应该用go on a expedition,而go for 的意思是“去找,努力获取,拥护”。 8.把peaceful改为peace。of 后面不应该用形容词,所以应该改为peace。这里需要注意的是quiet既是名词又是形容词,不要被迷惑。

9.把their改为its。此处的代词应该指代上文的 the city。

10.删除leaving后面的for,或者把for改为from。leave表示“离开某地”,而leave for表示“离开某地去另外一个地方”,for后面接的是目的地。本句说的是离开城市,搬到乡村,所以for是多余的。

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Planning is a very important activity in our lives. It can give pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quite severe headaches. __1__ The most significant the task ahead, the more careful the planning __2__ required. Getting to school or to work on time is a task requiring few __3__ or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abroad,or better still, getting

married, is a different matter altogether. If the matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __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 success and 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 degree __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 of essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10__ and over-expenditure. 答案:

1 将and 改为 or。or表示“或者”,因为前后是两种截然不同的可能性,所以应该用or。 2 将most改为 more 3 将few改为little

4 将involve 改为 involves。因为主语 the matter 为单数,例如:Although planning involves material investment, even more important is the investment in man.虽然作机会应该包括物资投资,但最重要的是对人的投资。

5 在returning后加介词to 6 将suffer改为afford

7 去掉be。vary是动词,可与助动词或者情态动词构成谓语,也可以独立构成谓语,例如:The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts. 8 去掉the。in essence 是固定习语,意为“本质上,实质的“

9 将do改为 does。主语是动名词复合结构 a nation planning its resources and needs, 应视为单数,例如:Looking after children requires patience. 10 将improperly改为 properly

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Tracing missing persons can take much patient detective work. But a special kind of “private eye” can trace the missing ancestors of whole peoples by studying the clues buried by words. __1__ These philologists, such as the language detectives are called, have traced __2__ the word trail back from peoples 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 different 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 baffled linguists for years. The more so __9__ because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences. Towards the end of the 18 century it dawned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed __10__ from some common language. 答案:

1 将by改为in。(be) buried in 意思为 “被„所掩盖,掩蔽于„” 2 将such去掉。在这里as是连词,引导状语从句.

3 将第一个and改为to (这个句子长,小心上当呀)。以便和前文的from构成搭配 “from„to„”,表示 “从„„到„„”.

4 将writing改为written`。“有文字记载的历史”英语为 “written history”.

5 将Since改为 For。因为since做介词, 表示 “自从„„起” 之意时,后面一般不跟表示一段时间的名词.

6 将difference改为similarity。从后面的例子我们可以看出,作者在这里讲述的是文字的惊人的相同之处,而不是不同之处.

7 将likely改为alike。likely 意思为 “很可能的”,不做 “相同的,相似的”解. 8 将where改为why。这里不是问地点而是问原因,从后面的because也可以看出. 9 将close改为副词closely。因为形容词close不能修饰过去分词related.

10 将18改为 18th.。The more so because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences. 这句话的the more so because是什么意思呢, 以为人家出版社错了,不过看两本资料都这么写. 有谁看得懂么?还是说真的是出错了.原来the more so because意思为: 更何况. ^_^