英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析
About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1____
pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking ____2____ University.
The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal
Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3____
within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4____
families to moderate size.
This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5____
the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control
respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high ____6____
risk categories.
The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7____
maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8_____
pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9____
mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than ____10____ two years apart. 参考答案及解析:
1 将had used 改为 used。
因为此句是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反，故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如：
Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人－如果他们不自以为聪明的话。
2 将publishing改为published
report和publish时逻辑动宾关系，故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如：
Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现，不管多么微不足道，都将成为知识宝库中的一部
分。
3 将theirs改为their
4 将among改为between
在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间，故用between。
5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。 excluding意为“不包括…”
6 将respectably改为respectively
respectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。
7将evidences改为evidence。 evidence是不可数名词。
8将ill改为illness。
9将year改为years。
10将lesser改为less
“可“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that express an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____ has great importance for many people.
This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____ for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3_____
portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children, even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _____4_____
support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____
of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth. When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____ they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____
a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in
the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____
a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____ way of life. 参考答案及解析: 1 将no改为 not
2 将place改为land
place是可数名词，作“地方”讲，而land意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。例如：
Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
当你偶尔光顾时，独处是一个美妙的境地，但是如果久留，它却是一个糟糕的地方。
There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
3 将started改为start
start应使用不定式，以和前面的find，build一致。
4 将working改为work。
work应该用第三人称复数，和live一致。另外，family在这里作“家人”讲，是复数。
5 将anyone改为everyone
这里是要用everyone指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
6 将but删除
7将before改为after
根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
8 将But改为 And
根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
当我行善事，我感到坦然；当我行恶时，我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。
9 将it改为they
10 在house the中间加入介词as regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。
We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say _____1_____
that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with school,
including
college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant of science as people _____2_____
with comparable education in Western Europe.
There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers—how to build them, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask _____3_____
them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into creating the _____4_____
computer, you don’t have faintest idea. _____5_____
The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _____6_____
creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _____7_____
technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8_____
new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of
knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the like. The two are
really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a
faculty for the others. _____9_____
Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,
it’s not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of _____10_____ new technology, which can be enormous. 参考答案及解析:
1.在which前加in，或将which改为where
在这里which引导限制性从句，修饰先行词the society。in which 在从句中作状语，当然也可以用关系副词where引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语，例如：
Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
2.将as 改为than
3.将So改为But或者However或者Nevertheless。 因为这里上下文是转折关系。
4.将about去掉
因为explain是及物动词。
5.将you改为they
6.将like改为as
因为such as 是固定搭配。
7.将takes改为gives
give rise to表示“引起，导致”之意。
8.将differ改为 distinguish
牵着表示“有区别”。后者表示“区分，找出……的差别。
9.将others改为other
这样the other就和上文的one构成固定搭配，表示在两个中“一个……；另外一个……”
10.将harmful改为harmless，只有这样才可以表达上下文的对比关系。 What is a black hole? Well, it is difficult to answer the question, as the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon __1__
are adequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is __2__
a region of space which matter has fallen and from which nothing can __3__
escape—not even light. But we can’t see a black hole. A black hole __4__ exerts a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter. It is only space—or thus we think. How can this happen? __5__
The theory is that some stars explode when their density increases to a particular point; they “collapse” and sometimes a supernova occurs.
The collapse of a star may produce a “White Dwarf” of a “neutronstar”—
a star which matter is so dense that if continually shrinks by the force of __6___
its own gravity. But if the star is very large, this process of shrinking may
be so intense that a black hole results in. Imagine the earth reduced to the __7__
size of a marble, but still having the same masses and a stronger __8__ gravitational pull, and you have some ideas of the force of a black hole. __9__
And no matter near the black hole is sucked in. __10__ 参考答案及解析:
supernova 名词，[天]超新星
1. 将as 改为since或者because。在表示原因的连接词中，只有as引导的原
因状语从句不能位于主句之后，只能位于句首。
2 .将adequate 改为inadequate，或者在are后加not。从逻辑上分析，因为我们拥有的科学术语“不充足”，所以才无法回答这个问题，所以用否定形式。
3. 在which 前加into。这是一个定语从句，意思是“黑洞是太空中物质可以掉进去的地方”，所以定语从句应该为“into which matter has fallen”。
4. 将but 改为 so。 上文已提到“连光都无法从黑洞中逃出”，所以我们根本无法看到黑洞。这里应该是因果关系，而不是转折关系。
5 .将thus改为so。这句话的意思是“那只是空间—或者我们认为它只是空间”。so做 think 的宾语，thus 只能做连词，不能做宾语。
6. 将which 改为whose。这个定语从句的意思是“它是一颗星，其密度非常大，由于自身的引力，它在不断地收缩”。matter 属于star，所以关系代词应该用whose。
7 .去掉in。result为不及物动词，意为“形成了”，而“result in sth。”意为“导致某结果”。
8. 将masses 改为mass。mass 可指“大量的物质”，而“the masses”特指
“劳动群众”，用在此处不妥。
9 .将ideas 改为idea。“idea”在表达“印象”时，为不可数名词，不可以用复数。
10. 将no改为any。分析便知，任何在黑洞附近的东西都会被吸进去。 改错题出现的错误经常包括：语法；词汇；语篇
1. 语法包括英语的时态，语态，倒装句，虚拟语气，主，谓，宾在数，格，人称上的一致。
2 .词汇方面，短文改错在用词上的错误主要集中在以下几个方面：
名次单复数，可数名词和不可数名词的差异，形容词与副词，连词与介词的误用，同义词的混淆等。
3. 语篇的改错旨在测试做题者在具体语境上下文中使用语法和词汇的能力。从逻辑的意义上看，句与句之间的关系可以分为顺序，并列，时间，空间，层递，对比，转折，解释，因果，过渡，推论等。最好的做法是先通读全文，结合上下文的逻辑关系回答问题。
The great whales are among the most fascinating creatures which __1__ have ever lived on the earth, and one of them, the blue whale, is the largest. People in ancient times thought whales as fearsome __2__ monsters of the ocean depths. So to hunt a whale, when one
occasionally swam toward shore, he was high adventure. People __3__ found the adventure was rewarding, too, for the oil and meat from
one whale alone could heat and feed a village for a whole winter. Whales resemble huge fish. They were referred by the ancients as __4__ “great fish,” and any whale beaching along the coasts of England was designated “the King’s fish” because it automatically belonged to the Crown.
Ever since those early times, human have felt whales a sense of __5__ wonder mixed with an intense desire to capture, slaughter, and exploit. Now the slaughter has reached alarming proportions. __6__ Even though some species are protected by the regulations of the International Whaling Commission and theoretically all whale hunting is regulated, but the earth’s stock of whales is still being __7__
depleted. In fact, some scientists worry that 100 years since now __8__ there may be no whales left. If this happens, mankind will
be blame for removing from the earth forever a remarkable and __9__ awe-inspiring creature that always fed man’s imagination and __10__ made the world a more exciting place 参考答案及解析:
1. 将which改为that。先行词由最高修饰时定语从句的关系代词只能用that。
2. 在thought 后面加of，或者将thought 改为regarded。“think of A as B”，指“把A看作B”，为固定搭配。
3. 去掉he。这句话的主语是“to hunt a whale”，“to hunt a whale was high adventure”。中间的“when…”只是插入的状语从句。
4. 在referred后加to。“refer to A as B”只“把A称作B”，这句话的意思是“古人把鲸称作大鱼”。
5. 在felt 后加for。这句话实际的结构是“feel a sense of wonder for whales”指“对鲸怀有惊奇的感觉”，for引出对象。
6. 在exploit后加them。capture，slaughter，exploit都是及物动词，后面必须加宾语。
7. 去掉but。前面已有“even though”，后面就不应该再用but。
8 .将since改为from。“100 years from now”指“从现在起100年后”since 只能用于完成时。
9. 在blame前加to。“be to blame for sth ”指“对某事应负责任”，为固定搭配。
10. 在always前加has。这个定语从句强调对现在的影响，很明显应该用完成
时，不能用过去式。
We use language every day. We live in a world of words. Hardly any moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, __1__ languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know __2__ more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language __3__ is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from __4__ animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language __5__ and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we __6__ understand precisely the combinations between language and thought, __7__
language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language is that we, like language users, take too many things for granted. __8__ Language comes to every normal person so naturally that a few __9__ of us stop to question what language is, much less do we feel the necessity to study it. Language is far more complex than most people have probably imagined and the necessity to study it is far greater than some people may have assured. Linguistic is a branch of science which __10__
takes language as its object of investigation. 参考答案及解析:
1. with 改为 without。”hardy any moment passes without someone…” , 两个否定: without 和hardly，意思是“每一时刻有人……”。
2. fast 前面加the因为fast and successful use 这个词组后边有一个前置词短语 of language 修饰use，所以被修饰的词前面加定冠词。
3. than on ourselves 改为than things on ourselves。在这里比较的是两件事：things around us and things on ourselves(我们周围的事物和我们自身的东西)。第二个things不能省略，否则引起误解。
4. differs 改为distinguishes。语言区分人与动物，differ是不及物动词，后面不能带宾语，只能用介词，如：Man differs from animals in that man possesses language。
5. inquire改为acquire“习得语言”应该是acquire language，名词短语是language acquisition。 Inquire 是“询问”的意思。
6. we前面加上 do 副词nor放在句首表示强调，应用倒装句，一般现在时强调句是在主语前面加助动词 do。
7. combination改为relationships.语言和思维的关系，不是结合；语言和思维的关系是当代语言学研究的重要领域。
8. like 改为as。根据上下文，要表达的意思是“作为语言的使用者”，不是“像语言的使用者”。
9. a 去掉 这里是否定的意思：“我们没有多少人……”而不是“我们一些人.….”。
10. assured 改为 assumed. 这句的后半部分意思是“研究语言的必要性比我们想象的要大得多”。Assure译为“确保”；assume译为“假设”或者“想象”的意思。
Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as ten years before, you can’t help being strucked by the __1__ appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__ short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous. The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__ There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__ by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__ have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__ style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year, a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__
on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__ decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__ waists will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__ 参考答案及解析:
1. strucked改为struck或者stricken
过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck，过去分词为struck或者stricken。
2. date改为dated或者outdated
3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand
4. entire改为entirely
副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age。
5. minority改为majority
从上下文以及常识判断，多半男性成功地抵制了改变他们服装款式的企图，即多年来，男性大服装款式跟女性服饰相比没有多大的变化。
6. it改为them
them指代the great majority of men。
7. fewer改为few 此处没有比较的意味。
8.去掉on
lay down为习语，表示“规定(规则，原则，法规等)”。
9. sometime改为 sometimes。
10. height改为high 形容词作be 的表语。
Demographic indicators show that Americans in the post war period were more
eager than ever to establish families. They quickly brought down the age at marriage
for both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height __1__
after more than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the “baby boom.” __2__
These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively large
families that went for more than two decades and caused a major but
temporary __3__
reversal of long-term demographic patterns. From the 1940s through the early
1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their __4__
Europe counterparts. __5__
Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women who formed __6__
families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the divorce rate after a __7__
postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of __8__
couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States __9__
maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world,
the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe. __10__
Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was not abandoned. 参考答案及解析:
1. 将height改为high/peak。
整句话的大意为他们把男女的婚龄降了下来，使出生率达到了20世纪的高峰。 high可以用作名词，意为“高峰”，“高水准”，“最高纪录”。
height可以作“极点，顶点”解释。例如：The height of cleverness is to conceal one’s cleverness。
2. 将第二个不定冠词a 去掉。
steady decline 意为持续的下降，前面不用加冠词。又如：years of hard work。根据语感可以判断出来。
3. 在went后加on，或将went改为lasted。
此处是“持续”的意思，所以可以用went on 或者last来表达。
4. 将high改为higher。
此处意为美国人结婚率比以前提高了，有与战前相比的意思，因此应用比较级。
5. 将Europe改为European。
6. 删掉more。此处的大意为战后离婚率也下降了，这个现象不大有人注意，但同样也很重要。另外，more与equally相矛盾。
7. 将nevertheless改为also或者删掉nevertheless。
此处上下文之间不是转折关系，而是递进关系。
8. 将that 改为those。
此处的代词应指marriages这个复数名词，因此应用those。此处考察代词与先行词一致的问题。
9. 将Since改为Although/Though/While。此处是转折关系，不是因果关系。
10. 将in改为to。短语to the extent是固定搭配。
When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a
lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the __1__
way they occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of others. Such people never __2__
bump into other people.
However, a second person thought that this was more a question of civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story, __3__
it he said was quite well-known, about an American who had been invited
__4__
to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American __5__
hasn’t been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If he had __6__
known about American food, he might have behaved better. __7__ Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to him, very much as a napkin. Picking it up, he put it into his collar, so that __8__
it falls across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, __9__ said of nothing, but immediately copied the action of his guest. __10__ And that, said this second person, was a fine example of good manners. 参考答案及解析: 1.将on改为by。
“by the way”作“根据……方式”讲。
2. 将unaware改为aware
根据下文中的“Such a person never bump into other people”判断，这种人不会“目中无人”。
3. 将as改为than
“more + adj/of + n + than”是固定搭配。
4. 将it改为which
which在此引导一个非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语，需要注意的是，在从句中he said是插入语。
5. 将at改为in
名词the country前要用介词in。
6. 将hasn’t改为hadn’t
根据上下文我们可以看出这里需要使用过去完成时。
7. 将American改为Arab。根据上文，我们可以看出，这里讲述的是赴“阿拉伯”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事，而不是赴“美国”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事。
8. 将as 改为like
介词as意思为“作为”，like意思为“像”。
9. 将falls改为fell 这里要使用一般过去时。
10. 将第一个of删掉。
say作为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词作宾语。
A great many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing new in the history of cities, except in their scale. Some cities have lost their
original purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is __1__
going to attract poor immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of __2__
prosperity which are then often disappointing. There are backward towns on the
edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were on the edge of __3__ seventeenth-century London or early nineteenth-century Paris. This is new is __4__
the scale. Descriptions written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor of
Mexico City, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, are very __5__
dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City today—the poor can still be numbered __6__ in millions.
The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind it lies __7__
two myths; the myth of the city as a promised land, that attracts immigrants __8__
from rural poverty and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of the __9__
country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, sends them flood __10__
-ing out again to the suburbs. 参考答案及解析: 1. 在new one前加a
这里one指代上下文中的可数名词purpose，因此该词前要有限定词。
2. 将filling改为filled
在这里，非谓语动词fill与句子的who（poor immigrants）之间是逻辑动宾关系，因此要使用过去分词来表示被动意义。
3. 去掉though
4. 将this改为what
根据句子结构，我们可以看出这里需要一个关系代词，它既能引导主语从句，同时也可以在从句中作主语，这个关系代词就是what。如：
What I like in a good author is not what he says，but what he whispers。
5. 将was改为were
that引导定语从句，其先行词是descriptions…and the enormous contrasts,因此谓语动词be要用复数。
6. 将dissimilar 改为 similar 这里要表示的是“共同，相似”之处。
7.将lies 改为lie
behind it lie two myths 是个倒装句，主语为two myths，可见谓语动词要使用复数。
8. 将that改为which
这里是一个非限制性定语从句，因此不可用that，而要用which。
9. 将it改为them
复数名词immigrants的代词，所以要用复数形式。
10. 将late改为later
Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect, __1__
while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence __2__
of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact __3__
the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.
From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through __4__
the eighteenth and nineteenth century, becoming enormously popular in __5__
the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially, this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and __6__ magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his __7__
portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was __8__
close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the __9__
string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended __10__ by amiable attacks. 参考答案及解析: 1. 将affect改为effect affect是动词。effect是名词。
2. 将suggests改为 suggesting
这是一个以while引导的从句，其中suggest应该与capturing并列。
3.在fact后面加上that
因为引导同位语从句的关系词不可以省略。
4. 将their改为its
这里its指代单数名词caricature
5. 将century改为复数形式
6. 将was省略
appear是不及物动词，不应用于被动语态。
7. 将his改为their
这里指代复数名词 the caricaturists
8. 将primary改为primarily
primarily在这里做状语，修饰不定式短语
9. 将close改为比较级形式closer
从后面的连词than，可以看出，这里使用了比较状语从句
10. 将amusing改为 amused
主语subject（受攻击的人）和amuse的逻辑关系是动宾关系，应使用过去分词形式。
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__
参考答案及解析: 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
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 appointment 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. 答案及解析: 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
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__ 参考答案及解析: 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。
转贴于：TEM考试_考试大
There are great impediments to the general use of a
standard in pronun-
ciation 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__ 参考答案及解析:
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。
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.
参考答案及解析:
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。
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__
参考答案:
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 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
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”.
参考答案及解析: 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. When a human infant is born into any community in any part of the
world it has two things in common with any infant, provided neither of them __1__
have been damaged in any way either before or during birth. Firstly, and most __2__
obviously, new born children are completely helpless. Apart from a powerful
capacity to pay attention to their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing __3__
the new born child can do to ensure his own survival. Without care from some
other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a
child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked
contrast with the capacity of many new born animals to get on their feet within __4__
minutes of birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young animals are certainly in risk, sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, __5__
compared with the human infant, they very quickly develop the capacity to
fend for them. __6__
It is during this very long period in which the human infant is totally dependent on the others that it reveals the second feature which it shares with all __7__
other undamaged human infants, a capacity to learn language. For this reason,
biologists now suggest that language be “ species specific” to the human race, __8__
that is to say, they consider the human infant to be genetic programmed
in __9__
such way that it can acquire language. This suggestion implies that just __10__
as human beings are designed to see three-dimensionally and in color and just
as they are designed to stand upright rather than to move on all fours, so they
are designed to learn and use language as part of their normal development as
well-formed human beings. 参考答案及解析:
1 在any infant 中间加other
在比较一物与他物,一人与他人的异同时,必须从比较对象中排除该物或该人.
2 将have改为has
该谓语动词的主语为neither,所以要使用单数形式.
3 将pay改为draw/call/attract/elicit 这里要表达的是 “引起注意”.
4 将on改为to
get/ rise/ spring to one’s feet 作 “起身,站起来”将.
5 in risk 改为 in danger 或者 at risk
6 将them 改为themselves
根据上下文,我们可以看出,这里需要一个代词来作 fend for 的宾语.
7 删除定冠词the
8 将be 改为is
在这里suggest 作 “认为,提出看法,暗示说”讲,不作 “建议”讲, 因此,不可使用虚拟语气.
9 讲genetic改为genetically
这里副词genetically 修饰过去分词programmed.
10 在such way 中间加入a
名词way为可数名词单数,因此前面要使用不定冠词.
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. 参考答案及解析: 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。
8 将mean改为means
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。
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. 参考答案:
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.
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__ 参考答案:
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.
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__ disadvantages 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. 参考答案及解析:
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。 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.
参考答案及解析: 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
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.
参考答案及解析： 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. Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely because progress of particu- lar kind is actually taking place around us and is more and more manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__ one no general improvement in intelligence or morali- ty, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumu- lation of knowledge. 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 communicated and stored. Libraries made education possible, and
education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __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 the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__ then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__ edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac- count. What is called “modern civilization” is not the result of a balanced development of all man’s nature, but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__ life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go- ing to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__ pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which
could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__ used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__ using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them.
参考答案及解析：
1.把manifesting改为manifest
manifesting不能做形容词,而如果把它理解成现在进行词,后面又缺乏宾语,所以应该改为形容词manifest,表示 “显然的,明显的”.
2.把begins改为began
根据下一行出现的could可以判断本句是过去时.
3.把mean改为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 “把图书馆加到某个事物上去”,加上to,表示给图书馆增加了内容,符合句义.
5.把risen改为raised
rise是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态.
6.把However改为Moreover
此句的意思是:新知识一经获得,马上就得到实际应用.这是对上文的追加,不存在转折关系,因此应该用moreover.
7.删除but后面的not
8.把Like改为As
9.把could改为can
主句为现在时,而从句也不表示虚拟,所以应该用现在时.
10.在that后面加上of.
为了避免重复,这里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.
You will think about what kind of saving instru- __1__ ment to use or what kind of investment to make. By putting your money in some kind of savings instrument or 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 is kept in a savings instrument. Divi- dends are payments of part of a company’s earnings to people 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. Principal re- fers to the facial value or the amount of money you __6__
place in the savings instrument on which the interest is earned.
Every type of savings or investment has some risk that the return will be less than needed or expected. Federally insured savings accounts are safe and guar- anteed up to $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 investments
by starting to save early. The earlier we begin the less __10__ money you will have to put aside each month and the more total savings you will accumulate.
参考答案及解析: 1.把saving改为savings
saving表示“节约的”，和其复数形式savings意义不同。savings的意思是“存款，储蓄”。
2.在small前面加上a
a small amount of 表示“少量的”，冠词不可缺。
3.把what改为which或者that
amount在此是先行词，后面是一个定语从句，这个从句显然应该由关系代词that或者which引导。
4.在hold前面加who
先行词people后面是一个定语从句，因此需要有引导词。
5.在which前面加上at
关系代词which在此引导的同样是一个定语从句，并且在此应该用“介词＋关系代词”这个形式，因为前面的rate往往用于短语at a rate，此处的介词可以提前。
6.把facial改为face 票面价值应是：face value。
7.把Therefore改为However。
此处根据上下文来看，表达的是转折的含义，而不是因果关系。
8.把hard改为harder
这里存在一个隐含的比较，所以应该用hard的比较级形式。
9.删除more，或者把more改为much
riskier本身已经是比较形式了，再加上more是多余的。把more改为much，表示一种程度也可以。
10.把we改为you 补充：
第二题将amount改为amounts也是正确的 第四题把hold改为holding也是正确的
a small amount of 和small amounts of 用法的区别
a large（great，good）amount of ＋不可数名词，谓语动词一般用单数；但（large，great，good）amounts of ＋ 不可数名词，作主语时，谓语动词要用复数。
A large amount of damage ＜has been＞done by the earth quake． Large amounts of money ＜were＞spent on the bridge．
这就是为什么第二题也可以把amount改为amounts而第八题不用改amount的原因啦
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 World
countries 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 banks from the oil-producing countries and was lent out to
the Third World. The interest rates have then been risen __4__ dramatically. So you have a situation where a country
in many cases can’t even repay the interest, letting alone __5__ the capital, on the debt. And I suppose the best example from what I have come across is a country in West Africa where the consumption, the local consumption of peanuts was banned, because peanuts, if they are
imported can 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 the
United States to feed our cattle. Those cattle then produced a surplus of milk which we do not know what to do with. We have enough milk, more milk than we can
cope with in the Western World. And also that milk __8__ was transformed into dried milk powder and then taken back to this country to help feed children who were
suffering from malnutrition. So that’s the kind of insanely __9__ economic relationship that we have got ourselves in __10__ the Third World.
参考答案及解析: 1.在part前加上a
词组have a part to play in…的意思是“有份儿”
2.saddle改为saddled
此处为被动语态，应该把动词变为过去分词形式。
3.把with改为at
此处介词与interest rates搭配。
4.删除been（这里应该是把risen改为rising，答案应该错了） rise是不及物动词，不用于被动语态。
5.把letting改为let
let alone 意思为“更不用提”。
6.把imported改为exported
下文说花生可以带来外汇收益，出口才会带来外汇，所以此处应用exported。
7.把have改为had
上文提到该国禁止本国消费花生这件事用的是过去时。
8.把also改为so。
必须把与此相关的几个句子联系在一起理解，上文说：花生出口到英国和美国去喂了牛，而牛又产出了过剩的牛奶，我们不知道怎么处理这些牛奶。在西方世界，我们的牛奶够多了，多得无法处理。本句说：这些牛奶就被制成奶粉拿到该国去喂养那些营养不良的儿童。由此可见本句与上文是因果关系，不能用also来连接。
9.insanely改为insane
此处表达“荒唐的经济关系”insane修饰的是relationship，而非economic，因此要用形容词代替。
10.把in改为into
词组get in 虽然也可以表达“ 进入，陷入”，但是in为副词，后面不能跟地点，所以应该改为into
One of the most important non-legislative functions of the U.S Congress is the power to investigate. The power is usually delegated to committees—either standing committees, special committees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees __1__ consisted of members of both houses. Investigations __2__
are held to gather information on the need for future
legislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into the qualifications and performance of
members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, __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 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 inform the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, __9__ Congressional committees also have the power to compel testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury these who give false testimony. __10__
参考答案及解析:
1 在set和for中间加上up
短语set up表示“设立”，这里用作过去分词，修饰前面的committees。
2 consisted改为 consisting
joint committee 是consist of 的逻辑主语，所以要用现在分词。
3 in改为on
与occasion搭配的介词应该为on。 4 rely和outside中间加上on rely 后面要用介词on。
5 out去掉
make studies 表示“进行研究”，这里没有必要用out。
6 its 改为 their
这里代词指代的是复数名词investigations，所以也要用复数形式。
7 to 和public中间加上the
表示“大众，公众”时，前面要加定冠词。
8 nevertheless 改为thus ,therefore
作者前面说国会有向社会公开调查信息的权利，本句说调查是立法者向公众传达消息的工具，这两句话之间应该是因果关系，而不是转折关系。
9 interests改为interest
作者此处要表达的是“激起公众的兴趣：，应该用”interest。interests一般表示“利益”。
10 these改为those
用代词指代一群人，后面在加定语从句修饰时，代词一般要用those。 Successful aging is a psychological feat. Fear for __1__ death, for example, may sometimes oppress you.
even when this is successfully overcome, there is still something for you to deal with-loneliness. Loneliness can speed your demise no matter conscientiously __2__ you care for your body. “We go through life surrounded by protective convoys of others,” says Robert Kahn, a psychologist of the University of Michigan
who studied the health effects of companionship. “People __3__ who manage to maintain a network of social support do best.” One study of elderly heart-attack patients found that those with two or more close associations __4__ enjoyed twice the one-year survival rate of those who were completely alone.
Companionship aside, healthy oldsters seem to
share a knack for managing stress, poison that contributes __5__ measurably to heart disease, cancer and accidents.
Researchers have also been kinked successful aging __6__ to mental stimulation. An idle brain will deteriorate just as sure as an unused leg, notes Dr. Gene Cohen, __7__ Head of the gerontology center at George Washington University. But just as exercise can prevent muscle __8__ atrophy, mental challenges seem to preserve both the mind and the immune system. But what most impresses researchers who study the oldest old is
his simple drive and resilience. “People who reach 100 __9__ are not quitters,” says Adler of the National Centenarian Awareness Project. “They share a remarkable ability to
renegotiate life in every turn, to accept the inevitable losses __10__ And move on.” 参考答案及解析: 1.把for改为of
与fear搭配的介词通常是of，表示对…的恐惧。
2.在no matter后面加上how
3.在studied前面加上has
本文的基调是一般现在时，此句的主语也是现在时，定语从句介绍Roberts做过的研究项目，所以用现在完成时比较合适。
4.把associations改为associates
本句的意思是：一项对高龄心脏病人的研究发现，有两个或者两个以上亲密伙伴陪同的病人在一年危险期的幸存几率是完全无人陪伴的病人的两倍。
5.在poison前面加上a
不定冠词修饰不可数名词，该名词后面再加上定语成分对该词进一步说明。
6.删除been
7.把sure改为surely
8.把but改为and
本句与上一段最后一句在结构(just as)上相似，在意义上是递进关系，不应该用转折连词衔接，用and合适。
9.把his改为their
此处的代词应该代替the oldest old， the oldest old 表示一类人可以用单数也可以用复数，但是下文提到这些年事极高的老人都用了复数，所以此处也要改为复数，使上下文一致。
10.把in改为at
词组at every turn意思为“ 时时，经常”。
转贴于：TEM考试_考试大Eye behavior can give subtle messages which
people pick up in their daily life. It tells more than words can. Meeting or failing to meet another person's eyes produce a particular effect.When two Americans __1__ look searchingly at each other's eye, emotions are __2__ heightened and the relationship becomes closer. How- ever, Americans are careful about where and when to __3__ meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each eye-contract lasts only a few seconds before one or both individuals look away, because the longer meeting
of the eyes is rare, and, after it happens, can generate __4__ a special kind of human-to-human awareness. For instance, by simple using his eyes, a man can make a woman aware of him comfortably or uncomfortably; a long and steady gaze from a policeman or judge intimidates accused. __5__ In the U.S., proper street behavior requires a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you
are being aware of his presence. If you look too little, __6__ you appear haughty; too much, inquisitive. Much eye behavior is such subtle that our reaction to it is __7__
largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye behavior vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8__ Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person all the time during a conversation; in England, the polite listener fixes the speaker with an inattentive __9__ stare and blinks eye occasionally as a sign of interest and attention. In America, eye behavior functions as a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10__ talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic. 参考答案及解析:
1.把produce改为produces
本句中两个主语meeting和failing to meet another person's eye 用or连接，这时谓语动词应该采取就近原则，与最相邻的主语一致。
2.把at改为into
此处的动作应该是look into（注视），而不是一般的“看”（look at）。
3.把where改为how
上下文介绍的是目光交流的方式方法。
4.把after改为when/if
5.在accused前面加上the
intimidate（胁迫）是一个及物动词，后面不能只接形容词，此处应该加上定冠词，与accused构成名词短语，表示一类人，即“被告”。本句的意思是： 例如，只要运用目光，男人就可以让女人很自在或者不舒服地感觉到他的存在；而警察或法官的长时间的注视可以威吓被告。
6.删除being
7.把such改为so
8.把other改为another
表示不定指代的“一个或者另一个”应该用one and/or another。
9.把inattentive改为attentive
10.在control前面加上to
control the talking pace and time 应该和to indicate a change of topic并列，作为conversational traffic signal 的定语，也要用动词不定式。 To be called beautiful is thought to name something essential to women’s character and concerns. (In contrast by men- whose __1__ essence is to be strong, or effective, or competent.) It does not need someone in the throes of feminist awareness to perceive that __2__
the way women are taught to be involved in beauty encourages __3__ narcissism, reinforces independence and immaturity. Everybody knows __4__
that. For it is “everybody”, a whole society, which has identified __5__ being feminine with caring about how one looks. Giving these __6__ stereotypes, it is no wonder that beauty enjoys, at best, a rather mixed reputation.
It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful is wrong but the __7__ obligation to be. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and to assess each part separately. Breasts, feet, hips, waistline, neck, __8__
eyes, nose, complexion, hair, and so on – each by turn is submitted __9__ to an anxious scrutiny. Even if some pass the scrutiny, some will always be found wanted. Nothing less than perfection will do. __10__ 参考答案及解析: 1.by改为 to/with
词组 in contrast to/ with 表示“与……相比”，不能用其他介词。
2. need改为take
虽然need的汉语意思是“需要”，但英语中It takes 往往作为一个固定搭配，表示“做某事需要某物或者某种品质”。
3.in改为with
be involved in 表示“介入，参与”，后面一般跟事。
而 be involved with 则表示“和……有关系，有关联”，后面一般跟人。 如： He was involved in a car accident.
I never wanted to get emotionally involved with him.
4.independence改为dependence。
5.which改为that
句子的主干是 it is…that…表示强调。
6.giving改为given
given 一词后面接名词词组可表示“考虑到，鉴于…”。
7.beautiful 后面加that
此句同样也是一个强调句型，后面须跟that引导的从句。
8.assess改为evaluate
assess往往指对某物在金钱上的价值进行权威的评估。
如： We should assess an apartment on the amount for which it is likely to be rented.
本句话指每一个平常的女性对自己身体的每一部分进行评判，评价，应该用
evaluate，因为该词表示对事物的本质或价值进行判断，如：
Teachers evaluate a student’s thesis for content and organization.
9.by改为in
by turns 表示“交替地，轮番地 ”。 in turn 表示一系列动作按照一定顺序发生，或者某人先后做某事。根据题意，这里要用in turn。
10. wanted改为wanting
to find something or somebody wanting 表示“（某物或某人）缺乏应有的素质，不够格”。
wanted往往指“被通缉”或者“被爱，被照顾的”。
In the United States there are, strict speaking, no national __1__ holiday, for each state must, through legislative enactment or __2__ executive proclamation, appoint the day which each holiday is __3__ celebrated. Congress and the president may establish legal holidays for the District of Columbia and for federal employees throughout the states and territories; and by long custom, days that receive nationwide observation, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor __4__ Day, Independent Day, and New Year’s Day, are uniformly set __5__ apart by all states as legal, or public holidays. In 1968, federal __6__ legislation established Columbia Day as a legal holiday for the District of Columbia and for the federal government beginning at __7__
1971. The law also provided begun in 1971 federal employees __8__ would be granted three-days weekends by observing Washington’s __9__ Birthday on the third Monday in February, Memorial Day on the last Monday in May, Columbus Day on the second Monday in October, and Veteran Day on the forth Monday on October. By 1971, most of the states also adopted the new dates. __10__ 参考答案及解析: 1.strict改为strictly
2.holiday改为holidays
因为原句的谓语动词为复数are，所以holiday必须使用复数。另外no后面可以用复数也可以用单数。
3.which前面加上on
因为先行词the day在关系从句钟做状语，还原回去应为：each holiday is celebrated on the day，所以必须加on。
4.obsevation改为observance
observation意思为“观察，观测”，observance则表示“遵守，庆祝”。
5.Independent改为Independence 独立日的说法是“Independence Day”。
6.apart改为aside
set apart 指“使分离，使分开”，语义不同，set aside表示“留出，保留”的意思。
7.at改为in
8.begun改为beginning
动词begin和分句的主语federal employees的关系是主动的，应此要用beginning。
9.three-days 改为three-day
用连字符连接起来的表示数量的名词的前置修饰语的复数概念仍然是单数，如： a million-pound banknote。
10.also前面加had
如果一个句子里面有by引导的时间状语从句则动词一般用完成体。 Our obsession with thinness is also fueled by health concerns. It is true that in this country we have more overweighted people __1__ than ever before, and that, in many cases, being over weight
correlates an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. __2__ These diseases, therefore, may have as much to do with our __3__
way of life and our high-fat diets as with excessive weight. And __4__ the associate risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more __5__ about a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber than a __6__ weight problem.
The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but
that we neither exercise enough or eat well. Exercise is necessary __7__ for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases. We should surely stop paying so much attention on weight. __8__ Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardy if those who __9__ get(or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness can be purely vainglory. __10__ 答案及解析：
1.overweighted改为overweight
overweight本身就可以做形容词修饰people，不需要加ed。
2.correlates后加with
Correlate应与with连用，表示“A与B有关联”。
3.therefore改为however
从上下文来看，这里是转折而不是因果。
4.excessive改为excess
excess往往指数量上超过所需，多余。
excessive 往往有不赞同，否定的含义在里面，另外，excessive除了可以表示数量以外还可以表示程度，表达抽象概念。比如 After cooking fish, pour off the excess fat.
The government says that local authority spending is excessive.
5.associate 改为associated
associated 表示“关联的，相关的”。
6.about改为of
这里的意思是“与之相关的消化系统患癌症的危险实际上是饮食问题引起的，而非体重问题” ，about意思为“相关的”，这里应该为of，表性质。
7.or改为nor
neither应和nor连用表示两者皆否定，而not才和or连用。
8.on改为to
9.hazardy改为hazardous
hazard的形容词是hazardous而不是hazardy。
10.purely改为pure
In department stores and closets all over the world, they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing since __1__ they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors.
And they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the __2__ fashionable industry today. What are they? They are high heels __3__ --woman’s worst enemy ( whether she knows it or not). High heel __4__ shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticating __5__ for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed on posing short as __6__ as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high hell industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the world of unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. __7__ For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass know what I am talking __8__ about. A simple trip around the yard on a pair of those babies __9__ eliminates all needs to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides __10__
the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those messy chunks of dirt lying around.
参考答案：
1.since改为because或者for
当since表示原因时，它往往出现在句子的开头而非中间。
2.And改为But
从与上一段的关系看来，这里是转折而不是承接。
3.fashionable改为fashion
fashionable是形容词表示“时尚的，时髦的”，而这里所指的是“时尚产业”，所以应该用它的名词形式。
4.woman前加上a或者woman改为women
可数名词单数形式前面必须加冠词，因此这里须加上a，或者将woman变成服侍形式表类指。
5.sophisticating改为sophisticated
6.on改为in
succeed 与介词in连用，后面加动词ing形式。如：
We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense.
7.of 改为from
save sb from doing sth 表示“避免某人做某事”。
8.know改为knows
主语和谓语在形式上须一致，anyone在语义上表达的是单数含义。
9.on改为in
英语表示穿戴往往用介词in。
10.needs改为need
尽管need前用了all来限定，但need所指的是“叫来草坪护理专家”这单一的含义，因此应该用单数，all在这里只是起到强调的作用。
The violence within a society is controlled through institutions of law. The most developed a legal system becomes, the more __1__ societies takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment __2__
of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to dealing with __3__
an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the responsibility for personal carrying out judgment and punishment __4__ upon the person who did the offense. __5__
But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes
personalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for __6__
protecting individuals from violence. In cases where he cannot be __7__ protected, the society is responsible for committing punishment. __8__ In a state controlling legal system, individuals are removed __9__ from the circle of revenge motivated by acts of violence, and the __10__ state assumes responsibility for their protection.
答案及解析: 1.most改为more
这句话实际上使用了the more…the more…结果，表示\一个法律制度越完善，社会在其中所负的责任越大\。
2.societies改为society
society 这里应选择单数因为原句的意思是\一个国家的法律制度越完善，社会在发现，控制，和惩治暴力行为中所承担的责任就越大\，含义是单数的，所以应该使用单数形式。
3.dealing改为deal
the means to 词组里的to是不定式的to，因此后面应接动词原型。
4.personal改为personally
这里personally修饰carrying out judgment…，因此是使用副词。
5.did改为committed
offense经常与commit，cause，take，give搭配，这里用commit the offense 表示\犯罪\。
6.personalized改为depersonalized
前面一句话指明在部族社会\惩恶扬善\是家族或个人的事，而在法制社会里，\复仇\这一任务不再由个人担当，而是交给社会，因此这里不应使用personalized，而应使用depersonalized，表示\非个人化\。
7.he改为they
这里代词he与前面它所指代的名词individuals不一致，应为they。
8.committing改为imposing
commit的意思是\犯（错误），干（坏事），把…交拖给，答应负责\，在这里不适合，应改为impose。
9.controlling改为controlled
中心词legal system和control的关系是被动的，法律制度是被国家控制的。
10.circle改为cycle
circle和cycle的区别在于circle表示\圈子\，如：a circle of friends 而cycle表示\循环，周期\，如： the cycle of birth The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that has recognized the need for change and done something about it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity of the communities for which they provide information. It must __1__ reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk losing their readers’ interest and their advertisers’ support. Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial minorities, the __2__ paper has put into place polices and procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The underlying reason for __3__ the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the same kind of population __4__ that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to evaluate The Seattle Times’ __5__ content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content __6__ audit that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation of woman and people of color in photographs. Early audits __7__ showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and were pictured with a disproportionate number of negative articles.
The audit results from improvement in the frequency of __8__
majority, representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive __9__ situations. And, with a result, The Seattle Times has improved __10__ as a newspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped The Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal Optima’s Award for excellence in managing change.
答案及解析: 1 将it改为they
这里先行词为复数名词papers,故应用复数代词they
2 percents改为percent
在表示分数时,percent总是用单数.
3 将maintain改为maintaining
这里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介词for的宾语.
4 将subjective改为objective
根据上下文,此处应该表示 “客观的”之意.
5 将meets改为meet
committee为集合名词,如果看作一个整体,谓语动词要用复数.
英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析
