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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 2.1 词法错误专项练习
1. In 1852 Massachusetts passed a law requiring all children from four to eighteen years old to contend school. 【答案】将contend改为attend。
【解析】attend school上学。contend竞争，主张。
2. Hydrogen, the nine most abundant element in the Earth’s crust, is a colorless and tasteless gas. 【答案】将nine改为ninth。
【解析】the后面接序数词表示“第…个”。
3. Although Christopher Columbus failed in his original goal, the discoveries he did make were as important than the route to Asia he expected to find. 【答案】将as改为more。
【解析】此处考查的是形容词比较级的用法，as不能与than搭配。
4. The disruptive students were sustained after school until their parents had been notified.
【答案】将sustained改为detained。
【解析】此处考查易混动词辨析，detain拘留，被监禁，暂时关押。sustain支撑，撑住，
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 5. Under the guidance of the experienced hunter, we climbed easy down the side of the cliff.
【答案】将climbed easy改为easily climbed。 【解析】climb为动词，应该用副词修饰动词。
6. The body structure that developed in birds over millions of years is well designed for flight, being both lightly in weight and remarkably strong. 【答案】将lightly改为light。
【解析】be动词后接形容词表示状态、属性等。
7. Although we had been present at roughly the same time, Mr. Brown saw the situation quite different from the way I saw it. 【答案】将different改为differently。
【解析】different在这里修饰的是动词see，故应使用副词形式。
8. Although the police are given considerable authority by society to enforce its laws, they get a relatively low salary as compared with that of other occupational groups which have much fewer authority. 【答案】将fewer改为less。
【解析】authority表示“特权、权威”时是不可数名词，不能用few及其比较级来修饰，
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 9. Overseas travel sounds excited and sometimes exotic but not everyone can afford it.
【答案】将excited改为exciting。
【解析】此处考察的是形容词辨析，excited兴奋的，激动的。exciting令人兴奋的，使人激动的。
10. A lot of urban people come into the country and suddenly become terrible concerned about its appearance and what the farmer is doing. 【答案】将terrible改为副词形式terribly。 【解析】修饰形容词concerned要用副词形式。
11. In modern industrious areas, socio-cultural change is occurring at an accelerated rate.
【答案】将industrious（勤奋的)改成industrial(工业的)。 【解析】此处考察的是形近词的辨析问题。
12. Although Graham spent years struggle against the disapproval of audiences who disliked and ridiculed her work, the power and substance of her unique vision proved in the end to be undeniable. 【答案】将struggle改为struggling。
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 【解析】spend后面需要使用动名词。
13. A major step in the development of algebra was the evolution of an accurate understand of negative quantities.
【答案】将understand改为understanding。
【解析】题中an是冠词，accurate是形容词，后面需接名词，不可接动词。
14. According to art consultant Maeve Bee, selects works of art for display is neither an easy task nor a glamorous occupation. 【答案】将select改为selecting。
【解析】动名词短语作主语，而动词单独不可作主语。
15. Unlike another blood cells, white cells have a nucleus that enables them to divide and reproduce.
【答案】将another改为other。 【解析】指其他的血细胞。
16. At the local level individual authorities, which have rather greater freedom in planning than their English counterparts, have been actively in encouraging investment.
【答案】将actively改为active。
【解析】系动词后面需要使用形容词，而不是副词。
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圣才电子书 十万种考研考证电子书、题库视频学习平台 17. The more physical exercise you have, the more healthier you will become. 【答案】将more去掉。
【解析】此处考察形容词比较级形式。此处healthy的比较级是把y去掉，加ier。这里的more是多余的。
18. Mr. Johnson regretted to blame his secretary for the mistake, for he later discovered it was his own fault. 【答案】将to blame改为blaming。
【解析】此处考察regret的用法。regret to do表示对要做的事觉得遗憾。regret doing对做过的事情表示遗憾、后悔。
19. This research program is financed by two funds, the largest one of which could last for two years.
【答案】将largest改为larger。
【解析】这句话中two funds指明比较的对象只有两个，因此后半句中不应使用最高级，而只能用比较级，表示两者之中那笔较大的资金。
20. There is few evidence that children in language classrooms learn foreign languages any better than adults in similar classroom situations. 【答案】将few改为little。
【解析】此处考察名词的修饰成分。这里的evidence是不可数名词，所以应用little而
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外语考研二外英语改错高分特训1000题-词法错误专项练习【圣才出品】
