专八改错题常见错误(3)

were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs

indicating rain and drought．Somewhat more scientific were __7__ predictions based on vegetation:\ weather coming in．Onion's skin thick and tough, coming

weather is cold and rough．\ favorite weather clues: \ lamp，then the air is always damp ．\ forsake，the weather will for certain break ．\ in pools，the weather will be fine ．If they were seen on rocks, __10__ rain and cold were due．\ should be taken seriously : \，I hear the asses bray ．Me thinks we'll have some rain today ．\

答案及解析：

1．While—When或After

本句的this指代的是to change the weather by using magic．when/after 引导时间状语 2．in—than

earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than 3．those之后加who who引导定语从句 4．删除advance前的the in advance为习语 5．take—have

have connection with 为习语

6．controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/which

controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语修饰the actual factors 7．and—or

rain和draught只能是二者之一 8．删除is

与上文平衡，均为省略句 9．before—when/if 条件句

10．will—would

if 引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时

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

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.

英语专业八级人文知识[1] 英国的起源

1.The first known settlers of Britain were the Iberians. 伊比例亚人

2.The Celts began to arrive about 700BC and kept coming until the arrival of the Romans.凯尔特人

3. Julius Caesar, the great roman general, invaded Britain for the first time in 55BC. For nearly 400 years, Britain was under roman occupation. 罗马统治

4. In the mid-5th century a new wave of invaders, Jutes, Saxons, and Angles came to Britain, they were three Teutonic tribes.

5.The Norman conquest of England is perhaps the best-known event in English history. Under William, the feudal system in England was completely established. 诺曼征服

Celts， Anglo Saxon， Roman，哪个先来或者后到英国的呢？排个顺序吧。 1.The Norman Conquest happened in ____ A. 55BC B.1066 C.700 D.966

2.In the late 16th century, _____ruled England. A. Henry V B. Elizabeth I C Queen Marry D Elizabeth II 3. The largest river in Ireland is ____ A. the Dodder River B the Shannon River C the St. George River D the Thames River

4. The American Constitution was drawn up in ____ A 1787 B 1790 C 1783 D 1789

5. Dickens and Thackeray, who are most famous for their novel, lived in the period of ____

A Queen Elizabeth I B Henry VIII C Charles II D Queen Victoria 6. ____is written by Alan Poe.

A Twice-Told Tales B The Scarlet Letter

C The House of the Seven Gables D The Fall of the House of Usher 7. Rip Van Winkle is written by _____ A. Washington Irving B Henry David Thoreau C Ralph Waldo Emerson D James Fenimore Cooper

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