2012专八改错模拟题1-5.doc

专八模拟改错(1)Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. While experience taught him this was impossible, _1_he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier in _2_1000 B.C. there were weather seers in Babylon-and priests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted _3_the weather a year in the advance. Some forecasters used _4_methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual _5_factors controlled the weather. Chickens and other animals _6_were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. Somewhat more scientific were _7_predictions based on vegetation:Onions skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onions skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough.Insects and animals were also _8_favorite weather clues: Before the glowworm lights his _9_lamp , then the air is always damp . If spiders their cobwebs forsake , the weather will for certain break. If frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, _10_rain and cold were due. Its difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks well have some rain today .答案1.WhileWhen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.inthan.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than3.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. takehave.have connection with 为习语6. controlledcontrolling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语修饰the actual factors7. andor.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. beforewhen/if.条件句10. willwould.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时专八模拟改错(2)It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as a person. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain _1_Britannia and the United States Columbia, and think of it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our _2_personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, a Scot, wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed _3_to be typical members of different nationalities. The Englishman was John Bull. This name, which was sufficient flattering to be _4_adopted generally, combined the most common English first name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually _5_pictured as a partly businessman with a Union Jack on his hatband.After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United _6_States was knownfor Brother Jonathan. Jonathan was a biblical _7_name associated with simple people from rural areas, and it seemed fitting since the United States is rural and unsophiscated, and since _8_American considered their type of simplicity a virtue compared to _9_the wickedness of European cities. It is possible, however, that the name was originated with President George Washington, who would _10_often say, when faced with a hard problem, Let us consult Brother Jonathan, referring to his secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull.答案：1. of和as之间加上it.代替前文的a nation2.itboth指代上文的US和Great Britain3.thatwhich4.sufficientsufficiently修饰形容词用副词5. indicatedindicating6.beganended根据历史知识，美国独立战争开始于1776年7月4日（独立宣言发表），直到1783年英国正式承认美国独立才结束。7. forasbe known for意为“因.而众所周知”8. iswas美国过去曾是一个rural and unsophisticated的国家9.towithcompare to 意为“把.比作.”compare with意为“与.比较，与.匹敌，与.竞争”10. 删掉name和originated之间的was 专八模拟改错(3)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 _1pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking University. _2The 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 _3within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their _4families 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 _5the United Nations Childrens Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high risk categories. _6The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of _7maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of _8pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the _9mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than two years apart._10答案：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 publishedreport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 their4. 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 excludingexcluding意为“不包括”6. 将 respectably 改为 respectivelyrespectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为“可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。7. 将 evidences 改为 evidenceevidence是不可数名词。8. 将ill改为illness9. 将 year 改为 years10. 将 lesser 改为 less专八模拟改错(4)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 _1has 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 _2for ones family, and started a farm. These small households were _3portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _4support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _5of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _6is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.When U.S soldiers came home before World War, for example, _7they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _8a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _9a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._10答案:1. 将 no 改为 not2. 将 place 改为 landplace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 startstart应使用不定式，以和前面的find, build一致。4. 将 working 改为 workwork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 thats 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 they10 在house the中间加入介词 asregard.as 作“把当作”讲。专八模拟改错(5)We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say _1that 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 _2with comparable education in Western Europe.There are a lot of kids who know everything about computershow to buildthem, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask _3them to explain about the rinciples of physics that have gone into creating the _4computer, you dont have faintest idea. _5The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _6creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _7technology. Lots of people dont differ between the two. Science is the production of _8new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of knowledge to the production of some products, mac