专八改错习题及答案解析知识分享

1、此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除 英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（一 ）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 2University.The report indicate

2、s that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternalDeaths 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 370.00

3、0 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by 5the United Nation s Children s Fund and the fUoSr DCiseenatesresControlrespectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high 6risk categories.The report says that evidences from around the worl

4、d 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 10two 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

5、，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

6、，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 “可敬的，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

7、将 lesser 改为 less英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（二 ）“ 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 Ameri

8、can 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 one s family, and started a farm. These small households were 3只供学习与交流此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除 portraits of independence: the entire family- mothe

9、r, 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

10、as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.When U.S. soldiers came home before World War n , 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

11、 less identical, but it satisfied 9a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their 10way of life.参考答案及解析 :1 将 no 改为 not2 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

12、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 every one;这里是要用 every one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

13、 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 as;regardas作“把当作”讲。英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（三）We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say 1t

14、hat 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 t

15、o take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask 3them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into creating the 4computer, you don t have faintest idea. 5The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human 6creative power. It also

16、takes rise to blurring of the distinction between 7science and technology. Lots of people dont differ between the t_w_o_. _S8c_ie_n_c_enew knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of is the production of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or 只供学习与交

17、流此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除the like. The two are really different, and people who have the faculty for onevery seldom have a faculty for the others. 9Science 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 forecas

18、t the_10consequences of 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 than3. 将So改为But或者

19、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 they6. 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。英语

20、专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（四 ）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 nothi

21、ng can _3_ escapenot even light. But we cant 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 increasesto a particular point; they“ collap

22、se ” 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 re

23、sults 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

24、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in adequate,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 此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除 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

25、将thus改为so。这句话的意思是“那只是空间一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 wh ose 。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。“

26、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。 英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（五 ）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

27、 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 ancie

28、nts as _4_ “ great fish,” and any whale beaching along the coasts of Englandwas designated “ the King s fish”utobmecaatiucasellyitbaelongedto 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

29、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 earths stock of whales is still being _7_depleted. In fact, some scientists worry that 100 years

30、 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 mans 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 thou

31、ght 后面加 of,或者将 thought 改为 regardedo “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”， f

32、or 引出对象。此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除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” si nee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

33、。英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（六 ）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

34、 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 pre

35、cisely 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

36、 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

37、science which _10_ takes language as its object of investigation.参考答案及解析 :1. with 改为 without。” hardy any mome nt passes without some one ”, 两个否定 ：without 禾口 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 th

38、ings on ourselves。在这里比较的是两件事：things around us and thingson 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 Ianguage，名词短语是 Ianguage acquisi

39、tion。 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. combi nation改为relatio nships.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a&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

40、为“确保”；assume译为“假设”或者“想象”的意思。只供学习与交流此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除 英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（七 ）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

41、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 t

42、he 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_ decree

43、s 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 outdate

44、d3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand4. 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，

45、法规等 ）”。9. sometime 改为 sometimes。10. height改为high;形容词作be的表语。英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（八 ）Demographic indicators show that Americans in the post war period were more eager than ever to establishing families. They quickly_1_brought down the age at marriage for both men and women and brought the birth rate to a

46、twentieth century height after more _2_ than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the aby _3_“bboom. ” These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively large families that went for more than two decades _4_ and caused a major but temporary reversal of long-term demog

47、raphic patterns. From the 1940s through the early 1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their European 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

48、_7_ postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of _8_ 只供学习与交流此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除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 tempora

49、ry 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. establishing改为establish,这里是不定式2. 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”

50、 。height 可以作“极点，顶点”解释。例如： The height of cleverness is to conceal ones cleverness。3. 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。4. 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。5. 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。6. 删掉more。此处的大意为战后离婚率也下降了，

51、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。英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析（九 ）When you start talking abo

52、ut 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 themfor example, when such a person walks down a street

53、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 bee

54、n invited _4_ to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American _5_ hasnt 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, t

55、o 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

56、只供学习与交流此文档仅供收集于网络，如有侵权请联系网站删除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

57、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。英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(十 )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 at