专八改错练习资料

1、专八改错练习第一篇：More people die of tuberculosis tha n of any other disease caused by a sin gle age nt. This has probably bee n the case in quite a while. During the _1_early stages of the in dustrial revoluti on, perhaps one in every seve nth _2_ deaths in Europe' scrowded cities were caused by the di

2、sease. From _3_ now on, though, wester n eyes, miss ing the global picture, saw the trouble _4_ going into decli ne. With occasi onal breaks for war, the rates of death and in fectio n in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and _5_ 20th cen turies. In the 1950s, the in troduct i

3、on of an tibiotics stre ngthe ned the trend in rich coun tries, and the an tibiotics were allowed to be imported to _6_ poor coun tries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid1980s the freque ncy of in fectio ns and deaths _7_ started to pick up aga in around th

4、e world. Where tuberculosis vani shed, it came_8_ back; in many places where it had n ever bee n away, it grew better. The World_9_ Heal th Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth' spopulati on )suffer from tuberculosis. Even whe n the in fectio n rate was falli ng,

5、populati on growth kept the nu mber of cli ni cal cases more or less con sta ntly at 8 _10_ milli on a year. Around 3 millio n of those people died, n early all of them in poor coun tries.参考答案 ( 反白可见 ):1 将 in 改为 for; for quite a while 作 相当长时间 " 讲 .2 将 seventh 改为 seven3 将 were 改为 was这个谓语动词的主语是单数

6、短语 one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用单数 .4 将 now 改为 then5 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 were8 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/

7、 sth adj 结构中的形容词作补语 .专八改错练习第二篇：One of Amer ica ' s most important export is her modern music. _1_ America n popular music is playi ng all over the world. It is enjoyed _2_ by people of all ages in all coun tries. Because the lyrics are En glish, _3_ n evertheless people not speak ing En glish en

8、joy it. The reas ons for its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.The music has many origi ns in the Un ited States. Country music, coming from the suburba n areas in the souther n Un ited States, is one _4_ source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describ ing day-to-day s

9、ituatio ns and the feeli ngs of country people. Many people appreciate this music because the emoti ons expressed by country _5_ music son gs.A sec ond origi n of America n popular music is the blues. It depicted _6_ mostly sad feeli ngs reflect ing the difficult lives of America n blacks. It is usu

10、ally played and sung by black musicia ns, but it is not popular with _7_ all America ns.Rock music is a n ewer form of music. This music style, featuri ng fast and repetitious rhythms, was in flue need by the blues and country music. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950' s. Sincethen

11、there _8_have bee n many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock, disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music are young musicia ns.America n popular music is marketed to a dema nding audie nee.Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Some songs bec

12、ome popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing _9_ in their origi nal En glish or sometimes tran slated into other Ian guages.The words may coin cide but the enjoyme nt of the music is uni versal. _10_参考答案（反白可见）:1 改 export 为 exportsexport 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

13、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 改为 because of6 改 depicted 为 depicts本句错在时态 ？句意为“bluest 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，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

14、is为was此句有过去时间状语 in the 1950 陈述过去的一个事实 ， 故用一般过去时态9 改 sing 为 sungsung 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专八改错练习第三篇：Cities can be frighte ned places. The majority of_1_ the populati on live in no isy massive tower blocks. The sense of bel onging to a com

15、 munity tends to appear_2_ whe n you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange_3_ eno ugh, whereas in the past the in habita nts of one street all knew each other, no wadays people on the same floor in tower blocks eve n say hello to each _4_ other.Country life, on the other hand, differs from

16、thiskind of isolated existe nee in that a sense of com mun itygen erally keep the in habita nts of a small village together. _5_People have the adva ntage of knowing that there isalways some one to turn to whe n they n eed help. So _6_country life has disadva ntages too. For example, shopp ing becom

17、es a major problem and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- _7_ diti on to the n earest large tow n. The country has theadva ntage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the _8_disadva ntages of being cut off. The city has no ise and populatio n which do harm to hum

18、a n health. But one of their main adva ntages is that you are at the centre of _9_ things and that life doesn ' t come to an end even at ten at ni ght. Some people have found a compromise betwee n the two: they expressed their prefere nee for the quiet life by leavi ng for the cityand movi ng to

19、 the _10_ country within commuti ng dista nee of the large city.参考答案及解析 （反白可见 ） :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 StrangelyStra ngely en ough ，是固定短语，经常用作插入语，意思是 说也

20、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 peacef

21、ul 改为 peaceof 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专八改错练习第四篇：Pla nning is a very importa nt activity in our lives. Itca n give pleasure, even exciteme nt, and it can

22、cause quitesevere headaches. _1_ The most sig ni fica nt the task ahead, the more carefulthe pla nning _2_ required. Getti ng to school or to work on time is a taskrequiri ng few _3_ or no planning, it is almost routine. A month ' s touring hodiiakay abr or better still, gett ing married, is a d

23、iffere nt matter altogether. If the matter in volve a church weddi ng, a recepti on, a hon eym oon in Venice, _4_ and returni ng a new home, this requires even more pla nning to make _5_ sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to en sure successand of avoid ing costly failures we c

24、an not suffer. It is equally esse ntial _6_ to in dividual n ati ons and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree _7_ of importa nee does no t. In the esse nee, a n ati on pla nning its resources _8_ and n eeds do not differ from the familiar weekly shopp ing or mon thly _9_ household budget.

25、 Both are desig ned to en sure an adequate supply of esse ntials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage _10_ and over-expe nditure.参考答案及解析（反白可见）:1 将 and 改为 oror 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 more3 将 few 改为 little4 将 involve 改为 involves因为主语 the matter 为单数，例如：Although

26、 pla nning in volves material in vestme nt, even more importa nt is the in vestme nt 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 to6 将 suffer 改为 afford7 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 thein esse nee 是固定习语，意为 本质

27、上，实质的”9 将 do 改为 does主语是动名词复合结构a nation pla nning its resources and needs,应视为单数，例如 :Look ing after childre n requires patie nee.10 将 improperly 改为 properly.专八改错练习第五篇：cantr.Traci ng miss ing pers ons can take much patie ntdetective work. But a special kind of the miss ing an cestors ofprivate eyewhole

28、 peoples by study ing the clues buried by words. _1_These philologists, such as the Ian guage detectives arecalled, have traced _2_ the word trail back from peoples in Europe, In dia,South Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific isla nds in a tiny n ameless, and forgotte n tribe that roamed central_3_

29、 Eurasia 5000 to 6000 years ago, before the daw n of writi ng history. _4_ Since a long time scholars have bee n puzzled over the strik ing _5_differe nee of words in differe nt la nguages. In Dutch, vader; in Lati n, pater;i n _6_ old Irish, athir; in Persia n, pidar;i n the San skrit of dista nt I

30、n dia, pitr.These words all sounded likely and meant the same thingfather ” _7_Where did it happe n that widely separated peoples used such _8_close related sound symbols? The problem baffled lin guists for years. The more so_9_ because“ father ” was but oneof a host of such coincidences. Towards th

31、e endof the 18 cen tury it daw ned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed_10_ from some com mon Ian guage.参考答案及解析（反白可见）: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

32、记载的历史 "英语为“ writte n 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 differenee 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 alikelikely 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

33、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.有谁看得懂progress of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 么？还是说真的是出错了.原来 the more so because 意思为：更何况 .专八改错练习第六篇 :Why does the idea of progress loom so large in themodern world? Surel

34、y because particulark ind is actually tak ing place around us and is more and more mani festi ng. Although mankind has un derg- _1_ one no gen eral improveme nt in in tellige nee or morality， it has made extraord inary progress in theaccumulati on ofkno wledge. Kno wledge begi ns to in crease as _2_

35、soon as the thoughts of one in dividual could be com-mun icated to ano ther by mean of speech. With the in- _3_ven ti on of writ ing ，kno wledge could be com muni catedand stored. Libraries made educati on possible， andeducati on in turn added libraries: the growth of kno wl- _4_ edge followed a ki

36、nd of compo un d-i nterest law，which was greatly enhanced by the inven ti on of print ing. All this was comparatively slow un til, with the coming of scie nee, the tempo was sudde nly rise n. _5_ then kno wledge bega n to be accumulated accord ing to a systematic pla n. However, as soon as new kno w

37、l- _6_ edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac count. What is called “ modern civilization ” is not the result of a balaneed devel opment of all man ' s nature, but not of accumulated kno wledge applied to practical _7_ life. The problem now facing huma nity is: what is go ing to be d

38、one with all this kno wledge? Like is ofte n _8_ poin ted out, kno wledge is a two edged weap on which could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being _9_ used in differe ntly for both. Could any spectacle, for in sta nee, be more grimly whimsical tha n that gunners _10_ using scienee to sha

39、tter men ' s bodies while, close at hand, surge ons use it to restore them.参考答案及解析（反白可见）：1. 把 manifesting 改为 manifestmanifesting 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 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

40、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5. 把 risen 改为 raisedrise 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moreover.7. 删除 but 后面的 not8. 把 Like 改为 As9. 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

41、内容 .因此应该用介词 专八改错练习第七篇：You will think about what kind of savi ng in stru- _1_ ment to use or what kind of in vestme nt to make. By putt ing your money in some kind of sav ings in strume ntor in vestme nt, you can set aside small amount of mon- _2_ ey regularly and the money will earn in terest or div

42、i- den ds. In terest refers to the amount what your money_3_ earns whe n it is kept in a savi ngs in strume nt. Divi dends are payments of part of a company' s earnings topeople hold stock in the compa ny. A savi ngs in stru- _4_ ment has an “ interest rate ” associated with it; this re fers to

43、the rate which the money in the in strume nt in- _5_ creases duri ng a certa in period of time. Prin cipal re fers to the facial value or the amount of money you _6_ place in the savi ngs in strume nt on which the in terest is earn ed.manifest, 表,符合句义 .,因此应该用Every type of savi ngs or in vestme nt ha

44、s some risk that the retur n will be less tha n n eeded or expected. Federally in sured savi ngs acco unts are safe and guar- an teed up to $100,000 by the U.S. Governme nt. Therefore, they may have lower in terest rates, making _7_ it hard to save large amounts of money for college. _8_ Bonds and s

45、tocks often have higher retur ns tha n sav ings acco unts or EE savi ng bonds but are more riskier. _9_ You can reduce the risks of these kinds of in vestme nts by starti ng to save early. The earlier we begi n the less _10_ money you will have to put aside each month and the more total savi ngs you

46、 will accumulate.参考答案及解析（反白可见）:1. 把 saving 改为 savingssaving 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 aa 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 a

47、t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of 引出.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 muchriskier 本身已经是比较形式了，再加上 more 是多余的。把 mo

48、re 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 禾口 small amounts of 用法的区另 Ua 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 damagev has been > done by th

49、e earth quake .Large amounts of moneyv 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 .专八改错练习第八篇：One of our mai n argume nts is that we in Wester n coun tries actually have part to play in caus ing the _1 problems of the Third World. Ma ny Third World coun tries a

50、re saddle with imme nse debt burde ns, for _2_ example. They were lent money with low in terest rates _3_ in the 1970s, whe n money flooded into Wester n banks from the oil-produci ng coun tries and was lent out tothe Third World. The in terest rates have the n bee n rise n _4_ dramatically. So you

51、have a situati on 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 con sumptio n, the local con sumpti on of pea nuts was bann ed, because p

52、ea nu ts, if they are imported can bring in a great deal of foreig n in come. _6_ The pea nut is a major source of prote in in this coun try.So you have people go hungry as a result of that. _7_ The pea nuts were exported to Great Brita in and the Un ited States to feed our cattle. Those cattle the

53、n produced a surplus of milk which we do not know what to do with. We have eno ugh milk, more milk tha n we cancope with in the Western World. And also that milk _8_ was tran sformed into dried milk powder and the n take n back to this country to help feed childre n who were suffering from malnutrit

54、ion. So that' s the kind of insanely _9_econo mic relati on ship that we have got ourselves in _10_ the Third World.参考答案及解析 (反白可见 ) :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 r

55、ising ，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 letlet 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

56、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” insand 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专八改错练习第九篇：One of the most importa nt non-legislative fun cti on sof the U.S Con gress is the power to in vest

57、igate.The power is usually delegated to committees eithersta nding committees, specialcommittees set for a specific purpose, or join tcommittees _1_ con sisted of members of both houses. In vestigatio ns _2_are held to gather in formatio n on the n eed for futurelegislation,to test the effectiveness

58、 of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performa nee ofmembers and officials of the other bran ches, and in rare occasi ons, _3_to lay the groun dwork for impeachme nt proceed in gs. Freque ntly, committees rely outside experts to assist in con duct ing _4_ in vestigative heari ngs and to m