专八改错历届真题与答案

1、以下答案以上外教师给出的答案为参考答案PART IV PROOFREAD ING&ERRORCORRECTI ON 15 MINThe passage contains TEN errors. Each in dicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. I n each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way:For a wrong word, under I ine the

2、wrong word and wr ite the correct one in the bIank provided at the endof the Ii ne.ne.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a you be s i gn and wr i te the word the end of the Ii Ii eve to be missing i n the bIank prov i ded at For an unnecessary word,cross the unnecessary w

3、ord bIank prov i ded at the end of the Ii ne. with a sI ash "/" and put the word i n theEXAMPLEWhen art museum wants a new exh i b it,11 never buys th i ngs i n f i n i shed form and hangs them on the wall. anWhen a naturaI history museum wants an exhibition it must often build it. never(3

4、) exhibit2012年专八完整真题，可到上海外语教育出版社四八级在线网站观看。Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as in structed.The centra I problem of trans I at i ng has always been whether to trans I ate IiteraI Iy or free Iy. The argument has been go i ng s i nee at I east the fi rst (1) century B. C. Up to the begi n

5、n i ng of the 19th century, many wr i tersfavored certa i n k i nd of "free" trans I at i on: the spirit, not the Ietter; the (2) sense not the(5)word; the message rather the form; the matter not (3) the manner. Th i s i s the often revoIut i onary sIogan of wr i ters who (4) wanted the tr

6、uth to be read and understood. Then in the turn of 19 century, when the study of cuIturaI anthropo Iogy suggested that the Ii ngu i st i c barr i ers were i nsuperabIe and that the Ianguage (6)was ent i re Iy the product of cuIture, the v i ew trans I at i on was i mposs i bIe (7) gained some curren

7、cy, and with it that, if was attempted at all, it must be as (8) Ii teraI as poss i bIe. Th i sview cuI mi nated the statement of the (9) extreme Nobokov.The argument was theoret icaI: the purpose nature of the readership, the type of the often, writer, trans Iator and reader were each other. Now, t

8、he context has changed,“I iteraIists" WaI ter Benjamin and Vladimir of the trans I at i on, the text, wasnot d i scussed. Too impI ici11y identified with and the bas i c prob Iem rema ins. (10)参考答案：1. go i ng A since加入 on题解：go on的意思是“继续”，符合句子表达的含义“争论一直在继续2. certain 改为 a certain，第一次出现这种方法应该加上题解：

9、此处要表达的意思是“很多作家喜欢一种自由的翻译方法 不定冠词。学习资料3. rather 改为 not题解：根据原句的句子结构，rather应改为not。4. is 改为 was题解：此句应该为过去时。5. in 改为 at题解：at the turn of 19th century“十九世纪之初”，是固定搭配。6. the 删去第二个the题解：这里并没有特指某种语言，所以不用定冠词。7. v i ew Atrans I at i on加入 that题解：在 view 和 translation之间加上 that,可将"translation was imposs i b I e看

10、成view的同位语。8. was 删去 was题解：条件状语从句常可以省略主语和系动词。9. cuItninatedAthe加入 in题解：culminate in 是"以 告终”的意思，符合上下文含义。10. and 改为 but题解：根据原句意思“现在背景变化了，但是基本问题依然存在”，两句话之间应该是转折 系。age of five or six, I knew Between the ages of about2011年专八真题改错部分From a very ear ly age, perhaps thethat when I grew I shou I d be a wri

11、ter,seventeen and twenty-four I tr ied toabandon th i si dea, but I d i d sowiththeconscience thatwasoutrag i ng mytruenature andthatsoon books.I atershouIdhavetosett Iedownandwr itebut therechi Idwashreeon e i ther s iwas a gap of f ive years saw myde, and I bare Iy this and otherfather before I wa

12、s e i ght. For somewhat Ireasons I was one Iy, and I soon deveI oped made med i sagree i ng manner i sms wh iunpopuI ar throughout my chi Id's habit ofch schooI days. I had the I one Iymaking up stor ies and imaginative persons,holding conversations withand I think fromthe very start my IiteraI

13、amb i t i ons were mixed up with the fee Ii ng ofbe i ng i so Iated and undervaIued. I knew that I had a fac iIity with wordsand a power of fac i ng i n unp Ieasant facts, and I feIt that th i s created a sort of pr i vate worId wh i ch I couId get my own back for my fa iIurei n everyday life. There

14、fore, the voIume of ser i ous i.e. ser i ousIy i ntendedwriting which I produced a I I through my chi Idhood and boyhood wouId not amount to ha If a dozen pages. I wrote my fi rst10poem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation.1,在grow后加up,考固定短语2 , 改 cons i ence 为 consc i ous

15、ness consiousness 翻译为"意识”考词语区别，consience翻译为“良心，道德心3, 改 soon 为 sooner, sooner or later 是固定短语4, 在chi Id 前加middle,考上下文理解。作者是三个孩子句中的那位5, 改 disagreeing 为 disagreeabIe , disagreeing只能作动名词，不能作形容词。disagreeabIe mannern isms令人讨厌的习惯6, 改i mag i nat i ve 为i mag i nary,考词语区别imaginative 翻译为"有想象力的”,imagin

16、ary 翻译为“想象的，虚构的”7, 改literal 为I iterary ,考词义区别，literal 翻译为“字面的"，literary 翻译为“文学 方面的"8, 去掉face后的in, face接宾语时是及物动词。考动词的基本用法9, 在world后加in或者改which为where,考定语从句10, 改 Therefore 为 However 或者 Nevertheness,考语境。感悟：11专八改错相对前几年专八改错要简单一点。本人认为词义区别考得过多了。2010年专八真题改错部分So far as we can tell, a I I human langu

17、ages are equal ly comp lete and perfect as i nstruments of communication: that i s,everysayIanguageappearstobewe I I1equ i ppedasanyothertotheth i ngsthe i rspeakerswanttosay.2Theremayormaynotbeappropr i atetota I kaboutprimitive3peopIes or cuItures, butthat i s another matter. Certa inly, not a I I

18、 Iygroups of peopIe are equaIcompetent i n nucI ear phys i cs orpsychologyorthecu11ivat i onofriceWhereasthe4th i s i snotfault of the i r Ianguage.snowwithfurtherThe Eskimos , it is said, can speak about morethanwecanprecisionandsubtIetyi n5Eng Ii sh, but th i s i s not because the Esk i mo Ianguag

19、e (one of those sometimes mi sea I Ied 'primitive') i s i nherentIy more preci se and subt I e thanEngl i sh. Th i s examp I e does not come to I ight a defect6 in Engli sh, a show of unexpected 'pr imit i veness'. The position issimply and obviousIy that the Eskimos and the Engli sh

20、 Ii ve in simi I ar7envi ronments. The Eng I i sh I anguage wi I I be just as r i ch i n terms for d i fferent k i nds ofEng Ii shwashab i tuaI Iyusedmadesuchd i st i net i onasi mportant.9Simi larly, we have no reason todoubt thatthe EskimoIanguagesnow, presumabIy, i f the env i ronments i n wh i c

21、hor cr i cket i f these top i cs formed the part of the Esk i mos'I ife.10couId be as preci se and subtIe on the subjectof motor manufacture2010年专八真题改错参考答案以及分词1 be后插入as; as-as 引导的比较级2 thei r 改为 its;its 代替 every Ianguage3 There改为It;It此处作为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式4 Whereas改为But ;语境需要表示转折的连词，whereas表示对比5 f

22、urther 改为much further不能修饰比较级6 come 改为 br i ng;(sth) come to I ight , br i ng sth to I i ghtbr i ng to I i ght the defect of Eng I i sh二 bring the defect of engl i sh to I i ght揭示英语的缺陷8 wi I I 改为 would; 虚拟语气9 as important 去掉 as;be/become/form (a) part of是固定短语10 the part 去掉 the 或者改 the 为 a09专八改错原题The

23、prev i ous sect i on has shown how quickly a rhyme passesfromoneschooIchild tothenextand i I Iustratesthefurtherd i fference(1)between schooII ore andnursery I ore.In nursery Lore a verse,Iearnti near I ychiIdhood,i snotusuaI Iy passedonaga i n whenthe(2)has grown一 up,andhas chi Idren ofthei rown, o

24、rI ittle I i stener evengrandch i Idren. The per i od between I earn i ng a nursery rhyme and transmitti ng i t ng from twenty to seventy years.may be someth iWith(4)thepIayground I ore,therefore,arhymemaybeexc ii tedpassed(5)Iyonwithin the veryhour i t i sIearnt; andi n thegenera I, i tpassesbetwee

25、n chi Idren of the sameage, or near Iyso, s i nee i t iuncommonfor thedifference in age between pIaymates to be more than fifeyears.If ,therefore, a pIayground rhyme canbe shown to havebeencur rent Iy for a hundredyears, or even just forfifty, itfoI Iows thatit(7)hasbeenretransmittedoverand over ;ve

26、ryposs ib I yi thaspassed.a Iong acha i n of two or threehundred younghearers and tellers, andthewonderi sthatitrema i nsIive aftersomuchhand Ii ng,(9)一toIeta I onethatitbearsresembIancetothe)(10答案分析： the further d i fference改为a further d ifference(此次应该用不定冠词表示泛指) 改when为unt i I, 结构not. . . unt i I翻译为

27、"直到 才"(3) thei r 改为his (代词与前文a I itt Ie I istener在单复数上保持一致) someth i ng 改为anyth i ng此处指二十到七十的任何时段(5) therefore 改为however (根据上下文逻辑关系)(6) i n the genera I 去掉the (习惯用法i n genera I表示总的来说，一般不用冠词)(7) current Iy 改为current(这里起的是表语的作用，需要形容词而不是副词)(8) it has passed 改为it has been passed(与分号前的被动保持一致)(9

28、) live改为al ive alive翻译为"鲜活的"，一般作补语；I i ve翻译为"现场转播的；活的"，一般作定语(10) to I et a I one改为 I et a I one (I et a I one为习惯搭配，意思是“更不用说 1 2 _ 3 4 5 _ 6 7 8 Ianguage as10The des i re to use Ianguage as a s i gn of nationaI i dent i ty i s a very naturaI one, and in resu11 Ianguage has pIayed

29、a prominent part in nationaI moves. Men have often felt the need to cu11ivate a given Ianguage to show that they are distinetive from another race whose hegemony they resent. At the time the United States split off from Br i ta i n, for examp Ie, there were proposaIs that i ndependence shouId be Iin

30、guistically accepted by the use of a different Ianguage from those of Britain. There was even one proposaI that Amer i cans shouId adopt Hebrew. Others favoured the adopt i on of Greek, though, as one man put i t, th i ngs wouId certa inly be simpler for Amer i cans i f they stuck on to Eng Ii sh an

31、d made the British I earn Greek. At knows, the two countr i es adopted the so Iut i on of before.the end, as everyonepract i caI and sat i sfactory carrying with the same 9S i nee near Iy two hundred years now, they have shown the worId that poIi t i caI i ndependence and nat i onaI i dent i ty can

32、be comp Iete without sacr if icing the enormous mutuaI advantages of a common Ianguage.20081. i n resu 11改成 i n consequence,2 moves 改成 movements.3 d i st i net i ve改成 d i st i net 或 different4在 t i me 后加 when5 accepted 改成 realized6 those 改成 that7 删除 on,8 At 改成 I n9 carrying with 改成 carrying on with1

33、0 now 改成 ago07 专八真题 短文改错From what has been said, it must be cI ear that no one canmake very posit i ve statements about how Ianguage or igi nated. There is no mater i a I i n any Ianguage today and i n the ear Ii est records 1_ of anc i ent Ianguages show us Ianguage i n a new and emerging state. It

34、2is often said, of course, that the Ianguage or iginated in cr ies of3.anger, fear, pain and p Ieasure, and the necessary ev i dence i s ent i4 re Iy I ack i ng: there are no remote tr ibes, no ancient records, provid ing evidence of a Ianguage with a Iarge proport ion of such cr ies than we f ind i

35、n English. 11 is true that the absence of such ev i dence does not d i sprove the theory, but i n other grounds too the theory i s not very attract i ve.People of al I races and Ianguages make rather s imi I ar no i ses i n return to pa i n or p I easure. The fact that such noi ses are s imiI ar on

36、the I i ps of Frenchmen and Ma I ays i ans whose Ianguages are utter Iy d i fferent, serves to emphas i ze on the fundamenta I d i fference between these no i ses and Ianguage proper. We may say that the cries of pain or chortIes of amusement IargeIyareref I exact ions,i nst i net i vetoI argeextent

37、, whereas Ianguage9proper but of thesedoes notcons i st of s i gnsthathave tobe Iearntandthatare10who Ily convent i onaI.1, 改 and 为 or, any Ianguagages today or recordsof ancient Ianguages 是并列成分，在否定句 中用 or2, 改 show 为 showing, 现在分词作定语3, 删除 the, 表示泛指4, 改 and 为 but, 根据语境此处是转折5, 改 large 为 larger, 后面有 th

38、an, 应该用比较级6, 改 in 为 on, on other grounds“基于其它理由 " ，为固定搭配7, 改 return 为 response , in response to “对 作出反应”8, 删除 on, emphas i ze sth emphasi ze是及物动词9, 在 large 前加 a, extent 是可数名词，前面要加冠词。 "to a Iarge extent"翻译为 " 在很大 程度上”10, 改 these 为 those those that/who 为固定形式systemunI essa means of

39、express i ng i ti n terms ab I eto beanotherseen byIinguistic community; he bas to givethe system a itmember of h i stransmi ss i onform. We takeforgrantedthetwo2006专八短文改错We use language pr imar ily as a means of commun icat i on with other human beings. Each of us shares with the community in which

40、 weIive a store of words and meanings as we I I as agree i ng convent i onsas1to theway i n which wordsshouId be arrangedtoconvey aparticuI ar2message: the Eng Ii sh speaker has i n h i s d i sposa I vocabu I ary and a3h isetofgrammat i caIruIeswhich enab Ies himtocommunicates4thoughtsand fee I i ng

41、s, i n avar i ety of sty Ies,tothe otherEngli sh5speakers. H i s vocabuI ary, i n part i cuI ar, both that wh i ch he uses act i ve-Iy and that which he recognises, increases in size as he grows o I dasaresu 11 ofeducat i onandexper i ence.But, whether the Ianguage store is relatively smaI I or larg

42、e, the rema ins no more than a psycho IogicaI reaI i ty for the i nd i v i duaI, he hasconcrete mostarecommon forms of transmissionby means of sounds produced by our voca Iorgans (speech)or byv i suaI s i gns(wr i t ing).Andtheseach i evements.amongmoststr ikingof10human1, 改 agreei ng 为 agreed agree

43、d convent ions 翻译为 "习俗"2, words前加the,此处为特指3, 改in为at at one' s disposaI为固定短语，翻译为"由某人做主 "4, 改 enables 为 e nab I e,定语从句与先行词vocabulary and a set of grammatical ru I es保持一致5, 删除the，此处需要泛指6, 改old为oIder,此处需要比较级7, 改 seen为understood, system应该是被理解8., 册除 ittake sth for grantedtake it fo

44、r granted that*9,改or为and，语境需要并列关系而不需选择关系10, most前加the,形容词最高级中that 般不能省略The University as BusinesA number of co I Ieges and universities have announced steep tuition iincreases for next year muchsteeper than the current,very I ow rate of i nf I at i on. They say the i increasesare neededbecausevaIue

45、oof susni vers i ty 1endowmentsheaviIy i nvest i ng i ncommonstock. I amskept i caI.A business firm chooses thepr i ce thatmaximizesi ts netrevenues,i rrespectivefIuctuat i onsi n i ncome; and i ncreas i ng Iytheout Iookof un i vers i t i es i n theUn i ted Statesi s i nd i st i ngu i shabIe from th

46、oseofbus i nessf i rms.The r i se i ntuitions mayref Iectthe facteconomicuncertaintyi increases the demandfor educat i on. The b i ggest cost ofbe i ngi n the schoo Iforegoing i ncome from a job(this i spr imar iIya factoringraduateandprofess i onaI-schooItu i t i on);thepooronejobprospects, the mor

47、esense i tmakes to reaI Iocate t ime from the job i nmarket to education,order to make oneseIf more marketabIe.Thewayswh i chuni vers i t i esmakethemseIvesattract i vetostudentsincIude soft majors, student evaIuations of teachers, giving studentsgovernanceroIe,andeI iminaterequ i redcourses.Sky-h i

48、 gh tu i t i ons havecaused un i vers i t i es to regard the i r students ascustomers.Justasbus i nessf i rmssomet imesco I Iudetoshortenthether i gors of compet i t i on, athIetes uwnhiovmertshei yt irecsrcuoit IinIuodredetor tmo isntimimizueI tahte caoIsutmtontihdeomnat ions, so the best athIetes

49、now often bypass h i gher educat i on i n order to obta i n saI ar ies ear Iier from profess i onaI teams. And unt iI they were stopped by the ant i trust authorthe best students, by rather than pure Iy to g i ve d i scounts on the i ri t i es,the Ivy League schooIs co I Iuded to limit compet i t i

50、on for agree i ng not to award schoIarsh i ps on the bas i s of merit of need-just I i ke bus i ness f i rms agree i ng not best 10 customer.1. invest ing 应改为 invested, 过去分词作定语2. 在 i rrespect i ve和千 I uctuat i ons之间加上介词 of 。 i rrespect i veOf是一固定用法，意指“不论，不管，不顾，”等，此处指公司不顾收入的波动变化。3. 把 those 改为 that, t

51、hat 此处代替 out I ook4. 在 fact 和 economic 之间力口上关系代词 that 。这是一个同位语从语， that 在同位语从句中是不能 省略的 .5. 把定冠词 the 去掉， in schooI 表示上学这个抽象意义6. 把形容词 poor 改为其比较级 poorero 这句中的 poor 与后面的 more 形成一对比较关系，表示“越 越 . ”7. 在 ways 和 which 之间加上一个介词 in 。8. 这里应该用动词的一 Ing 形式，即 e I iminat i ng,以便使句型结构与前面的 g i v i ng (students agoverna

52、nce roIe) 保持一致，否则句子结构和意思都显得不正确。9. 将 shorten ( 缩短；使变短 ) 改为 reduce/1 esson/weaken 0 此处属于用词不当。10. 将 to give discounts on改为 to give discounts to thei r best customero 意为实业公司给最好的客户提供优惠。Give discounts to sb为固定短语2004 改错One of the most important non-i s the power to i nvest i gate. Th i s power i s usuaI Iy

53、 de I egated to committees - stand i ngfuture legislation, to testgroundwork for i mpeachment proceed i ngs. Frequent Iy, co i s th nevertheI ess represent one i mpoto i nform the c i t i zenry and to arouse pub I i c i interests i n nat i ona I i ssues.Congress i onaI commiof Congress witnesses who

54、 refuse to testify and for perjury of these who give fa Ise test i mony. (10)1 .，在 set 后加 up, set up2. 答案： cons i sted3. 答案：i n T on"建立、成立”是固定短语? cons i st i ng/composed【详细解答】固定搭配4. 答案 rely 后加 on【详细解答】固定搭配5. 答案： make out ? makeon . . . occas i onsrely on sb. to do something【详细解答】make out意思是“辨认岀"，而此处意思是“对做详细的研究"，故用 “make detai Iedstud ies of.” 即可。6. 答案： its - ? thei r【详细解答】此处指代的是“investigations，故用复数。7. 答案：pub I i c ? the pub I i c【详细解答】 the +adj. 可表示某一类人，此处意思是“面向公众”，故应用8. 答案：neverthe I ess ? therefore/ thusthe public ”。【详细解答】此处不是表示意思的转折，而是与