专业八级改错精选练习题
They are wrong. In the mid1980s the frequency of infections and deaths __7__
started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came__8__
back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World__9__
Health Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth’s
population)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,
population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 __10__
million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor
countries.
参考答案:
1 将in改为for; for quite a while 作 “相当长时间”讲.
2 将seventh改为seven
3 将were改为was
这个谓语动词的主语是单数短语 one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用单数.
4将now 改为then
5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were
8 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/ sth adj”结构中的形容词作补语.
练习题五
Planning is a very important activity in our lives. Itcan give
pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quitesevere headaches. __1__
The most significant the task ahead, the more carefulthe planning __2__
required. Getting to school or to work on time is a taskrequiring few __3__
or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abroad,
or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If the
matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __4__
and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make __5__
sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success
and of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential __6__
to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree __7__
of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources __8__
and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly __9__
household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply of
essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10__
and over-expenditure.
参考答案及解析:
1 将and 改为 or，or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 more
3 将few改为little
4 将involve 改为 involves
因为主语 the matter 为单数，例如：
Although planning involves material investment, even more important is theinvestment 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to
6 将suffer改为afford
7 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the
in essence 是固定习语，意为“本质上，实质的"
9 将do改为 does
主语是动名词复合结构 a nation planning its resources and needs, 应视为单数，例如：
Looking after children requires patience.
10 将improperly改为 properly.
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