英语专业八级改错(终稿版)解析

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\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\Johnathan Trumbull.

英语专业八级（1）答案和解析:

1. of和as之间加上it.代替前文的a nation 2. it—both.指代上文的US和Great Britain 3. that—which

4.sufficient—sufficiently.修饰形容词用副词5. indicated—indicating来源：考试大

6. began—ended.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. for—as.be known for意为“因......而众所周知”

8. is—was.美国过去曾是一个rural and unsophisticated的国家

9. to—with.compare 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

英语专业八级改错（2）

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 ____1

pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking University. ____2

The 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 ____3

within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4

families 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 ____5

the United Nation

’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers

for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high risk categories. ____6

The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7

maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8

pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9

mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than two years apart.____10

英语专业八级（2）答案和解析:

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,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.将lesser 改为less 英语专业八级改错（

3）

From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can make very positive statements about how language originated. There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (1)

and→or

records of ancient languages show us language in a new and

(2) show→showing

emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3)

the

originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the (4) and→but

necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remotetribes, no ancient records, providing evidence of a language with ( 5) large→lager

than we find in English. It is true that the absence

of such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in(6)

in→on

a large proportion

of

such cries

other grounds too the theory is not very attractive.

People of all races and languages make rather similar noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that(7) return→response

such noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmen and Malaysians whose languages are utterly different, serves to （8）on

between these noises and language proper. We may say that the cries of pain or chortles of amusement

emphasize on

the

fundamental

difference

are largely reflex actions, instinctive (9)

∧a

to∧large extent,

whereas language proper does not consist of signs

but of these that have to be learnt and that are……(10) these→thoes

英语专业八级改错（4）

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 predictions were __7__ based on vegetation:\"Onioncoming in. Onion

’s skin very thin ,mild weather

’s 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 forsake cobwebs, 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.\" It

’s difficult to say whether this rhyme

should be taken seriously : \" Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks we

’ll have some rain today .\"

英语专业八级（4）答案和解析:

1. While—When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. in—than.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than 3. 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. take—have.have connection with 为习语6. controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语修饰the actual factors 7. and—or.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. before—when/if.条件句

10. will—would.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时

英语专业八级改错（5）

\"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 _____1

has 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 _____2

for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3

portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4

support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5

of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6

is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.

When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7

they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But

there was _____8

a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9

a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10

英语专业八级（5）答案和解析:

1.将 no 改为 not

2.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 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 that’s 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 they

10.在house the中间加入介词 as regard...as 作“把……当作……”讲。

英语专业八级改错（6）

We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say _____1

that 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 to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask _____3

them to explain about the rinciples of physics that have gone into creating the _____4

computer, you don’t have faintest idea. _____5

The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _____6

creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _____7

technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8

new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the like. The two are really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a faculty for the others. _____9

Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,it

’s not necessarily harmful. No society

has yet earned to forecast the consequences of new technology, which can be enormous._____10

英语专业八级（6）答案和解析:

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than

3.将So 改为But 或者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they 6. 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。英语专业八级改错（

7）

It is hardly necessary for me to cite all the evidences of the depressing (1)

state of literacy. These sums from the Department of Education are (2)

sufficient: 27 million Americans cannot read at all, a further 35 million read

on a level that is less than sufficient to survive in our society.

(3)

But my own worry today is more that of the overwhelming problem of (4)

elemental literacy than it is of the slightly more luxurious problem of the

decline in the skill even of the middle-class reader, of his unwillingness to afford

those spaces of silence, those luxuries of domesticity and time and concentrating, (5)

that surrounds the image of the classic act of reading. It has been suggested (6)

that almost 80 percent of America's literate, educated teenagers can no

longer read with accompanying noise (music) in the background or a

television screen flickered at the corner of their field of perception. We know (7)

very little about the brain and how it dealt with simultaneous conflicting (8)

input, but every common-sense intuition suggests we should be profoundly

alarmed. This violation of concentration, silence, solitude goes to the very

heart of our notion of literacy; this new form of part—reading, of part- perception against background distraction, enders impossibly certain (9)

essential acts of apprehension and concentration, leave alone that most

important tribute any human being can pay on a poem or a piece of prose he or (10)

she really loves, which is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

英语专业八级（7）答案和解析:

1.evidences—evidence. evidence 为不可数名词，不能使用复

数形式。

2. sums—改成figures。sums 表示“总和”，但后面列举了一些具体数字，与总和并无多大关系。因此sums应改为figures。figures意即“数字”。3. on—at。表示“在……水平上”时，level 前须用介词at。4. more—less。more A than B意即“与其说B，倒不如说A”而less A than B则表示与其说A，倒不如说B”。根据上下文，此处more应改为less。

5. concentrating—concentration。and前后成分应对等，由于and前面是名词，其后面也应该用名词。因此concentrating应改为concentration。

6. that—which。这儿which用来指代前面的整个句子。

7. flickered—flickering，flicker为不及物动词，不宜使用过去分词形式作定语，故用现在分词形式作定语。

8. dealt—deals。该文章主要采用一般现在时，因此dealt应改为得deals。

9. impossibly —impossible。render sth + adj为一常用结构，表示“使……如何”。如果其中宾语太长，可将其后置。显然impossibly 应改为impossible 10.on—to。pay tribute to sb／sth，系常用短语，意即“称赞某人?某物”。故on应改为to。英语专业八级改错（

8）

Before 1973, abortion was illegal in America unless the woman's

health was threatened. In March of 1970, Jane Roe, a single woman, instituted this federal action against the District Attorney of the country. The original idea was that women who truly did not want a baby should not have to have it. __1__ Since pregnacy may be a blessed act when planned or wanted, __2__

forced pregnacy, like any force bodily invasion, is anathema to American values and traditions. As legalized abortion has become

an everyday part of American life, a different side to it has emerged out. __3__

When women once were aborting because they did not want a

child, the reasons being given now were becoming very different. __4__

Abortion has turned into something that women are being coerced

from boyfriends/husbands unwilling to be fathers, out of fear __5__

of the financial pressure, out of the panic from losing their jobs, out of panic from having to quit the school, or becoming __6__

homeless, or out of fear of their parents kicking them out into the street.

Abrotion for these reasons can lead to problems which develop when a woman is unable to get round her emotional responses __7__

from the trauma of an abortion. There are women who abort and do so completely of her own free will. These women have no __8__

regrets, no remorse, but are happy they had this choice availble. __9__

But a growing number of women are speaking up about how abortion

effected them adversely. __10__

英语专业八级（8）答案和解析:1.it--one

it和one用来指代时，it通常用于特指，one通常用于类指。结合上下文，此处应当指代前文的当用one。2.Since--While

这里考的是根据上下文的逻辑关系判断连接词的使用。前后两个分句是对比

pregnancy和forced pregnancy

while。

这两个方

a baby，是类指，所以应

面，所以应该选用表示对比的连用词3.out--/

emerge一词后面不要受到中文的影响加上out；但是可以说

come out。emerge可以和介词from搭配，表示“从……中浮现出来”。4.were--are

虽然这一句从句中是过去时态，但是主句中谈的是“现在”的情况，所以应当用现在时态。5.^from--into

动词coerce要和介词into搭配。coerce somebody into something，意思是“胁迫某人做某事”。6.the--/

school 前带定冠词时通常是特指，不带冠词通常是类指。这里说“辍学”，应当是类指，所以不能带定冠词。

7.round--through get through get round

的意思是“度过（经济，感情等的）难关”，有“说服”的意思，原文是说“客服流畅造成的

get through

。

情感创伤”，应当用8.her--their

这里的代词是指前文提到的9.but (are)--and

women，所以应该是复数。

从逻辑关系来看，这一句“很高兴有这个选择”和前文“没有遗憾、不后悔”是一致的、并列的，所以不能用转折连词。10.effected--affected effect

和affect

两个词形近，而词性不同，容易混淆。前

者通常作为名词，后者是动词。英语专业八级改错（

9）

It is difficult for an American to understand soccer. I learned the hard way. When I was in Glasgow, going to the school, I had to choose which of the —1—city's two mighty teams I would back, Celtic in green, Rangers in blue. Because of a boy I had —2—cheered for the Boston Celtics basketball team, I decide in my lot with their namesakes. One—3—winter afternoon before Celtic had won a brutal—4—

game at the Ranger's park, I was walking home, wearing my green ribbon, while a Ranger fan—5—leaped out of the shadows and punched me in

mouth so hard I feel backward. Other Ranger fans—6—picked me up and apologized, \"He doesn't mean nothing personal. He just hates Celtic.\" A fan's—7—loyalty lasts for life. In several football countries, it has noted, factory production goes up or down,—8—depending upon the home team's win and loss.—9—After England's 1966 victory in the Word Cup, immigration to Australia from England dropped for 18 percent. \"That victory made Englishmen—10—feel that Britain still has a future.\" an Australian official explained. 英语专业八级改错（

9）答案及解析：

1.删除school之前的the

此处指本文主人翁在那儿上学，并非具体指上哪个学校，因此无需用定冠词2. of—as或when

从句法分析看，because引导一个原因状语从句。because a boy I had cheered for the Boston Celtics basketball team，从句中也有状语

as a boy（=as/when I was a boy

）

as 3. decided—cast/threw cast/threw

in one's lot with sb.为固定搭配，意义为“与

某人祸福与共”

4. before—after/when 从时间顺序来看下文是发生在比赛结束后5. while—when

用when引导的状语从句与主语由逗号分开，有“突然”的含义

发生在本文主人翁身上，即遭到袭击

6. 在mouth之前加the

定冠词the置于人体器官之前以表示身体之一部分或私人之所有。如to hang the head in shame 7. nothing—anything 本句中已经有一个否定词

doesn't，如果再用否定词

nothing，双重否定则为肯定，那么与本文意义相矛盾8.在has和noted之间插入been it为形式主语，真正的主语是up or

factory production goes

down,depending upon the home team's win and

loss.该现象是人们注意到的，故为被动语态较合理9.and—or

与上文的factory production goes up

or

down相协调，

depending upon the home team's win 10.for—by

一般用by引导表示程度的状语英语专业八级改错（

10）

With the effects of globalization, increases in technology and the pace of life invade more and more areas of everyday life, and free-time has become an increasing precious and important resource. For those pursuing leisure lifestyles deriving from consuming the “riches” of the

leisure market and for

those who are experiencing a shortage of free time—a “time squeeze”leisure may offer many benefits but also some costs. For the growing number of people looking forward to abundance free time in retirement and for the increasing number of young people who are experiencing reduced activity levels, and problems of overweight

and

reduced fitness, leisure has never been vital for ensuring individual and social health and well-being.

At the macro level, the social, cultural,

environmental

health and

or loss

[1]

2 []

[] 3 [] [] 4 [] economic significance of leisure and events have been increased in New Zealand and around the world. Leisure and events and areas that address these phenomenon,

including

play,

recreation, the arts, sport, festivals, celebrations, health and fitness, outdoor recreation, parks, entertainment and tourism, are important aspects of modern life and providing for these are an increasingly significant feature in modern economics. They can play a vital part in enhancing social capital and quality of lives.

This research theme has been established to farther knowledge and understanding of the ways of leisure and events, and their associated forms, contributing to individual and social health and well-being, quality of life and social, cultural, environmental and economic

development.

Better

knowledge of these broad phenomena will inform policies to maximize the benefits

and minimize

the costs

associated to the production and

consumption of leisure and events.

[] [5]

6

[7]

8 9 10

英语专业八级改错（10）答案及解析：

1.increasing—increasingly 词性混用。该处被修饰的是形容词precious and important, 应该用副词，故将increasingly.

2.deriving—derived 非谓语动词误用。Derive…from…的意思是“起源于……”，derive 与leisure lifestyles 之间是动宾关系，应使用过去分词作后置定语表被动，故将derived.

3. aboundance—abundant词性混用。由于短语，应使用形容词修饰。

4. vital—more形容词比较级错误。

Has never been 后面通

free time为名词性

deriving改为increasing 改为

常接比较级形式，意思为“再……不过了”，故应在vital 前加more.

5. been--- 去掉been 语态错误。该句主语

significance 与

increase 之间为主谓关系，应使用主动语态，故将been去掉。6. phenomenon—phenomena 名词单复数错误。These 后应接名词复数。

7. are—is 主谓不一致。该句的主语为动名词短语providing

for these, 宾语为an increasingly significant feature in modern economies, 谓语动词应为单数。

8. lives—life 语义错误。Life 意为“生命”时，为可数名词，复数为lives，而当其意为“生活”时，为不可数名词。该

处表达为“生活质量”。

9. farther—further 近义词误用。虽然farther 与further far 的比较级，但是只有

further 能作程度形容词或副词。此

处修饰knowledge and understanding, 应该用further. 10. to---with 介词误用。associate with为固定搭配。

均为