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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 hasprobably 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 disease.

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

3、tibiotics stre ngthe ned the trend in rich coun tries, and thean tibiotics were allowed to be imported to _6_ poor coun tries. Medical researchers declared victoryand withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid1980s the freque ncy of in fectio ns and deaths _7_ started to pick upaga in around the world. Whe

4、re tuberculosis vani shed, it came_8_ back; in many places where ithad n ever bee n away, it grew better. The World_9_ Heal th Organization estimates that 1.7 billionpeople (a third of the earth spopulati on )suffer from tuberculosis. Even whe n the in fectio n rate was falli ng, populati on growthk

5、ept the nu mber of cli ni cal cases more or less con sta ntly at 8 _10_ milli on a year. Around 3millio 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短语one in every seven deaths,因此要使用单数

6、.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.叮叮小文库10 将 constantly 改为constant在“ keep sb/ 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 m

7、ost 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 enjoy it. The reas ons for its popularity are its fast pac

8、e 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 situatio ns and the feeli ngs of country people. Many peop

9、le 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 usually played and sung by black musicia ns, but it is not p

10、opular with _7_ all America ns.Rock music is a n ewer form of music. This music style, featuri ng fast and repetitious rhythms, was influe need by the blues and country music. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950s. Sincethen there _8_have bee n many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft ro

11、ck, 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. Somesongs become popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing _9_

12、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 要用复数结构2 改 playing 为 played动词 play 和句子主语 American popular music是逻辑动宾关系

13、，必须用被动语态 .3 改 Because 为 Though 或者 Although此句为让步状语从句2叮叮小文库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“ blues t 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 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

14、 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 munity tends to appear_2_ whe n you live thirty floors up

15、 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 thiskind of isolated existe nee in that a sense of com mun

16、 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 becomes a major problem and for anythingslightly out of the ordi

17、nary 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 huma n health. But one of their mainadva ntages is that you are

18、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 city3叮叮小文库and movi ng to the _10_ country within commuti ng dista nee of the large cit

19、y.参考答案及解析 （反白可见 ） :1.把 frightened 改为 frighteningfrightened 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 ke

20、epsin 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 peaceful 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

21、该指代上文的the city 。10.删除 leaving 后面的 for ，或者把 for 改为 fromleave 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 givepleasure, even exciteme nt, and it can cause quitesevere headaches. _1_ The most sig ni fica nt the task ahead, the more carefulthe pla

22、nning _2_ required. Getti ng to school or to work on time is a taskrequiri ng few _3_ or no planning, it isalmost routine. A months touring hodiiakay abror better still, gett ing married, is a differe nt matter altogether. If the matter in volve a church weddi ng, a recepti on, a hon eym oon in Veni

23、ce, _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 success4叮叮小文库and of avoid ing costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally esse ntial _6_ to in dividual n ati ons and families; the scale may be

24、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. Both are desig ned to en sure an adequate supply of esse ntials, and if improperly carried out, wil

25、l 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 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

26、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 chil

27、dre n requires patie nee.10 将 improperly 改为 properly.专八改错练习第五篇：Traci ng miss ing pers ons can take much patie ntdetective work. But a special kind of the miss ing an cestors ofprivate eyecantr.whole peoples by study ing the clues buried by words. _1_These philologists, such as the Ian guage detectiv

28、es 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_ Eurasia 5000 to 6000 years ago, before the daw n of writi ng history. _4_ Since a long time scholars

29、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 In dia, pitr.These words all sounded likely and meant the same thingfather ” _7_Where did it happe n th

30、at 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 the end5叮叮小文库of the 18 cen tury it daw ned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed_10_from some

31、 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 d

32、ifferenee 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.这句

33、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.有谁看得懂么 ？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:progress ofWhy does the idea of progress loom so large in themodern world? Surely because particulark ind is actually tak ing place around us and is more andmore mani festi ng. Although ma

34、nkind 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_soon as the thoughts of one in dividual could be com-mun icated to ano ther by mean of speech. With the in- _

35、3_ven ti on of writ ing，kno wledge could be com muni cated6，and叮叮小文库and stored. Libraries made educati on possibleeducati on in turn added libraries: the growth of kno wl- _4_edge followed a ki nd of compo un d-i nterest law，7叮叮小文库which was greatly enhanced by the inven ti on of printing. All this w

36、as comparatively slow un til, with thecoming of scie nee, the tempo was sudde nly rise n. _5_then kno wledge bega n to be accumulated accord ing toa systematic pla n. However, as soon as new kno wl- _6_edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account. What is called“ modern civilization” is n

37、ot theresult of a balaneed devel opment of all mans nature,but not of accumulated kno wledge applied to practical _7_life. The problem now facing huma nity is: what is going to be done with all this kno wledge? Like is ofte n _8_poin ted out, kno wledge is a two edged weap on whichcould be used equa

38、lly for good or evil. It is now being _9_used in differe ntly for both. Could any spectacle, forin sta nee, be more grimly whimsical tha n that gunners _10_using scienee to shatter mens 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 manifestmanifesti

39、ng 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

40、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 的内容 .因此应该用介词专八改错练习第七篇：8叮叮小文库You will think about what kind of savi ng in stru- _1_ ment to use or what kind of in vestme nt to ma

41、ke. 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 divi-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. Dividends are

42、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 refers to the rate which the money in the in strume nt in- _5_creases duri ng a certa in period of time. Prin cipal refers to the facial value or

43、the amount of money you _6_place in the savi ngs in strume nt on which the in terest isearn ed.Every type of savi ngs or in vestme nt has some riskthat 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. Govern

44、me nt.Therefore, they may have lower in terest rates, making _7_it hard to save large amounts of money for college. _8_Bonds and stocks often have higher retur ns tha n savings acco unts or EE savi ng bonds but are more riskier. _9_manifest, 表You can reduce the risks of these kinds of in vestme ntsb

45、y starti ng to save early. The earlier we begi n the less _10_money you will have to put aside each month and themore total savi ngs you will accumulate.参考答案及解析 （反白可见 ） :1.把 saving 改为 savings,符合句义 .saving 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。,

46、因此应该用3.把 what 改为 which 或者 thatamount 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 at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 Howeve

47、r 。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。9叮叮小文库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 more 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 ,go

48、od ) 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 the 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 We

49、ster n coun tries actually have part to play in caus ing the _1 problems of the Third World. Ma ny Third World coun tries are 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-prod

50、uci 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 have a situati on where a countryin many cases cant even repay the interest, letting alone _5_the capital, on the debt. And I suppose the best example from what I have come acros

51、s is a country in West Africa where the con sumptio n, the local con sumpti on of pea nuts was bann ed, because pea 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 t

52、hat. _7_The pea nuts were exported to Great Brita in and theUn ited States to feed our cattle. Those cattle the 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

53、dried milk powder and the n take n back to thiscountry to help feed childre n who were suffering from malnutrition. So thats 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

54、 改为 saddled此处为被动语态，应该把动词变为过去分词形式。10叮叮小文库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 rising ，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

55、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