[外语类试卷]专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷10及答案与解析.doc

1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 10及答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the f

2、ollowing way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 0 The tip of a girls 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian cave

3、, paired with faster and cheaper genetic sequencing technology, is helping scientists draw a surprising complex new picture of human origins, 1._ The tip of a girls 40,000-year-old pinky finger found in a cold Siberian 2._ cave, paired with faster and cheaper genetic sequencing technology, is 3. _ h

4、elping scientists draw a surprising complex new picture of human origins, Instead, the genetic analysis shows, modern humans encountered and breed with at least two groups of ancient humans in relatively recent times: 4._ the Neanderthals, who lived in Europe and Asia, dying of roughly 30,000 5._ ye

5、ars ago, and a mysterious group known as the Denisovans, who lived in Asia and the most likely vanished around the same time. 6._ Their DNA lives on in us since they are extinct. “In a sense, we are a hybrid 7._ species,“ Chris Stringer, a paleoanthropologist who is the research leader in human orig

6、ins at the Natural History Museum in London, said in an interview. The Denisovans were first described a year ago in a groundbreaking paper in the journal Nature, which made it possible by genetic sequencing 8._ of the girls pinky bone and of an oddly shaped molar from a young adult. Those findings

7、have unleashed a spate of new analysis. 9._ Scientists are trying to envision the ancient couplings and their consequences: when and where they took place, how they happened, how many produced offspring and what affect the archaic genes have on humans today. 10._ Other scientists are trying to learn

8、 more about the Denisovans: who they were, where they lived and how they became extinct. 10 In the long-simmering debate for how to judge the quality of New York State 1._ school employees, there is one thing all sides agree on: a system should be in place. The sticking point has been agreeing about

9、 how to do it. There is the fight between New York City and their teachers union over the parameters of an 2. _ evaluation system that must be put in place in 33 struggling schools. And there is the fight waged in court by the state teachers union, which it sued the Board 3._ of Regents last year ov

10、er its interpretation of a law on teacher evaluations. Some $800 million in federal money is on the line, as well as million in 4. _ state aid to local schools. On Tuesday, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo put everyone on notice when he unveils the details of his budget plan, ordering school 5._ districts to se

11、ttle on a new teacher evaluation system by Jan. 17, 2013, and 6._ lose their share of a proposed 4 percent increase in education spending. He gave the Regents and the teachers union 30 days to resolve their lawsuit. It is either that, he said, or adapt an evaluation system that he would impose. 7,_

12、The sides are not as far apart as their public post would indicate. Three 8._ weeks before Mr. Cuomo set the deadline, the union had already acceded to one of the states key demands. It agreed that most of the 60 points teachers could earn on subjunctive measurements should be based on 9._ classroom

13、 observations something the states education commissioner, John B. King Jr., had been pushing for. Of the total score of 100, results 10._ from student testing would account for other 40 points. 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 10答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the give

14、n passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provide

15、d at the end of the line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 【知识模块】 改错 1 【正确答案】 surprising一 surprisingly 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。形容词 complex需要用副词来修饰，而非形容词。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 modern that 【试题解析】 本题为从句误用。 that引导 idea的同位语从句，不 能省略。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 replace

16、d replacing 【试题解析】 本题为非谓语动词误用。在此同位语从句中， marched是谓语动词， replacing引导结果状语，作为补充说明。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 breed bred 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。本句介绍的是过去发生的事情，表示现代的人类已经和古人类相遇并杂交过，故用一般过去时。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 of out 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 die of表示 “死于 原因 ”，而 die out表示 “灭绝 ”。本句提及那群古人早在大约 3万年前已经从地球上消失了，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 the(

17、most)一 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。此处不是 likely的最高级， most只是作为副词表示 “非常、十分 ”，无需用定冠词修饰。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 since though 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。 since意为 “自从，既然 ”表原因， though表让步关系。此处是转折关系，故用 though。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 it一 【试题解析】 本题为赘词错误。 make作为系动词，可以直接和形容词搭配使用，本句中无需使用代词 it作形式宾语。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 analysis analyses 【试题解析】 本题为名

18、词误用。 a spate of表示 “一系列的、接二连三的 ”，需要和名词的复数形式搭配使用。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 affect effect 【试题解析】 本题为动词误用。两个词都表示影响，但是 affect是动词， effect是名词。句中 have effect on是固定搭配，使用名词形式。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 for over on about 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 debate只能和 over、 on、 about三个介词搭配，表示 “有关 的辩论 ”，不能与 for搭配使用。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答

19、案】 their its 【试题解析】 本 题为代词误用。 it指代纽约城，是名词单数形式，故物主代词也用单数。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 it一 【试题解析】 本题为赘词错误。在此非限制性定语从句中已经由关系代词 which充当主语，不能再用 it作句中的主语，重复累赘。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 (as)million millions 【试题解析】 本题为数词误用。 millions表示成百上千万的，不和基数词搭配使用，应该用复数形式。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 unveils unveiled 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。句中介绍的足过去发生

20、的事情，应该用一般过去时。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 and or 【试题解析】 本题为连词误用。句中提及两个解决方案，只能两选一，而非两者同时选中，故用连词 or更贴切。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 adapt adopt 【试题解析】 本题为动词误用。两个动词为形似义异。 adapt表示 “改变以适应 ”， adopt表示 “采纳 ”。根据句子的意思，他会制定一项方案以 供使用，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 post posture 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用。 post表示 “职位 ”， posture表示 “立场 ”。句子指出辩论双方的立场不同，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 subjunctive subjective 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。 subjunctive表示 “假设语气的 ”， subjective表示 “主观的 ”。根据句子的意思 .评估系统中的 60分是主观分，可以通过观察课堂教学情况得出。由 此可见， subjective更符合原文。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 other一 the 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。本句介绍在百分制的评估系统中还剩下 40分由学生测验结果作为依据，没有其他的分数，因此这里的 40分是特指的，应该用定冠词。 【知识模块】 改错