1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 102及答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING however, Tau Ceti emits only 45% as much light as the 【 M7】 _ sun, so each planet receives less warmth than a planet would at the same distance from our sun. Tau Cetis three innermost planets designated b, c, and d are probably too hot to support life
2、, being such close to the star that they require only 14, 35, and 【 M8】 _ 94 days to complete an orbit. The farthest of the three, d, is about as close to Tau Ceti as Mercury is to the sun. Its fourth 【 M9】 _ planet planet e that the scientists suggest might be another life-bearing world, even thoug
3、h its about four times as massive as Earth. If you live there, youd see a yellow sun in the sky, but your 【 M10】 _ year would last just 168 days. 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】 9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 The translator must have an excellent, up-to-date knowledge of his so
4、urce languages, full facility in the handling of his target language,【 M1】 _ which will be his mother tongue or language of habitual usage and a knowledge and understanding of the latest subject matter in his field of specialization. 【 M2】 _ This is, as it was, his professional equipment. In additio
5、n to this, it is desirable that he should have an inquiring mind, wide interests, a good memory and the ability to grasp quickly the basic principles of new 【 M3】 _ developments. He should be willing to work by his own, often at high 【 M4】 _ speeds, but should be humble enough to consult on others s
6、hould his 【 M5】 _ own knowledge not always proves adequate to the task in hand. He should be able to type fairly quickly and accurately and, if he is working mainly for publication, should have more than a nodding 【 M6】 _ acquaintance to printing techniques and proof reading. If he is working basica
7、lly as an information translator, let us say, for an industrial firm, he should have the flexibility of mind to enable him to switch rapidly from one source language to another, as well as from one subject matter to another, since this ability is frequently required of him in such work. Bearing in m
8、ind the nature of the translators work,【 M7】 _ i.e. the processing of the written word, it is, strictly speaking, necessary that he should be able to speak the language he is dealing with. If he does speak them, it is an advantage rather than a hindrance, but this 【 M8】 _ skill is in many ways a lux
9、ury that he can do away. It is, however,desirable that he should have an approximate idea about the 【 M9】 _ pronunciation of his source languages even if this is restricted to know【 M10】 _ how proper names are pronounced. The same applies an ability to write his source languages. If he can, well and
10、 good; if he cannot, it does not matter. 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M5】 16 【 M6】 17 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 Salt, shells or metals are still used as money in out-of-the-way parts of the world today. Salt may seem rather a strange substance to use as money, so in countries
11、where the food 【 M1】 _ of the people is mainly vegetable, it is often an absolute necessity. Cakes of salt, stamping to show their value, were used as money 【 M2】 _ in some countries until recent times, and cakes of salt still buys 【 M3】 _ goods in Borneo and parts of Africa. Sea shells had been use
12、d as money at some time and another 【 M4】 _ over the greater part of Old World. These were collected mainly 【 M5】 _ from the beaches of the Maldives Islands in the Indian Ocean, and were traded to India and China. In Africa, shells were traded right across the continent from East to West. Metal, val
13、ued by weight, proceeded coins in many parts of 【 M6】 _ the world. Iron, in lumps, bars or rings, is still used in many countries instead of paper money. It can either be exchanged with 【 M7】 _ goods, or made into tools, weapons, or ornaments. The early money of China, part from shells, was of bronz
14、e, often in flat, 【 M8】 _ round pieces with a hole in the middle, called “cash“. The earliest of these are between three thousand and four thousand years old older than the earliest coins of the eastern Mediterranean. Nowadays, coins and notes have been replaced nearly all the 【 M9】 _ more picturesq
15、ue forms of money, and even in one or two of the 【 M10】 _ more remote countries people still keep it for future use on ceremonial occasions such as weddings and funerals, examples of primitive money will soon be found only in museums. 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28
16、 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 专业英语八级(改错) 模拟试卷 102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 pass
17、age and correct it in the following 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 【知识模块】 改错 1 【正确答案】 matches match 【试题解析】 主谓一致错误。该从句的主
18、语是 temperature and luminosity,是复数概念,因此改为 match。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 assemble resemble 【试题解析】 形近词错误。结合上下文,这里的意思是 Tau Ceti与太阳很像。表示 “与 相像 ”的是 resemble,而不是 assemble(组装 )。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 that which 【试题解析】 连接词错误。该从句是非限定性定语从句,应该用 which引导。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 of一去掉 of 【试题解析】 固定搭配错误。该部分的意思是 25个星星中只有一个才有这种特
19、点,表示 “包含或以有 为荣 ”是 boast,而 boast of表示 “吹嘘 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 therefore so 【试题解析】 连接词错误。这里 therefore前后都是完整的句子,因此需要并列连词或复合连词连接,而 therefore是副词,因此改为并列连词 so。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 close closer 【试题解析】 形容词比较级错误。该句的 than提示了这是在比较这五个行星与火星,因此要用 close的比较级形式 closer。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 ours to 【试题解析】 句法错误。该句 than后
20、的从句是省略形式, does指代的是前面的lie,因此要在后面加上 to句子才完整,意思是这五个星星与 Tau Ceti的距离要比火星与太阳间的距离近。 【知 识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 such so 【试题解析】 固定搭配错误。短语 suchthat 与 sothat 的区别在于 such后接名词,而 so后接形容词或副词,而这里 close是形容词,因此改为 so。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 fourth the 【试题解析】 冠词错误。序数词前要加定冠词 the。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 live lived 【试题解析】 语气错误。该句意思是如果你住
21、在那里,你会看到黄色太阳,但一年只有 168天。这里显然是虚拟语气,与现在事实相反, if从句中动词要用过去式,因此改为 lived。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 usage use 【试题解析】 近义词错误。此处意为习惯使用的语言,应改为 use,而 usage侧重指 “用法 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 was were 【试题解析】 近义词组错误。 as it was意为 “事实上 ”,常用在过去时态,而此处显然是一般的描述,应改为 as it were,意为 “可以说是 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 by on 【试题解析
22、】 介词错误。此处意思是独自工作,表示独自的词组是 on ones own或 by oneself,因此改为 on。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 on一去掉 on 【试题解析】 动词搭配错误。结合上下文,此处的意思是他应该谦虚地向人请教, consult表示请教时是及物动词,后边直接加表示人的宾语,因此去掉 on。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 proves prove 【试题解析】 语气错 误。该分句其实是虚拟语气,省略了 if将 should前置倒装,正常语序是 “if his own knowledge should not alwavs prove adequat
23、e to the task in hand”因此 prove用原型而不是第三人称单数。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 to一 with 【试题解析】 介词搭配错误。此处考察的短语是 a nodding acquaintance,意为“点头之交 ”,其后接名词时要用介词 with,而不是 to。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 necessary unnecessary 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。该句的错误很隐蔽,需要结合上下文。该句强调了翻译的工作是处理书面语言,因此说并不是必需的技能,这层意思从下文也可以看出: “会说当然是优势,但说的技能在很多方面是奢侈的技能 ”因此要用
24、necessary的反义词 unnecessarly。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 away 一 with 【试题解析】 短语搭配错误。该处与上一题紧密联系,意思是说这项技能并不是必须的,很多时候是可以不要的 奢侈技能,表示 “不要 ”的短语是 do away with。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 know knowing 【试题解析】 非谓语动词错误。该句中的短语 be restricted to的 to是介词,而不是不定式符号,因此后接动名词 knowing,意为 “他最好知道源语言的大概发音,即使仅限于专有名词的发音 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】
25、 applies 一 to 【试题解析】 动词搭配错误。该句的意思显然是 “同样情况也适用于写的能力 ”,apply表示 “适 用于 ”接宾语时需要用 apply to。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 21 【正确答案】 so一 but 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。前文提到盐作为钱是很奇怪的,后文提到在蔬菜作为主食的国家,盐是绝对必需品 (即很贵重 ),前后应该是转折关系而不是因果关系,因此改为 but。 【知识模块】 改错 22 【正确答案】 stamping stamped 【试题解析】 非谓语动词错误。此处 stamping是非谓语动词修饰 cakes of salt,而盐饼是被打
26、上印记,因此要用其 过去分词形式 stamped表示被动。 【知识模块】 改错 23 【正确答案】 buys buy 【试题解析】 主谓一致错误。此处谓语 buy的主语是 cakes而不是 salt,因此不用动词第三人称单数,改为 buy。 【知识模块】 改错 24 【正确答案】 and or 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。 another是相对于 some的 “另一个 (些 )”,显然两者之间是选择关系,即 “在某个时间或另一个时间 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 25 【正确答案】 Old the 【试题解析 】 冠词错误。此处的 Old World是由普通名词构成的专有名词,需要加定冠词 the,旧
27、世界指的是亚非和欧洲,与美洲 (新世界 )相对。 【知识模块】 改错 26 【正确答案】 proceeded preceded 【试题解析】 形近词错误。该句的意思显然是指金属在硬币出现之前就作为钱使用了,而 proceed意为 “继续 ”或 “进行 ”等意,表示 “在 之前 ”是动词 precede,因此改为 preceded。 【知识模块】 改错 27 【正确答案】 with for 【试题解析】 介词搭 配错误。该句的意思是金属可以用来换取货物, goods是exchange的目的,因此用 for表示。 【知识模块】 改错 28 【正确答案】 part apart 【试题解析】 形近词错
28、误。结合上下文,此处意思是中国早期货币除了贝壳外还有铜制造的,表示 “除了 ” 应该用短语 apartfrom。 【知识模块】 改错 29 【正确答案】 been一去掉 been 【试题解析】 语态错误。结合上下文,该句的意思是如今硬币和钞票已经取代了几乎所有的早期货币, replace表示主动含义的 “取 代 ”,因此不能用被动语态。 【知识模块】 改错 30 【正确答案】 even although 【试题解析】 句法错误。该部分的主句是 examples of primitive money will soon befound only in museums,而 in one or two ofthe more remote countries people still keep itfor future use On ceremonial occasions suchas weddings and funerals则是其从句,需要用引导主从复合句的连词,而 even是副词。结合上下文,主从句之间是让步关系,因此改为 although。 【知识模块】 改错