1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 105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
2、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 0 Traditional plant breeding involves crossed varieties of the 【 M1】 _ same sp
3、ecies in ways they could cross naturally. For example, disease-resistant varieties of wheat have been crossed with highly-yield wheat to combine these properties. This type of 【 M2】 _ natural gene exchange is safe and fairly unpredictable. 【 M3】 _ Genetic engineering(GE)involves exchanging genes bet
4、ween unrelated species that cannot naturally exchange genes with each other. GE can involve the exchange of genes between vastly different species, e. g. putting scorpion toxin genes into maize or fish antifreeze genes into tomatoes. It is possible that a scorpion toxin gene, even when it is in maiz
5、e DNA, will still get the organism to produce scorpion toxin but what other effects may 【 M4】 _ have on this alien environment? We are already seeing this 【 M5】 _ problem adding human growth hormone genes to pigs certainly makes them grow but it also gives them arthritis and makes them cross-eyed, t
6、hat was entirely unpredictable. 【 M6】 _ It will be obvious, for example, that gene for human 【 M7】 _ intelligence will not have the same effect if inserted into cabbage as 【 M8】 _ it had in human DNA but what side-effect would it have? In other word, is GM(Genetically Modified)food safe to eat? The
7、【 M9】 _ answer is that nobody knows because long-term tests have not been carried out. The current position of the UK Government is that “There is no evidence of long-term dangers from GM food.“ In the US, the 【 M10】 _ American Food and Drug Administration is currently being prosecuted for covering
8、up research that suggested possible risks from GM foods. 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】 9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 Who was the best president? That we can even ask the question is thanks to George Washington who shaped the role on his own 【 M1】 _ battle-hewn hands. Elected
9、 unanimously, he assured the job 【 M2】 _ reluctantly and batted away efforts to make him a king. His humility ensured the institution was built to the last. 【 M3】 _ It would have been easy for the first boss of a new government to have grown tipsy with power. So after years of fighting against 【 M4】
10、 _ hunger and defeated as a revolutionary hero on the battlefield, 【 M5】 _ Washington was not seduced by pomp. He rejected an array of flowery titles, preferring the simplicity of Mr. President. Not only did he drone on at the lectern, but he swiftly appointed an 【 M6】 _ ideologically balanced cabin
11、et of advisers, including Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton. Mindful of precedent, he personally ensured his executive power is checked by the legislative and judicial 【 M7】 _ branches of government. After decades of public service, Washington pined for a quiet life at home in Virginia, and hoped to
12、retire after one four-year term in office. He succumbed to take a second term in the interests of 【 M8】 _ national unity, but was then glad to hand over the reins to his electing successor, John Adams. 【 M9】 _ Few American children are spared some malarkey about a young George Washington who cannot
13、tell a lie. These tales are 【 M10】 _ largely invented to explain Washingtons integrity as an adult. Americas first president was not a witty intellectual or a scintillating orator, but he was uniquely honorable at a vulnerable time for the nascent republic. 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M
14、5】 16 【 M6】 17 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 Some years ago, on the windswept Atlantic coast of Ireland, a couple of elder farmers came up to my familys cottage. There was 【 M1】 _ tea and whiskey and turf was blazing in the grate. Late in evening, 【 M2】 _ one of them suddenly started to sing.
15、 Just his voice in the silence, high and reedy. At moments like that, song becomes the soundtrack of our lives. Man all starts with our first music our mothers voice. 【 M3】 _ Around the world, every Saturday in the stands and every Sunday in the pews, people join together in song. Birthdays, marriag
16、es and deaths are solemnized until people open their mouths and sing. 【 M4】 _ When music involves a voice, if you love Callas or Adele or 【 M5】 _ Queen, all instruments are always the second fiddle. The voice is a 【 M6】 _ fingerprint, a personal stamp capable of endless variety. Borrowing the plosiv
17、es and fricatives of speaking language, it imparts a feeling, 【 M7】 _ a mood or a story. Nearly all music bears the mark of the voice. When you hear the sinuous melody of a Chopin prelude, you are hearing the piano agitate the voice. 【 M8】 _ Singing is good for us. Exertion and concentration fortifi
18、es the mind and invigorates the body. If only you cannot muster the 【 M9】 _ confidence to join the local choral society, wait until the coast is clear, shut yourself safely behind the bathroom door and get under the shower. Then open your mouth, fill up your lung, and launch into【 M10】 _ a stonking
19、good tune. The music is there inside you. You just need to find your voice. 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 105答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage cont
20、ains 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 provided at the end of the line. (
21、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】 Crossed crossing 【试题解析】 词汇错误。本句的意思是传统的植物种植包括将相同种类的不同变体相互交叉， involve后应该跟 doing something即要做某事而非 “交叉后的 不同种类 ”。实际上，从第二段的第一句话也可以看到类似的结构。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 highly-yield high-yield 【试题解析】 词性错误。此处的意思
22、是高产量的，对应单词为 high-yield即用形容词 high修饰名词 yield组成合成词而不是副词 highly。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 unpredictable predictable 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。从上下文的意思来看，第一段谈论的是传统种植手段，这种自然基因交换方式简 单且结果可预见，与下文提到的转基因种植正相反。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 may 一 it 【试题解析】 句法错误。 What引导的名词性从句缺少主语，且因以问句形式出现，因此主谓语应该倒装。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 on in 【试题解析】 介词错误。本处用 on
23、还是 in将会带来两种完全不同的意思，用 on则句子的意思是 “将会对这完全陌生的环境带来怎样的影响 ”，而如果用 in则是指“某种基因在这完全陌生的环境中将会出现怎样的影响 ”。从接下来的一句话可以看到， 这里并不是指基因对环境的影响，而是对被植人动植物的影响，因此 on不合适。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 that which 【试题解析】 句法错误。很显然，此分句应当是一个非限制性定语从句修饰前面所提到的意外变化， that不可以被用来引导非限制性定语从句，此处只能用which。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 gene the 【试题解析】 冠词使用错误。本处的 gen
24、e一词并非泛指的抽象概念，而是特指控制人类智力的那种基因，因此应该用定冠词 the。 【 知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 cabbage 一 DNA 【试题解析】 概念混淆。从本句的后半部分来看，控制人类智力的基因并不是直接被注入白菜中，而是被加入白菜的 DNA中，因此这个 DNA不可省。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 word words 【试题解析】 搭配错误。 In other words(换句话说 )是一个固定搭配，不可以将words中的 s省略。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 food foods 【试题解析】 单复数错误。这里的转基 因食物并非抽象指代，而是指
25、众多此类食物，因此 food应该作可数名词用，加上 s。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 on with 【试题解析】 介词搭配错误。原文意思是华盛顿用自己的双手缔造了这个国家，而不是在自己的手上做出了东西。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 assured assumed 【试题解析】 形近词错误。原文意思是担任总统， assume有承担、担任的意思。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 the last一 last 【试题解析】 句法错误。这里 last用作动词，表示一直存在。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 So But 【试题解析】 逻辑错
26、误。从上下文可以看出，这里不是说明原因和结果，而应该是表示转折。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 defeated defeat 【试题解析】 句法错误。 defeat在这里不应该作动词用，而应该作名词用，与hunger并列。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 drone not 【试题解析 】 逻辑错误。 Not onlybutalso 只是表示连接两个成分，并不表示否定意义。原文意思是华盛顿并没有长篇大论。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 is was 【试题解析】 时态错误。这里让人迷惑的是一类词后使用虚拟语气，而 ensure这个词没有这类用法。 【知识模块】 改
27、错 18 【正确答案】 take一去掉 take 【试题解析】 搭配错误。 succumb to词组中， to是介词，后接名词做宾语，而不是不定式符号。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答 案】 electing elected 【试题解析】 非谓语动词错误。 JohnAdams被选举为总统。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 are were 【试题解析】 时态错误。应该用过去时态，这些故事很早以前就被编出来了。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 21 【正确答案】 elder old 【试题解析】 近义词错误。 elder是 old的比较级形式之一，但已失去比较意义，成为定语形
28、容词，表示兄弟姐妹中或两个指明的人中较年长者。 【知识模块 】 改错 22 【正确答案】 evening the 【试题解析】 冠词错误。这里指这个晚上，要用定冠词 the。 【知识模块】 改错 23 【正确答案】 Man It 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。这里指的是上一句说的内容，用 It来代替。 【知识模块】 改错 24 【正确答案】 until when 【试题解析】 逻辑错误。这里指的是人们的歌声使这些仪式更加庄严。 【知识模块】 改错 25 【正确答案】 if whether 【试题解析】 近义词错误。这 里用 whetheror 来表示无论怎么样。 【知识模块】 改错 26 【正确答案
29、】 the一去掉 the 【试题解析】 冠词错误。 second fiddle是固定搭配，原意是指交响乐队中第二小提琴部，不需要定冠词。 【知识模块】 改错 27 【正确答案】 speaking spoken 【试题解析】 非谓语动词错误。没有 speaking language这种用法。 【知识模块】 改错 28 【正确答案】 agitate imitate 【试题解析】 动词错误。从 上文可以看出，作者认为所有的乐器都是在模仿人的声音， borrowing the plosives and fricatives ofspeaking language。 【知识模块】 改错 29 【正确答案】 only一去掉 only 【试题解析】 搭配错误。 If only的意思是，要是 多好，但愿，用在这里不合适。 【知识模块】 改错 30 【正确答案】 lung lungs 【试题解析】 名词单复数错误。 lung和 shoe等词一样，多数情况下用作复数。 【知识模块】 改错
