1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 19及答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING some people are so 5. _ busy planning, sometimes plan great deals of fantastic achievements that 6,_ they are unable to deal with whatever “lesser“ work on hand. Still the other people are not avoiding work; strictly speaking, they are merely 7. _ proc
2、rastinating rescheduling their day. Laziness can actually be helpful. Like procrastinators, some people may look lazy when they are really thinking, planning, researching. We should all remember that all the great scientific discoveries occur by 8,_ chance. Newton wasnt working in the orchard when t
3、he apple hit him and he devised the theory of gravity. All of us would like to have someone “lazy“ build the car or stove we buy, particularly if that “laziness“ were caused 9._ by the workers taking time to check each step and to do his job rightly. So 10._ be careful when youre tempted to call som
4、eone lazy. That person may be thinking, resting, or planning his or her next work. 10 Plastics are materials which are softened by heat and set into last form 1._ when are shaped in a mold. Some are natural; some are semi-synthetic, the 2._ result of chemical action on natural substance; some are sy
5、nthetic, built up from the constituents of oil or coal. All is based on the chemistry of carbon, 3._ with its capacity of forming chains. The molecules that compose them 4._ (monomers) link together in the setting or curing process to form chains (polymers), which give plastics their flexible streng
6、th. Some plastics retain their ability to be softened and reshaped; as wax, they are thermoplastic. 5._ Others set permanently in the shapes they are given by heat and pressure; like bags, they are thermosetting. From industrial beginnings in nineteenth century, plastics have 6._ struggled through a
7、 hundred and twenty years of glory, failure, disrepute and suspicion on the slow road to public acceptance. Now, at last, one can positively say that plastics are appreciated and enjoyed for what they are; that they make modern life rich, more comfortable and convenient, and 7._ also more fun. Plast
8、ics are warm materials, sympathetic with the human 8._ touch, and their transformation into things that come into contact with human beings is entirely appropriate. The fact there are plastic antiques comes as a shock to most people. 9._ How can a material that seems so essentially twentieth century
9、, and one that is so much associated with cheap, disposed products, has a history 10._ at all? It is a young technology, and a great part of the fun of collecting plastics is that beautiful pieces of historical interest can still be found very cheaply. 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 19答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING
10、& 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 following way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the
11、 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】 everyone and 【试题解析】 本题为缺词错误。此处两句短句中间缺少连接词，可用并列连接词and。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 something anything 【试题解析】 本题为代词误用。此
12、处为否定句，其中的不定代词 something应当改为 anything。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 simply simple 【试题解析】 本题为副词误用。 rather than相当于 instead of，后接名词或动名词，如： I think Ill have a cold drink rather than coffee Why didnt you ask for help， rather than trying to do it on your own?因此此处的 wish是名词，而非动词，故应当采用形容词 simple修饰。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 i
13、n of 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 distrust of sb sth或 be distrustful of sbsth表示不信任。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 from / 【试题解析】 本题为赘词错误。 prevent为及物动词， prevent sb sth from sth，此处可以直接接宾语，无需介词。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 plan planning 【试 题解析】 本题为非谓语动词误用。上文为主句，故此处 plan需转化为非谓语动词，表示伴随状语。考虑到主语为 some people，可用表示主动的现在分词。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】
14、 the一 / 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。这里在描述懒人的成因时，用了 someother的句型，表示 “一些人沉迷于幻想，而另一些人却迟迟不重新规划生活 ”，如果用the other则表示其他 “所有的人 ”，过于武断。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 occur occurred 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。此处指重大的科学发现，都是过去发生的，下文的例子也有提示，因此时态要用过去时。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 were are 【试题解析】 本题为虚拟语气误用。此处以 if引导的从句表示 “如果这种所渭的懒惰是由于工作者的反复核查工作每个步骤引起的 ”，这是有可能
15、发生的真实条件句，不必用虚拟语气。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 rightly right 【试题解析】 本题为副词误用。 rightly和 right都可以作副词， right表示 “精确地，准确地 ”，而 rightly表示 “有良好理由地 ”，如： He was proud of his beautiful house， and rightly so；或表示 “以正确的方式 ”，如： As she rightly pointed out，the illness can affect adults as well as children这里表示把工作做好，应用 right。 【
16、知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 last lasting 【试 题解析】 本题为形容词误用。 last表示 “最后的 ”但此处并没有强调先后；lasting表示 “永久的，持久的 ”指塑料的定型。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 are (shaped)一 【试题解析】 本题为赘词错误。此处为 when引导的状语从句，主语为materials，因与主句主语一致而被省略，这种情况下，谓语动词是 be动词的应当一起省略，如： When hurt women tend to confide in their friends。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正 确答案】
17、 is are 【试题解析】 本题为主谓一致性错误。此句主语为 all，谓语动词的单复数取决于 all所指代的事物是单数还是复数，此处 all指的是上文提到的三种材料，应为复数。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 of for 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 capacity for sth doing sth表示 “有做某事的能力 ”，为固定搭配。如： Limited resources are restricting our capacity for developing new products。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 as like 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用
18、。此处举例，可以用 like或 such as，不能单独用as，单独使用表示 “作为 ” 。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 nineteenth the 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。在序数词前应当使用定冠词。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 rich richer。 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。这里在描述塑料的优点时采用 r并列排比， 后两项都采用了比较级，因此此处也应该用比较级。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 with to towards 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 sympathetic(to towards sb )“同情，关爱 ”为同定搭配，此处表示触摸起来手感舒适。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 fact 一 that 【试题解析】 本题为从句误用。此处在 fact后引导的说明性从句为同位语从句，同位语从句的引导词 that不可以省略。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确 答案】 disposed disposable 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。这两个词词形相近，但 disposed为动词的过去分词，表示 “被丢弃的 ”或指人 “乐意 的，愿意 的；有 倾向的 ”；disposable表示 “可一次性使用的 ”。这里指塑料的优点特性，应用 disposable。 【知识模块】 改错
