1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 253及答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 1 The two most celebrating holidays in the North and South America, Australia and Europe, and in most of Christian world are Christmas and Easter. 2 This normally takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to reversed routine of sleep a
2、nd wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. 3 The millions of calculations involved, if they had been done by hand, all practical value have lost by the time they were finished. 4 The man who was driving the truck would not admit that he had been at fault, and neither the other dri
3、ver. 5 In an attempt to find out how different creatures see the world, psychologists at Brown University in the U. S. had been comparing the behavior of birds and humans. 6 During the first two months of a babys life, the stimulus that produce a smile is a pair of eyes, which need not be real a mas
4、k with two dots will produce a smile. 7 Unlike many mid-century papers, The Columbian, publishing every Saturday in Olympia, one of Washingtons largest towns, was “neutral in politics“ , meaning that it was not the organ of a particular political party or religious group. 8 Which is said that somewh
5、ere between the ages of 6 and 9, children begin to think abstractly instead of concretely. 9 We had a meeting and talked the matter over face to face for fear that there might be any misunderstanding. 10 Not only tears keep your eyes lubricated, they also contain a substance that kills certain bacte
6、ria so that they cant infect your eyes. 11 The money they invest for training also more highly concentrated on professional and managerial employees. 12 I think even teachers of language, while recognizing the importance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of s
7、tudy concerning with speaking the language. 13 The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but what we neither exercise enough nor eat well. 14 The position which the life preserver will support a person who jumps or falls into the water is the most important, as is its tendency to turn t
8、he wearer in the water from a face-down position to an upright or slightly backward position, with his face clear of the water, even when the wearer is exhausted or unconscious. 15 According to United States Coast Guard requirements, life preservers must be simple in design, reversible, capable of b
9、e quickly adjusted to fit the uninitiated individual, and must be so designed as to support the wearer in the water in an upright or slightly backward position. 16 As increasing numbers of my friends children prescribed medications stimulants to deal with inattentiveness at school or anti-depressant
10、s to help with the loss of interest and joy in their lives I question the role of kids boredom in some of the diagnoses. 17 Ten years ago young people were hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being, but so far Japan largely fulfilled its economic needs, and young people dont k
11、now where they should go next. 18 The fact that we are not sure what “intelligence“ is, nor what is passed on does not prevent us from finding it a very useful working concept, and places a certain amount of reliance on tests which “measure“ it. 19 It was because it raised so many difficult question
12、s the book took a long time to come out. 20 Toward the end of the century, newspapers in Washington began to carry national advertising, especially from patent medicine companies, that bought space from agencies that brokered ads in papers all over the country. 21 Country life, on the other hand, di
13、ffers from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally keep the inhabitants of a small village together. 22 What is generally accepted that nobody should be excluded from the wealth of the nation, either by the laws of nature or by those of society. 23 This seems the Engli
14、sh may have been unfair in associating birds brain with stupidity. 24 With the development of modern agriculture and industry, more and more waste and poison are poured into the water, the soil and the air. 25 Either reading aloud of poetry or reciting it by heart compel the students to study their
15、meaning closely. 专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 253答案与解析 一、 PART III LANGUAGE USAGE 1 【正确答案】 非谓语动词误用,应把 celebrating改为 celebrated。 【试题解析】 celebrate和 holidays在逻辑上是动宾关系,即 “节日被人们庆祝 ”,因此使用其过去分词。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 形式主语错误,应把句首的 This改为 It。 【试题解析】 该句真正的主语是后面的不定式,由于主语太长,所以将其放在句尾,并用 It作形式主语,且 It takes sb sometime to do sth为固
16、定表达。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 虚拟语气错误,应在 have前加上 would。 【试题解析】 本句包含了与过去事实相反的虚拟条件句,从句谓语动词使用了had+过去分词,主句谓语动词应使用 would could should might+have+过去分词。句意为 “如此之大的计算量,如果用手工计算的话,等到完成的时候也失去了所有的实用价值。 ”根据句意,在 have前加上 would最合适。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 倒装句错误,应在 neither后面加上 would。 【试题解析】 neither后面的句子没有谓语,应该加上 would。 neither用作
17、副词,作 “也不 ”解释,放在句首,表示前面否定的内容也适用于另一个人或物,句子需采用部分倒装,因此把 would加到 neither后面。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 时态错误,应把 had been comparing改为 have been comparing。 【试题解析】 此句没有明显的表示过去完成时的标志性时间状语,因此使 用现在完成进行时即可。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 主谓不一致,应把 produce改为 produces。 【试题解析】 that引导的定语从句修饰先行词 stimulus,这个词看似复数形式,其实是单数,表示 “刺激,刺激物 ”,其复数形
18、式为 stimuli,因此从句的谓语应该使用单数形式。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 非谓语动词误用,应把 publishing改为 published。 【试题解析】 publish与前面提到的报纸 The Columbian是动宾关系 ,因此应该使用过去分词形式表被动。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 形式主语错误,应将 Which改成 It。 【试题解析】 固定句型 It is said that 表示 “据说 ” ,其中 It作形式主语。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 虚拟语气错误,应将 might be改为 should be或者 be。 【试题解析】 for
19、fear that意为 “以免 ” ,其引导的状语从句要使用虚拟语气,谓语用 should+动词原形, should可以省略。 【知识模块】 改 错 10 【正确答案】 倒装句错误,应在 tears前加上助动词 do。 【试题解析】 这是 not only放在句首的倒装句,要使用部分倒装,把助动词 do提到主语 tears前面。 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 语态错误,应在 also前面加上 is,变成被动语态。 【试题解析】 此句意思是 “他们投入的培训资金主要集中用于培训那些专业和管理层的雇员。 ”concentrate的主语是 money,所以应该使用被动语态。 【知识模块】
20、改错 12 【正确答案】 非谓语动词误用,应把 concerning改为 concerned。 【试题解析】 这里用分词作定语修饰 the branch of study, be concerned with意为 “关于 的 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 从句引导词错误,应把 what改为 that。 【试题解析】 notbut 引导的两个从句在逻辑上是对比关系,结构上是平行关系,而且 what在从句中要充当成分,而此处不缺任何成分,因此应该使用 that。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 定语从句的关系词误用,应把 which改为 where或者在 which前加上
21、in。 【试题解析】 此处定语从句的先行词是 position,而定语从句中的引导词在句子中作状语,因此需要使用关系副词 where,或者 in which。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 动词形式错误,应把 capable of后面的 be改为 being 【试题解析】 因为介词 of后面需跟名词或动名词。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 语态错误,应在 prescribed前加上 are。 【试题解析】 主语是 numbers of my friendschildren,谓语是 prescribe,二者是动宾关系,因此应该使用被动语态。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答
22、案】 时态错误,应在 Japan后加上 has。 【试题解析】 因为此处有明显的时态标记词组 so far,应该使用现在完成时。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 动词形式错误,应把 places改为 placing。 【试题解析】 从句子结构和意义分析来看, place一词应该与 finding并列,所以也应该用动词一 ing形式。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 强调句型错误,应在 questions后加上 that。 【试题解析】 此句为强调句型,被强调部分是原因状语 because it raised so many difficult questions,本句意为 “正
23、是因为产生了这么多难题,这本书用了很长时间才出版。 ” 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 定语从句引导词错误,应把第一个 that改为 which。 【试题解析】 此处逗号后面是非限制性 定语从句,而 that不能引导非限制性定语从句,只能用 which。 【知识模块】 改错 21 【正确答案】 主谓不一致,应把 keep改为 keeps。 【试题解析】 在 in that“因为 ”引导的句子中,主语是 a sense of community,故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是 “乡村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同,因为一种社区归属感把村里的居民联系在一起。 ” 【知识模块】 改错 22 【正
24、确答案】 It一句型错误,应把句首的 What改为 It。 【试题解析】 此句中, that引导的 从句是真正的主语, It作形式主语。 【知识模块】 改错 23 【正确答案】 It一句型错误,应把 This改为 It。 【试题解析】 在这个句子中, seems后面是一个句子,只是省略了引导词 that,这是 It seems(that)句型,表示 “看起来好像 ” 。 【知识模块】 改错 24 【正确答案】 主谓不一致,应把 are改为 is。 【试题解析】 本句中的 waste and poison(有毒的废物 )是属于同位语等立关系,该词组中 and的含义实际上和 with相似,因此,必须作单 数看待。类似的词组有: bacon and eggs(腊肉荷包蛋 ), bread and butter(黄油面包 ), truth and honesty(真诚 )等。 【知识模块】 改错 25 【正确答案】 主谓不一致,应把 compel改为 compels。 【试题解析】 在英语中, eitheror , neithernor 连接的复合主语,其谓语单复数形式取决于离它最近的主语单复数情况,在本题中, reciting it by heart是离谓语最近的主语,因此谓语用单数形式。 【知识模块】 改错