1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 3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 fo
2、llowing 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 In this June, the American Museum of Natural History will introduce 1. _ its f
3、irst Master of Arts in teaching program, which students with a 2._ background, if not a career, in science can spend 15 months learning to become earth science teachers. Fare is free, thanks to the New York State Board of Regents, and 3._ students will receive $30,000 stipends and health benefits. T
4、he goal is to produce 50 new science teachers over two years for New York States middle and high schools, which has long coped with a critical 4._ short of math and science instructors. 5._ As with nearly some attractive offer, there is a catch: Graduates must 6._ commit to spending four years teach
5、ing in a high-needs public school, and may be assigned anywhere in the New York State. 7._ The open house, which drew about 90 peoples, gave the museum an 8._ opportunity to pitch the program which also meant selling the museum- as-classroom concept. Staff members gave the prospective applicants a p
6、rivate tour of the museum. Rosamond Kinzler, the senior director of science education at the museum, leads the prospective applicants through the gem and minerals 9. _ collection, casually testing their knowledge of rock formation and plate tectonics. The curriculum that the graduate students will s
7、tudy (and that they will eventually be teaching) focuses slightly on planets and their orbits, water 10._ and weather, and basic geology. New Yorks physical environment including Central Park, across the street from the museum will also play an important role in the courses, several instructors said
8、. 10 In recent years, a trend has emerged in the behavioral sciences toward shorter and more rapid published journal articles. These articles are often 1. _ only a third length of a standard paper, often describe only a single study 2._ and tend to include smaller data sets. Shorter formats are prom
9、oted by many journals, and limits on article length are stringent in many cases 3._ low as 2,000 words. This shift is partly a result of the pressure that academics now feel to generate measurable output. Thanks to the cold calculus of “publish or 4. _ perish,“ in that success is often gauged by cou
10、nting citations, three short 5. _ articles can be more preferable to a single longer one. 6._ But some researchers contend that the trend toward short articles is also better for science. Such “bite size“ science, they argue, encourages results to be communicated faster, writing more concisely and r
11、ead by editors and 7._ researchers more easily, leading to a more lively exchange of ideas. In a 2010 article, the psychologist Nick Haslam demonstrated empirically that, when adjusted for length, short articles are cited more frequently than other articles. Professor Haslam concluded that long 8._
12、articles seem “more efficient in generating scientific influence“ and suggested that journals can consider adopting short-article formats. 9._ However, the rise of bite-size science is worrisome. We urge that editors demand more replication of unexpected findings and that the importance that the aca
13、demic community gives to quality of citations be 10._ balanced with a greater awareness of potential publication bias. Until then, bite-size science will be hard to swallow. 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 3答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage
14、 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 provided at the end of the li
15、ne. (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】 In 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。月份前有指示代词 this修饰时，不需要用介词in。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 which in 【试题解析】 本题为定语从句误用。先行词是 program，在非限制性定语从句的指示代词 which前加 in，表示在 参加该项目期间。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 Fare Tuition 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用
16、。两个名词为同义词，但是 fare表示车船费，tuition表示学费。文章中提到学生在博物馆学习的课程是免费的，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 has have 【试题解析】 本题为助动词误用。定语从句的先行词是 schools，从句中的谓语动词根据主谓一致原则，应该使用动词的复数形式。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 short shortage 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。表示短缺可以用名词短语 a shortage of sth，或者形容词短语 be short of sth。本句词性混淆。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 some any 【试题解析】
17、 本题为代词误用。根据句子的意思是几乎任何吸引人的就学条件博物馆都会提供，而不是某些，故用 any。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 the一 / 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。纽约州作为地名，不需要和定冠词搭配使用，而是零冠词。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 peoples people 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用。 people表示人时，没有复数形式，只有表示民族时才用复数，而本文中指 90个人。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 leads一 led 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。本段中都是介绍过去发生的事情，应该使用动词的一般过去时。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正
18、确答案】 slightly heavily 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。本文主要介绍博物馆提供关于地球科 学探秘的课程，对行星、轨道等知识是着重介绍。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 rapid rapidly 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。作为过去分词 published的修饰词，应该使用副词，而非形容词。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 length the 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。表示倍数的固定句型是 A+be+倍数 +定冠词十计量名词 +of+B。句意是 “现在期刊发表的论文长度只有标准论文的三分之一 ”，在 a third和 length
19、之间需用定冠词。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 cases as 【试题解析】 本题为缺词错误。 asas 是同定搭配，表示 “和 一样 ” 。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 Thanks According 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。本句的意思是根据残酷的行规 “不发表则灭亡 ”，被引用次数的多少决定了作者的成功与否，因此作者宁愿发表三篇篇幅短的文章，也不愿发表一篇长的文章。词组 thanks to表示多亏、幸亏，常和要感谢的事物搭配，不符合原文的逻辑，故用 according。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 that which 【试题解析】 本题为从句误
20、用。定语从句的关系代词前如有介词，不能用 that，只能用 which。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 more / 【试题解析】 本题为赘词错误。同定搭配 A+be preferable to+B表示 A比 B更可取、更好，不需要用副词 more来修饰。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 writing written 【试题解析】 本题为非谓语动词误用。在句中 to be communicated faster，written more concisely and read by editors and researchers more easily，是并列的被动态。 【知
21、识模块】 改 错 18 【正确答案】 long short 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。根据本段的意思，篇幅短的文章更受欢迎，产生影响的效率更高，而非篇幅长的文章。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 can一或 should 【试题解析】 本题为虚拟语气误用。本句中的谓语动词 suggest表示建议，在它所引导的 that从句中应该使用虚拟语气，和 should搭配使用，或者省略。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 quality quantity 【试题解析】 本题 为名词误用。两个名词形似义异。 quality表示质量， quantity表示数量。根据文章意思，目前学术界的趋势是以文章被引用的次数多少决定成败，而非质量，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错
