1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 46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 f
2、ollowing 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 According to Oxford English Dictionary, book is “a written or printed treatis
3、e or series of treatises, occupying several sheets of paper or other substance fastened together so as to compose a material whole“. Books are among the most powerful instrument man has created. In them, knowledge (1)_ and ideas may be preserved intactly despite the passage of time or the ef- (2)_ f
4、ects of wars and atural disasters. In addition to serve as sources of knowledge and tools of (3)_ learning, books have long been valued for the pleasure and en tertainment they provide for. In early times, books consisted of (4)_ inscribing clay tablets, rolls of papyrus, sheets of parchment, or oth
5、er ma- (5)_ terials. Modern books consist of printed pages bound between protective covers. The earliest survived works that may be classified as books were (6)_ produced in Egypt and Mesopotamia (modern Iraq) about 5,000 years ago. The wedge-shape letters characteristic of cuneiform script was pres
6、sed into (7)_ the damp clay. Gradually papyrus scrolls replaced the clay tablets because of the Aramaic language, which could not easily be transcribed in cuneiform characters. Papyrus scrolls were made of flat strips cut from the stem of the (8)_ papyrus plant. The strips were pasted together to fo
7、rm long sheets. A stick was attached to each end of the sheet, which was then wounded up to form (9)_ a scroll. The papyrus could be easily carried and stored, and it was poor for (10)_ preserving records. Eventually parchment (the specially prepared skill of an animal, usually a sheep or a goat) re
8、placed papyrus as a writing material. 1 (1) 2 (2) 3 (3) 4 (4) 5 (5) 6 (6) 7 (7) 8 (8) 9 (9) 10 (10) 10 The biggest problem facing Chile as it promotes itself as a tourist desti nation is that it is at the end of the earth. It is too far south to be a convenient stop on the way to anywhere else and i
9、s much further than a relatively cheap (1)_ half-days flight away from the big tourist markets. Chile, therefore has to fight hard to attract tourists, to convince travelers that it is worth to come (2)_ halfway round the world to visit. Like all South American countries, Chile sees tourism as a val
10、uable earner of foreign currency, and it has been far more serious than most in promoting (3)_ its image abroad. Relatively stable political within the region, it has benefited (4)_ from the problems suffering in other areas. In Peru, guerrilla warfare in recent (5)_ years has put a heavy blow to th
11、e tourist industry and fear of street crime in (6)_ Brazil has reduced the attraction of Rio de Janeiro as a dreamy destination for (7)_ foreigners. More than 150,000 people are directly involved in Chiles tourist sector, an industry which earns the country more than US $ 950 million each year. The
12、state-runned National Tourism Service, in partnership with a number of (8)_ private companies, are currently running a worldwide campaign, taking part in (9)_ trade fairs and international events to attract visitors to Chile. With the Pacific on the one side and the Andean mountains on the other, Ch
13、ile boasts natural (10)_ attractions. Its beaches are not up to Caribbean standards but resorts such as Vina del Mar are generally clean and unspoilt and have a high standard. 11 (1) 12 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 15 (5) 16 (6) 17 (7) 18 (8) 19 (9) 20 (10) 20 Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker could never be trusted
14、. One day, the two men decided to open a marriage business to make some quick and easy money. Jeff Peters and Andy Tucker were now ready to catch a few fishes on (1)_ the hook.They placed their advertisement in newspapers across the country. They put two thousand dollars in a bank under Missus Trott
15、ers name. They (2)_ gave her the bank book to show if anyone question the honesty of their mar- (3)_ riage agency. They were sure that Missus Trotter could be trusted and that it was safe to leave the money with her. Their ad in the newspapers started a storm of letters more than one (4)_ hundred a
16、day. Jeff and Andy worked twelve hours a day answering them. Most of the men wrote that they had lost their jobs. The world misunder stood them. But they were full of love and other good qualities. Jeff and Andy answered every letter with high praise from the writer. (5)_ They asked the men to send
17、a photograph and more details. And they told them to include two dollars to make the cost of giving the second letter to (6)_ the charming widow. Almost all the men sent in the two dollars that request- (7)_ ed. It seemed to be an easy business. Still, Andy and Jeff often spoke about the trouble of
18、cutting open envelopes and take the money out. (8)_ A few of the men came on person. Jeff and Andy sent them to Missus (9)_ Trotter and she did the rest. Soon, Jeff and Andy were receiving about two hundred dollars a day. One day, a federal postal inspector came on. But Jeff (10)_ satisfied him that
19、 they were not breaking the law. 21 (1) 22 (2) 23 (3) 24 (4) 25 (5) 26 (6) 27 (7) 28 (8) 29 (9) 30 (10) 30 But the tromp card is the Andes mountain range. There are a number of excellent ski resorts within one hours drive of the capital, Santiago, and the national parks in the south are the home to
20、rare animal and plant species. (1)_ The parks already attract specialist visitors, including mountainers, who (2)_ come to climb the technically difficult peaks, and fishermen are lured by the (3)_ salmon and trout in the regions rivers. However, infrastructural develop ment in these areas is limite
21、d. The ski resorts do not have as many lifts and pistes as their European counterpoise and the poor quality of roads in the (4)_ south means that only the most determining travelers see the best of the na- (5)_ tional parks. Air links between Chile and the rest of the world are, at present, rela tiv
22、ely poor. As Chiles two largest airlines have extensive networks within (6)_ South America, they operate only a small number of routes to the United States and Europe, while services to Asia are almost non-existing. (7)_ Interior transport links are being improved and luxury hotels are being (8)_ bu
23、ilt in one of its national parks. Nor is development being restricted in the (9)_ Andes. Easter Island and Chiles Antarctic Territory are also on the list of areas which the Government believes it can create tourist markets. (10)_ 31 (1) 32 (2) 33 (3) 34 (4) 35 (5) 36 (6) 37 (7) 38 (8) 39 (9) 40 (10
24、) 40 This month Singapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligation to support ones parents. Called as the Maintenance of Par- (1)_ ents Bill, it received the backing of the Singapore Government. That does not mean it hasnt generated discussion. Several members of the Parliam
25、ent opposed the measure as un-Asian. Others acknowledged the (2) _ problem of the elderly poor believed it a disproportionate response. More others believed it would subvert relations within the family: cyn- (3)_ ics dubbed it the “Sue Your Son“ law. Those who say that the bill does not improve fili
26、al responsibility, of (4)_ course, are right. It has nothing to do with filial responsibility. It kicks in what filial responsibility fails. The law cannot legislate filial responsibility (5)_ any less than it can legislate love. All the law can do is to provide a safety (6)_ net where this morality
27、 proves insufficiently. Singapore needs this bill not to (7)_ replace morality, but providing incentives to shore it up. (8)_ Traditionally, a persons insurance for poverty in his old age was his (9)_ family. The problem in Singapore is that the moral obligation to look after ones parents is unenfor
28、ceable. A father can be compelled by law to main tain his children. A husband can be forced to support his wife. But, until now, a son or daughter has no legal obligation to support his or her parents. (10)_ 41 (1) 42 (2) 43 (3) 44 (4) 45 (5) 46 (6) 47 (7) 48 (8) 49 (9) 50 (10) 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 46答案与解
29、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 following way: (1)For a
30、 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】 instrument instruments 【试题解析】 注意前一行中的 “among”一词暗示了 “instrument”应该用复数。 【知识模块】 改错 2
31、【正确答案】 intactly intact 【试题解析】 “intactly”无法形容 “preserved”，只能表示 “preserved”的结果或目的，所以用形容词 “intact”。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 serve serving 【试题解析】 “in addition to”中的 “to”为一介词，所以后面的动词应使用 -ing形式。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 for / 【试题解析】 这一句句尾的 “for”多余。 “provide for”连用作为词组表示 “给养某人 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 inscribing inscrib
32、ed 【试题解析】 “inscribing”表主动，而这里的 “clay tablets”为 “被刻上文字的泥版 ”，所以应 使用 “inscribed”。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 survived surviving 【试题解析】 “survived”表示 “被 (其他东西 )取代的 ”，此意在这里不通，所以应改为 “surviving”表示 “现存的 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 wedge-shape wedge-shaped 【试题解析】 名词与其他词用连字符连接做另一名词的修饰语，有一种情况就是需将该名词加上一 ed词尾，如： a redhaired wo
33、man， a middledaged man。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 of from 【试题解析】 “be made from”与 “be made of”的区别在于前者是材料几经变异已很难看出原来的模样，而后者则变化不大。由于在此处纸莎草卷是用压平的纸莎草茎做成的这一点已很难辨认了，所以用介词 “from”。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 wounded wound 【试题解析】 “wounded”是动词 “wound”的过去分词，而 “wound”又是动词“wind”的过去分词，应注意辨析这两个词。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 第二个 and but 【
34、试题解析】 “and”在这里不合逻辑，因为前半句指出的是纸莎草的优点，而后半句则是缺点，应用表示转折的连词 “but”。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 further farther 【试题解析】 “further”作 “进一步 ”解，而 “farther”才是表示距离上的 “更远 ”的意思；要注意区分两者的意思。 【知识模块】 改 错 12 【正确答案】 to come coming 【试题解析】 “be worth doing”为正确的搭配，而非 “be worth to do”。还要注意“be worthy ofbeing done”这一词组。 【知识模块】
35、 改错 13 【正确答案】 and although 【试题解析】 此处用 “and”的意思有些蹊跷，这里改为 “although”要比用其他如“but”这样的连词好，因为 “although”强调的是主句，而 “but”则强调随后的分句。 【知 识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 political politically 【试题解析】 此处尽管 “political”显然不对，但改起来却不太容易。如果按照考题的要求似乎只能改为 “politically”，修饰 “stable”，作主语 “it”的修饰语。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 suffering suffered 【试题
36、解析】 此处 “suffer”一词与所修饰的词 “problems”的关系应为被动而非主动，所以用一 ed分词。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 put dealt 【试题解析】 “put a(heavy)blow to”的搭配不当，应改为 “deal a(heavy)blow to”。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 dreamy dream 【试题解析】 可以用 “dreamy”来形容一个小姑娘，但如果想表示 “理想的，理想中的 ”，则用名词 “dream”，如 “dream city”， “dream wife”。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 runned r
37、un 【试题解析】 动词 “run”的过去分词为 “run”，而非 “runned”。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 are is 【试题解析】 本句的主语为 “The state-run National Tourism Service”，所以谓语应与之保持一致，而 “in partnership with a number of private companies”只不过是伴随状语，不应混淆它与主语的关系。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 the (one) / 【试题解析】 l0此处的 “the”为多余，而在词组 “on the one hand”中则必须有冠词 “th
38、e”。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 21 【正确答案】 fishes fish 【试题解析】 “fish”一词除非指各种类之鱼，否则它的复数和单数同形，都为“fish”，这一点与 “sheep”一词相同。 【知识模块】 改错 22 【正确答案】 under in 【试题解析】 “under ones name”意为 “以谁的名义 ”，而 “in ones name”则指 “在谁的名下 ” 。 【知识模块】 改错 23 【正确答案】 question quetioned/would question 【试题解析】 “question”在这里应使用过去时，或使用表示对过去进行假设的“w
39、ould do”结构。 【知识模块】 改错 24 【正确答案】 storm flood 【试题解析】 “a storm of letters”的比喻显然不妥，应改为 “a flood of letters”，意为 “如潮水般的书信 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 25 【正确答案】 from for 【试题解析】 在这里应把 “praise from”改为 “praise for”，表示对每一个写信者的赞扬。 【知识模块】 改错 26 【正确答案】 make cover 【试题解析】 “make the cost of”不通，应改为 “cover the cost of”。 【知识模块】 改错 27
40、 【正确答案】 that /或 that requested was 【试题解析】 此 句有两种改法：一是将 “that”去掉，直接用 “requested”修饰 “two dollars”，二是在 “that”后加入 “was”，使该分句完整。 【知识模块】 改错 28 【正确答案】 take taking 【试题解析】 “take”一词的形式应该与前一个动词 “cut”保持一致。 【知识模块】 改错 29 【正确答案】 on in 【试题解析】 “to come in person”表示 “亲自，本人来 ”，没有 “on person”这种表达。 【知识模块】 改错 30 【正确答案】 o
41、n by 【试题解析】 “come on”在这里语义不通，应改为表示 “偶然造访 ”的 “come by”。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 31 【正确答案】 the (home) / 【试题解析】 “home to”为一词组，表示 “某某的家或栖身之所 ”，这里用 “the”不合适。 【知识模块】 改错 32 【正确答案】 mountainers mountaineers 【试题解析】 “mountainer”一词不 存在，应为 “mountaineer”。 【知识模块】 改错 33 【正确答案】 are /或 are who 【试题解析】 注意本句话的结构，尤其是 “includ
42、ing”后所跟的 “mountaineers”和“fishermen”为并列结构，因此在形式上应尽量保持一致。 【知识模块】 改错 34 【正确答案】 counterpoise counterparts 【试题解析】 注意 “counterpoise”与 “counterpart”的区别，前者指 “制衡，平衡力 ”， 而后者指 “相对应的人或物 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 35 【正确答案】 determining determined 【试题解析】 “determined”可作形容词表示 “坚定的，有决心的 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 36 【正确答案】 As Although 【试题解析】 如
43、果在这句话里用连词 “as”，显然句子的意思讲不通，所以应选择表示转折含义的连词。 【知识模块】 改错 37 【正确答案】 existing existent 【试题解析】 “existing”和 “existent”同为 “exist”的形容词，但 “existing”往往表示“现存的，现行的 ”，如 “the existing order”， “existent”表示 “存在的，实有的 ”。在这里最好选择 “existent”。 【知识模块】 改错 38 【正确答案】 Interior Internal 【试题解析】 “国内航班 ”往往用 “internal”一词而不用 “interior
44、”，此处相同。 【知识模块】 改错 39 【正确答案】 第二 个 in to 【试题解析】 表示 “仅限于 ”往往用 “restricted to”，而非 “restricted in”。如： The garden wasoriginally restricted to members and their guests 【知识模块】 改错 40 【正确答案】 which where 【试题解析】 在这里最好将 “which”改为 “where”，表示 “政府相信能够在这些地方建成旅游市场 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 41 【正确答案】 as / 【试题解析】 动词 “call
45、”后面可接双宾语，即 “call sb sth ”，所以此处没必要加 “as”。 【知识模块】 改错 42 【正确答案】 acknowledged who 【试题解析】 通读这句话就会发现句子的真正谓语为 “believed it a disproportionate response”，所以应在 “acknowledged”前加一关系代词 “who”，引导一个关系分句。 【知识模块】 改错 43 【正确答案】 More Still 【试题解析】 句子的开头表示 “仍有一些人相信 ” ，而 “more others”这样的表达不存在，所以应改为 “Still others”。 【知识模块】 改
46、错 44 【正确答案】 improve promote 【试题解析】 表示 “增强，鼓励 ”的词不是 “improve”，而是 “promote”。 【知识模块】 改错 45 【正确答案】 what where 【试题解析】 动词词组 “kick in”表示 “生效，起作用 ”，这里的 “in”并不是介 词，无需接一个宾语，所以应将 “what”改为 “where”，表示 “在子女不孝的情况下起作用 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 46 【正确答案】 less more 【试题解析】 “notany more than” 表示 “并不比 强 ”，也就是这句话的含义是 “本法律无法约束孝心，正如它无法
47、约束爱一样 ”，也就是说在爱和孝面前，这个法律是无法起作用的。 【知识模块】 改错 47 【正确答案】 insufficiently insufficient 【试题解析】 “prove”表 示 “证实为 ” 时，后面可接形容词。 【知识模块】 改错 48 【正确答案】 providing to provide 【试题解析】 “notbut” 结构后接的成分应保持结构的一致，所以应把“providing”改为 “to provide”。 【知识模块】 改错 49 【正确答案】 for against 【试题解析】 表示 “对抗某种风险 ”时应使用介词 “against”而不是 “for”。 【知识模块】 改错 50 【正确答案】 has had或 has had 【试题解析】 此处用 “has”显然与事实不符，因为此法律已生效，且规定了子女对父母的赡养义务，所以应使用过去式 “had”或现在完成式 “has had”，另要注意这句话实际上使用了 “notuntil now” 的结构。 【知识模块】 改错
