1、专业英语八级(改错)练习试卷 4及答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING they expressed their preference for the quiet life by leaving the city and moving to the country within commuting distance of the large city. 10 Henry Ford probably didnt know how many the car was going to affect American culture. And it helped make the
2、 United States that it is today. There are three reasons which the car became so popular in the United States. First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around in it. The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. With a car people can go where wit
3、hout spending a lot of money. The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never really developed an efficient and inexpensive form of private transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in another parts of the world. Nowad
4、ays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes. But it is too expensive to use frequently. The third reason is the most important one, though. The American spirit of dependence is what really made cars popular. Americans dont like to have followed an exact schedule. A car gives them th
5、e freedom to schedule their own time. And this is the freedom what Americans want most to have. 专业英语八级(改错)练习试卷 4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
6、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. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ si
7、gn and write t 【知识模块】 改错 1 【正确答案】 frightened frightening 【试题解析】 frightened是 ”受惊吓的, frightening是 ”令人害怕的 ”,后者符合句意。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 appear disappear 【试题解析】 根据 ”群体感消失 ”的句意,此处应为 disappear。 【知识模块】 改错 3 【正确答案】 strange strangely 【试题解析】 修饰形容词应该用副词 strangely。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 say dont 【试题解析】 此句应该为否定才符合逻辑
8、,因此要加 dont。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 keep keeps 【试题解析】 句子的主语是单数,所以要用 keeps。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 So But / Yet 【试题解析】 上下文的关系是转折,须用转折连词 but或 yet。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 for on 【试题解析】 go on an expedition是固定搭配,意思是 ”去远征 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 with from 【试题解析】 suffer from是短语结构。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 their its 【试题解析】 句中所指
9、代的是单 数,故用 its。 【知识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 among between 【试题解析】 表达 ”在两者之间 ”的意思只能用 between,超过三者用 among。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 many much 【试题解析】 此处应用表示程度的副词 much。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 that what 【试题解析】 此句为宾语从句,用 what引导, what在从句中担任表语。 【知识模 块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 which that/why 【试题解析】 修饰 reason的定语从句只能由 that或 why引
10、导,不能用 which。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 where anywhere 【试题解析】 where表示 “哪里,那里 ”,根据句意,应用 anywhere,表示 “无论哪里 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案】 private public 【试题解析】 private是 public的反义词,公共交通应为 public transportation。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 another other 【试题解析】 “世界其他地方 ”的正确表达方法应该是 in other parts of the world。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答
11、案】 to use be used 【试题解析】 动词不定式要用被动式才合逻辑。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 dependence independence 【试题解析】 美国精神的重要特征是 独立精神,所以用 independence才符合句意。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 have followed follow 【试题解析】 此句动词不定式不需要用完成式表示过去,用原形即可。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 what that/which 【试题解析】 修饰 freedom的定语从句不能用 what引导,应改为 that或which。 【知识模块】 改错