1、专业英语八级（虚拟语气误用类改错）模拟试卷 1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
2、 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 “ “ sign and write t 1 Some evidence suggests that REM sleep be a time when the brain adapts t
3、o life experience. 2 Just imagine everyone is to give up smoking. What a wonderful world! 3 She cant have written to me, or I will have got the letter by now. 4 Jean Wagners most enduring contribution to the study of Afro American poetry is his insistence that it is studied in a religious, as well a
4、s worldly, frame of reference. 5 The board deemed its urgent that these files must be printed right away. 6 Was it not for the fact that she broke her leg, she might have passed the exam. 7 If you have really been studying English for so long, its about time you are able to write letters in English.
5、 8 Were he rich or poor, Ill marry him all the same. 9 Not for your timely advice, I would never have known how to go about the work. 10 She asked that she was allowed to see her son in police custody. 11 Mr. Greenberg seems to suggest that the revision would be postponed until each neural network i
6、s defined and every biological marker is identified. 12 My mother-in-law (who is in her 60s) insists that it be proper etiquette for men to stand up whenever a woman gets up from or returns to the table. 13 It is the first time in a year and a half that I dinnered with my parents. 14 If you had been
7、 less cautious, you may have been wiser. 15 Whatever the case, there is often a tentative quality here, as if the directors are reluctant to commit strongly to anything on screen, including an image that doesnt quaver. 16 Working in admissions, we pay attention to them although we wish we dont have
8、to. 17 The annual State of the Union address has its roots in the Constitutions requirement that presidents reported periodically to Congress on the state of the nation. 18 It appears entirely appropriate that the United States would consider restoration of more formal diplomatic ties. 19 After that
9、 the network maneuvered to keep Mr. Leno lest he starts a new late-night show elsewhere. 20 If only the presidential candidate adopts this four-part agenda. 专业英语八级（虚拟语气误用类改错）模拟试卷 1答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains
10、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 line. (2)For
11、 a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 1 【正确答案】 be is 【试题解析】 在表示建议、命令、要求等单词所引导的从句中应采用虚拟语气should do。但此处 suggest不表示建议，意为 “表明，暗示 ”，故从句不需要用虚拟语气。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 2 【正确答案】 is were 【试题解析】 were型虚拟语气当用在表示臆想愿望的分句中，常由 wish，suppose， imagine， would rather, would sooner t
12、hat， would just as soon(that)等引导。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 3 【正确答案】 will would 【试题解析】 本句中 or相当于 or else或 otherwise，相当于 if she had written to me，可看作是通过上下文来表示假设条件，构成虚拟语气结构，因此表示对过去行为的假设。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 4 【正确答案】 is(studied)一 be 【试题解析】 insistence是个从 insist派生来的名词，二者后面分别接同位语从句和宾 语从句，句中皆应使用虚拟形式，即 should+动词原形。 【知识模块】 虚拟
13、语气误用 5 【正确答案】 must should 【试题解析】 在 It is+adj +that 句式中如果形容词是 important necessaryurgent之类表示敦促、建议的形容词，则从句中要用虚拟形式，即 should+动词原形。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 6 【正确答案】 was were 【试题解析】 此处相当于 if it was not for the fact that ，但在虚拟语气的倒装句中， was必须改成 were。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 7 【正确答案】 are were 【试题解析】 在 It is(about high)time that 从
14、句中应当用 were型虚拟语气，动词采用过去式。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 8 【正确答案】 were be 【试题解析】 were型虚拟表示与现实相反的假设，但此句表示的是让步，并不是与现实相反 的假设，应当用 be型虚拟。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 9 【正确答案】 Not But 【试题解析】 主句中采用了虚拟语气，状语应当表示与现实相反的假设， but for表示 “要不是 ”，可以表示 if it were not for your timely advice。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 10 【正确答案】 was be 【试题解析】 此处 ask不是表示 “询问 ”，而是 “
15、要求 ”，因此在从句中应当采用be型虚拟，即 should+动词原形， should可省略。 【 知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 11 【正确答案】 would should 【试题解析】 此句中的 suggest表示 “建议 ”，需要用虚拟语气，助动词是should，而非 would。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 12 【正确答案】 be is 【试题解析】 insist表示 “坚持认为 ”时，它所引导的 that从句中不需要用虚拟语气，只有表示坚持让某人去做某事时，才需用虚拟语气。本句的意思是：年逾六十的岳母坚持认为每当有女士离开餐桌或者回到餐桌时，男士都应该起立，这是一种恰当的礼节。 【知识模
16、块】 虚拟语气误用 13 【正确答案】 dinnered一 have 【试题解析】 句型 Its the first second third time that中，需要用现在完成时，而非虚拟语气。在句型 Its (high about)time(that)中，则需要用虚拟语气，that从句中的谓语动词用一般过去时。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 14 【正确答案】 may might 【试题解析】 if引导的是虚拟条件从句，主句中的情态动词不能使用 may，而要改用 might。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 15 【正确答案】 are were 【试题解析】 as if引导虚拟条件从句时，谓语
17、动词需要用一般过去时。类似的还有 as though， though等。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 16 【正确答案】 dont didnt 【试题解析】 wish引导的是与现在事实相反的主观愿望，谓语动词用一般过去时。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 17 【正确答案】 reported report 【试题解析】 requirement是名词，表示 “要求 ”，与它搭配的 that同位语从句中需用虚拟语气，即 should do，助动词 should可以省略。类似表示 “命令、建议、决定 ”的名词还有 suggestion， demand， resolution， decision， ins
18、truction， order, advice等。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 18 【正确答案】 would一 /或 would should 【试题解析】 appropriate是形容词表示恰当的，与它搭配的 that从句中需用虚拟语气，即 should do，助动词 should可以省略。类似的形容词还有advisable， anxious， insistent， impossible necessary, obligatory等。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 19 【正确答案】 starts start 【试题解析】 lest是连词，表示 “唯恐、免得 ”，和它搭配的 that从句中需用虚拟语气，即 should do，助动词 should可以省略。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用 20 【正确答案】 adopts adopted 【试题解析】 if only引导的条件状语与现在事实相反，表示 “要是 多好 ”，从句中的谓语动词需用一般过去时。 【知识模块】 虚拟语气误用
