专八改错题及答案

2012年3月专八真题：改错部分Thecentralproblemoftranslatinghasalwaysbeenwhethertotranslateliterallyorfreely.Theargumenthasbeengoingsinceatleastthefirst(1)centuryB.C.Uptothebeginningofthe19thcentury,manywritersfavouredcertainkindof"free"translation:thespirit,nottheletter;the(2)sensenottheword;themessagerathertheform;thematternot(3)themanner.Thisistheoftenrevolutionarysloganofwriterswho(4)wantedthetruthtobereadandunderstood.Thenintheturnofthe19th(5)century,whenthestudyofculturalanthropologysuggestedthatthelinguisticbarrierswereinsuperableandthatthelanguage(6)wasentirelytheproductofculture,theviewtranslationwasimpossible(7)gainedsomecurrency,andwithitthat,ifwasattemptedatall,itmustbeas(8)__literalaspossible.Thisviewculminatedthestatementofthe(9)extreme"literalists"WalterBenjaminandhVradobokov.Theargumentwastheoretical:thepurposeofthetranslation,thenatureofthereadership,thetypeofthetext,wasnotdiscussed.Toooften,writer,translatorandreaderwereimplicitlyidentifiedwitheachotherNow,thecontexthaschanged,andthebasicproblemremains.(10)参考答案：going后加oncertain改为acertainrather改为notis改为wasin改为at

去掉第二个theview后面加that去掉wasculminated后面加inand改为but2011年3月专八真题：改错部分Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,IknewthatwhenIgrewIshouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofaboutseventeenandtwenty-four_(1)Itriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidsowiththeconscience(2)thatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthatsoonorlaterIshouldhaveto(3)settledownandwritebooks.Iwasthechildofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside(4)andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.ForthisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondevelopeddisagreeingmannerismswhich(5)mademeunpopularthroughoutmyschooldays.Ihadthelonelychild'shabitofmakingupstoriesandholdingconversationswithimaginativepersons,and(6)Ithinkfromtheverystartmyliteralambitionsweremixedupwith(7)thefeelingofbeingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwordsandapoweroffacinginunpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreated(8)asortofprivworldwhichIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife(9)Therefore,thevolumeofserious—i.e.seriouslyintended—writingwhichIproduced(10)allthroughmychildhoodandboyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.grew后加upconscience改成consciousnesssoon改成soonerthe和child之间加middledisagreeing改成disagreeableimaginative改成imaginary7.literal改成literaryin去掉which前加inTherefore,改成Nevertheless改错题出自：GeorgeOrwell的〈〈WhyIWrite»的前两段第1个错误出现在grew.解析：grow表成长，如人和动植物的成长。如果要表“长大”就要用短语：growup。7.literal改成literary2.句中conscience有如下的释义：1.良心，良知2.良知1.良心2.第三类法庭而consciousness表示1.意识到，知道.2.意识，觉悟3.意识状态4.活醒句子的意思是：我意识到这是在违背我的本性。第三句考固定搭配：soonerorlater迟早。难点：outrage违背做动词。按句子意思作者排行老二家里上面和下面都有个小孩因此加上middledisagreeing为disagree的ing,意思是“不同意不认同”。改为：disagreeable表1.不合意的；不愉快的；讨厌的2.难相处的，脾气坏的imaginative改成imaginary，解析：imaginative表示人富有想像力的；富丁想像的；有创造力的。而imaginary表示想像中的；虚构的；幻想的如：animaginaryfriend想像中的朋友7.literal表“文字的”改成literary指文学作者的文学的志向与野心facesth.直面某个事实.不用接介词in定语从句，修饰world,有介词要用在which前，不能省略Therefore,改成Nevertheless句子有转折的意思，作者说他一直沉溺在自己的内心世界，然而童年时代所写的东西数目不多。而非因此，童年所写的东西不多。2010年3月专八真题：改错部分Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,(1)everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay(2)thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay.(3)Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.(4)Whereasthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscan(5)speakaboutsnowwithagreatdealfurtherprecisionandsubtletythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled'primitive')isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.(6)ThisexampledoesnotcometolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.Thepositionissimplyandobviouslythat(7)theEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilarenvironments.TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironments(9)in—whichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportantSimilarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricket(10)ifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthe19thcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:carswerenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhenwearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash,atilbury,acarriole,aphaeton,andaclarence?1be后插入as;3There改为It;5further改为more7similar改为different;9asimportant去掉as2their改为its;4Whereas改为But6come改为bring;8will改为would;10thepart去掉the2009年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)betweenschoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthelittlelistener(2)hasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,orevengrandchildren.(3)Theperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingitmaybesomethingfrom20to70years.(4)Withtheplaygroundlore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassedonwithintheveryhour(5)itislearnt;and,inthegeneral,itpassesbetweenchildren(6)ofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,or(7)evenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatithasbeenretransmittedoverandover,verypossiblyithaspassedalongachainoftwoorthree(8)hundredyounghearersandtellers,andthewonderisthatitremainslive(9)aftersomuchhandling,toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe(10)originalwording.参考答案：illustrate改为illustrated(与前文的shown保持一致)the改为a(用不定冠词表示泛指)their改为his(代词与前文alittlelistener在单复数上保持一致)something改为anything(这里anythingfrom...to...表示大约在...之间)therefore改为however(根据上下文逻辑关系)inthegeneral去掉the(ingeneral是习惯用法)currently改为current(这里起的是表语的作用，需要形容词而不是副词)ithaspassed改为ithasbeenpassed庄动改为被动，与前文保持一致)live改为alive(活跃的，仍然存在的)(live作形容词讲为现场直播的"意思)toletalone改为letalone(letalone为习惯搭配，意思是更不用说”)2008年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分

TOC\o"1-5"\h\zThedesiretouselanguageasasignofnationalidentityisaverynaturalone,(1)andinresultlanguagehasplayedaprominentpartinnationalmoves.(2)Menhaveoftenfelttheneedtocultivateagivenlanguagetoshowthattheyaredistinctivefromanotherracewhose(3)hegemonytheyresent.AtthetimetheUnitedStates(4)splitofffromBritain,forexample,therewereproposalsthatindependenceshouldbelinguisticallyacceptedbytheuseofa(5)differentlanguagefromthoseofBritain.Therewasevenone(6)proposalthatAmericansshouldadoptHebrew.OthersfavoredtheadoptionofGreek,though,asonemanputit,thingswouldcertainlybesimplerforAmericansiftheystuckontoEnglish(7)andmadetheBritishlearnGreek.Attheend,aseveryone(8)knows,thetwocountriesadoptedthepracticalandsatisfactorysolutionofcarryingwiththesamelanguageasbefore.(9)Sincenearlytwohundredyearsnow,theyhaveshowntheworld(10)thatpoliticalindependenceandnationalidentitycanbecompletewithoutsacrificingtheenormousmutualadvantagesofacommonlanguage.参考答案：one改为thingresult改为factdistinctive改为distinctatthetime后加whenby改为withthose改为thaton去掉At改为Incarrying后加onnow改为ago2007年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分(1)andorshowrshowingthe(4)andbut(5)largelagerFromwhathasbeensaid,itmustbeclearthatnoonecanmakeverypositivestatementsabouthowlanguageoriginated.Thereisnomaterialinanylanguagetodayandintheearliestrecordsofancientlanguagesshowuslanguageinanewandemergingstate.Itisoftensaid,ofcourse,thatthelanguageoriginatedincriesofanger,fear,painandpleasure,andthenecessaryevidenceisentirelylacking：therearenoremotetribes,noancientrecords,providingevidenceofalanguagewithalargeproportionofsuchcries

thanwefindinEnglish.Itistruethattheabsenceofsuchevidencedoesnotdisprovethetheory,butin(6)(1)andorshowrshowingthe(4)andbut(5)largelagerPeopleofallracesandlanguagesmakerathersimilarnoisesinreturntopainorpleasure.ThefactthatsuchnoisesaresimilaronthelipsofFrenchmenandMalaysianswhoselanguagesareutterlydifferent,servestoemphasizeonthefundamentaldifferencebetweenthesenoisesandlanguageproper.Wemaysaythatthecriesofpainorchortlesofamusementarelargelyreflexactions,instinctivetoAlargeextent,whereaslanguageproperdoesnotconsistofsignsbutofthesethathavetobelearntandthatare(7)returnresponse(8)on(9)Aa(10)thesethose2006年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分Weuselanguageprimarilyasameansofcommunicationwithotherhumanbeings.Eachofusshareswiththecommunityinwhichweliveastoreofwordsandmeaningsaswellasagreeingconventionsas(1)tothewayinwhichwordsshouldbearrangedtoconveyaparticular(2)message:theEnglishspeakerhasiiihisdisposalatvocabularyanda(3)setofgrammaticalruleswhichenableshimtocommunicatehis(4)thoughtsandfeelings,illavarietyofstyles,totheotherEnglish(5)speakers.Hisvocabulary,inparticular,boththatwhichheusesactive-[yandthatwhichherecognises,increasesillsizeashegrowsoldasaresultofeducationandexperience.(6)But,whetherthelanguagestoreisrelativelysmallorlarge,thesystemremainsnomore,thanapsychologicalrealityfortikeinpidual,unlesshehasameansofexpressingitintermsabletobeseenbyanother(7)memberofhislinguisticcommunity;hebastogivetilesystema

concretetransmissionform.Wetakeitforgrantedrice'twom((8Stcommonformsoftransmission-bymeansofsoundsproducedbyourvocalorgans(speech)orbyvisualsigns(writing).Andtheseare(9)amongmoststrikingofhumanachievements.(10)agreeingagreed2.Awords-these/hedisposalatthedisposal4.enables-enable5.delete"the"before"otherEnglishspeakers6.oldolder7.seen—--perceived,understood,comprehended8.delete"it"before"forgranted”9.And——Yet;However10.Amostthemoststriking2005年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分TheUniversityasBusinessS7Anumberofcollegesanduniversitiesannouncedsteeptuitionincreasesfornextyear—muchsteeperthanthecurrent,verylow,rateofinflation.Theysaytheincreasesareneededbecauseofalossinvalueofuniversityendowmentsheavilyinvestingincommonstock.Iamskeptical.Abusinessfirmchoosesthepricethatmaximizesitsnetrevenues,irrespectivefluctuationsinincome:andincreasinglytileoutlookofuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesisindistinguishablefromthoseofbusinessfirms.Theriseintuitionsmayreflectthefacteconomicuncertaintyincreasesthedemandforeducation.Thebiggestcostofbeingintheschoolisforegoingincomefromajob(thisisprimarilyafactoringraduate—andprofessional—schooltuition):thepoorone'sjobprospects,themoresenseitmakestoreallocatetimefromthejobmarkettoeducation,inordertomakeoneselfmoreremarkable.S7ThewaywhichuniversitiesmakethemselvesattractivetoS10studentsincludesoftmajors,studentevaluationsofteachers,givingstudentsagovernancerole,andeliminaterequiredcourses.Sky-hightuitionshavecauseduniversitiestoregardtheirstudentsascustomers.Justasbusinessfirmssometimescolludetoshortentherigorsofcompetition,universitiescolludetominimizethecosttothemoftheathleteswhomtheyrecruitinordertostimulatealumnidenotations,sothebestathletesnowoftenbypasshighereducationinordertoobtainsalariesearlierfromprofessionalteams.Anduntiltheywerestoppedbytheantitrustauthorities,theIvyleagueschoolscolludetolimitcompetitionforthebeststudents,byagreeingnottoawardscholarshipsonthebasisofmeritratherthanpurelyofneed—justlikebusinessfirmsagreeingnottogivediscountsontheirbestcustomers.S10invested/irrespectiveof/those—that/factthat/intheschool/poor—poorer/inwhich/eliminating/shortenlessen/onto2004改错Oneofthemostimportantnon-廊召曲"fuKtEGin口U.SCnnggisthepowertoinvestigate.Thispowerisusuallydelegatedtocommittees-日i：hg「TOC\o"1-5"\h\zstandingcommittees,specialcommitteessetforaspecific【L：purpose,orjointcommitteesconsistedofmembersofbothhouses.\2.iInvestigationsareheldtogatherinformationontheneedforfuturelegislation,totesttheeffectivenessoflawsalreadypassed,toinquireintothequalificationsandperformanceofmembersandofficialsoftheotherbranches,andinrareoccasions,tolaythegroundworkforimpeachmentproceedings.Frequently,committeesrelyoutsideexpertstoassistinconductinginvestigativehearings(4)andtomakeoutdetailedstudiesofissues.Thereareimportantcorollariestotheinvestigativepower.Oneisthepowertopublicizeinvestigationsanditsresults.Most'A"'1committeehearingsareopentopublicandarereported‘"'JwidelyinthemassmediaCongressionalinvestigationsneverthelessrepresentoneimportanttoolavailabletolawmakers‘3}toinformthecitizenryandtoarousepublicinterestsinnationalissues.Congressionalcorrinnitteesalsohavethepowertocompeltestimonyfromunwillingwitnesses,andtociteforcontemptofCongresswitnesseswhorefusetotestifyandforperjuryofthesewhogivefalsetestimony.(10)1.,在set后加up,setup建立、成立"是固定短语答案：consistedtconsisting/composed答案：inron【详细解答】固定搭配on...occasions答案：relyArelyon【详细解答】固定搭配relyonsb.todosomething答案：makeoutmake【详细解答】makeout意思是辨认出’；而此处意思是对...做详细的研究”，故用"makedetailedstudiesof...即可。答案：itsrtheir【详细解答】此处指代的是"investigations故用复数。答案：apublicrthepublic【详细解答】the+adj.可表示某一类人，此处意思是面向公众”，故应用"thepublic。"答案:neverthelesstherefore/thus【详细解答】此处不是表示意思的转折，而是与前文构成因果关系，故可改为therefore或thus。答案：interestsinterest【详细解答】此处看成不可数名词为佳答案：thesethose【详细解答】those指代witnesses,即指代名词复数做定语从句的先行词，而these不行2003年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分DemographicindicatorsshowthatAmericansinthepostwarperiodweremoreeagerthanevertoestablishfamilies.Theyquicklybroughtdowntheageatmarriageforbothmenandwomenandbroughtthebirthratetoatwentiethcenturyheightaftermorethanahundred(1)__yearsofasteadydecline,producingthe"babyboom."Theseyoun(2)__adultsestablishedatrendofearlymarriageandrelativelylargeTOC\o"1-5"\h\zfamiliesthatwentformorethantwodecadesandcausedamajor(3)__buttemporaryreversaloflong-termdemographicpatterns.Fromthe1940sthroughtheearly1960s,Americansmarriedatahighrate(4)__andatayoungeragethantheirEuropecounterparts.(5)__Lessnotedbutequallymoresignificant,themenandwomenwho(6)__formedfamiliesbetween1940and1960neverthelessreducedthe(7)__divorcerateafterapostwarpeak;theirmarriagesremainedintacttoagreaterextentthandidthatofcoupleswhomarriedinearlieraswell(8)__aslaterdecades.SincetheUnitedStatesmaintaineditsdubious(9)__distinctionofhavingthehighestdivorcerateintheworld,thetemporarydeclineindivorcedidnotoccurinthesameextentin(10)__Europe.Contrarytofearsoftheexperts,theroleofbreadwinnerandhomemakerwasnotabandoned.答案：heighthighhigh作为名词翻译为最高水平”，又如reachanall-timehigh答案：删除a【详细解答】此处steadydecline指稳定下降的行为、过程而不是其结果，为不可数名词，故应去掉定冠词a。答案：wentAon【详细解答】goon为固定搭配，意为持续”。答案：highhigher【详细解答】后面有than,此处应为比较级。答案：Europe^European【详细解答】根据上下文，此处应用形容词作定语修饰名词counterparts。答案：more【详细解答】由上下文可知，more与equally矛盾，故应去掉。答案：neverthelessalso【详细解答】由上下文可知，此处讲的内容与前部分内容之间为递进关系，而非转折关系。答案：thatrthose【详细解答】由上下文可知，此处所指代的应为前面复数形式的marriages,故指示代词也应该用复数形式。答案：Since^Although(或While)【详细解答】从逻辑上讲，此处应表达让步关系，而非因果关系。答案：inrto【详细解答】to...extent为固定搭配，意为到……程度”2002改错Therearegreatimpedimentstothegeneraluseofastandardinpronunciationcomparabletothatexistinginspelling(orthography).Oneisthefactthatpronunciationislearnt'naturally'andunconsciously,andorthography;learnt1.deliberatelyandconsciously.Largenumbersofus,infact,remainTOC\o"1-5"\h\zthroughoutourlivesquiteunconsciouswithwhatourspeechsounds2likewhenwespeakout,anditoftencomesasashockwhen3wefirstlyheararecordingofourselves.Itisnotavoicewerecognizeatonce,4whereasourownhandwritingissomethingwhichwealmostalwaysknow.5Webeginthe'natural'learningofpronunciationlongbeforewestartlearningtoreadorwrite,andinourearlyyearswewentonunconsciously6.imitatingandpracticingthepronunciationofthosearoundusformanymorehourspereverydaythanweeverhavetospend7.learningevenourdifficultEnglishspelling.Thisis'natural'8,.therefore,thatourspeech-soundsshouldbethoseofourimmediatecircle;afterall,aswehaveseen,speechoperatesasameansofholdingacommunity9.andgivingasenseofbelonging”.Welearnquiteearlytorecognizeastranger”,someonewhospeakswithanaccentofadifferentcommunityperhapsonlyafewmilesfar.1□答案与详解答案:and->while/whereas【详细解答】前半句意为发音是在无意识之中学成的”，后半句意为拼写是有意识地学成的”，它们之间是对比关系，故应该用连词while来连接。答案：with—of【详细解答】beunconsciousof是固定搭配，意为无意识地，未意识到”。即我们之中很多人一辈子都不知道自己的话听起来是什么样的答案：speakAT°ut【详细解答】speakout意为大胆地说出"，在这里句意不通。在speakout中加上it,指代前面的speech，意为当我们说出话后，自己听起来像什么"。答案：firstlyfi【详细解答】firstly表示顺序中的第一"，first则表示时间上的第一次，首次"。这里是说当我们第一次听到自己的录音时，通常会震惊”。故应将firstly改为first才合乎句意。答案:圳hich—>that【详细解答】在定语从句中，如果先行词是代词something,everything,nothing,little,few等时,关系词应用that而不是which，故此处应将which改为that。答案：went【详细解答】本文通篇用的都是一般现在时，所以此处也应用一般现在时，使上下文保持时态一致。答案：删除per或卸鲫【详细解答】per和every都是每”的意思，在此属重复错误，故将两者去掉一个即可。答案：This-^lt【详细解答】根据句子结构，句中缺少一形式主语，而作形式主语的只能是代词it,this是这”的意思，不能用做形式主语，所以应将this改为it。答案：communityA—^together【详细解答】hold意为抓住，占据，包含”。此处想表达的意思是语言用作使社区具有凝聚力、给人归属感的一种方式”，用holdacommunity不能表达此意；holdsth.together表示使结合在一起不破，使团结一致"的意思，符合句意。答案：far-away【详细解答】要表达距离上的远近，在英语中通常用副词away。far表示远，从（到）很远距离”，不合句意。2001年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分Duringtheearlyyearsofthiscentury,wheatwasseenastheverylifebloodofWesternCanada.PeopleonciusircdswinchedtheyieldsandthepriceofwheatinalmostasmuchfeelingasifLtheyweregrowers.Themarketingofwheatbecameanincreasing2.fiivoritetopicofconvei^cition.WarsetthestageforthemostdramaiicCvenlsinmarkdiiigthewesiemcrop.Foryears,fannersmistrustedspeculativegrainsellingascarriedonthroughtheWinnipegGrainExchange.Wheatpricesweregenerallylowintheautumn,sofarmerscould上notwaitformarketstoimpiwe,ILliadhappenedlooollenLlialtheysoldtheirwheatsoonshortlyafterharvestwhenfarmdebts4,werecomingdue,justtoseepricesrisingandspeculatorsgettingrich.5.Onvariousoccasions,producergroups,askedfirmercontrol,6.butthegovernmenthadnowishtobecomeinvolving,at=leastnotuntilwartimewhenwheatpricesthreatenedtorunwild.Anxioustocheckinflationandrisinglifecosts,thefederal&governmentappointedaboardofg「曲isupervisorsI。血MvvHhdeliveriesfromthecropsof1917and1918.GrainExchangetradingwassuspended,andfarmerssoldatpricesfixedbytheboard.Tohandlewiththecropof1919,thegovernment9.appointedthefirstCanadianWheatBoard,withtotalauthoritytobuy,sell,andsetprices.2000年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分ThegrammaticalwordswhichplaysolargeapartinEnglishgrammarareforiliemostpartsharplyandobviouslydiflerem1.fromthelexicalwords.Arough印讪『湖RdilTerencewhichmayseemthemostobviousisthatgrammaticalwordshaveless"meaning;butinfeetsome^ramniarianshavecalledthem2''empty"wordsasopposedinthe"fulP"wordsofvocabulary,3.Butthisisarathermis网5oCcxprcssinglhedisli相ion,4一Althoughawordliketheisnotthenameofsomethingasmanis,itisvery£irawayfrombeingmeaiiitigjess;liiereisasharp5.differenceinmeaningbetween':manisvileancPmanisvile"yeItheisthesingleveMdeofUnsdifferenceinmeaning.6,Moreover,grammaticalwordsdifferconsiderablyamongthemselvesastheamountofmeaningtheyhave,eveninthe7.lexicalsense.Anothernameforthegrammaticalwordshasbe£11'littlewords'^Butsizeisbynomeanagoodcriterionfor8.distinguishingthegrammaticalwordsofEnglish,whenweconsiderthatwehavelexicalwordsassav:car.Aparl9.fromthis,however,thereisagooddealoftrut11illWhcl!SOUKpeoplesay：wecenaiiiKdocreateagreatnumberofobscurity10.whenweomitthem.ThisisillustratednotonlyinthepoetryofRobertBrowningbutintheproseoftelegramsandnewspaperheadlines.专八改错模拟题1IntheUnitedStatesthereare,strictspeaking,__1__nonationalholiday,foreachstatemust,throughlegislativeenactmentorexecutiveproclamation,__2__appointthedaywhicheachholidayiscelebrated.Congressandthepresidentmayestablishlegalholidays__3__fortheDistrictofColumbiaandforfederalemployeesthroughoutthestatesandterritories;andbylongcustom,daysthatreceivenationwideobservation,suchasChristmas,Thanksgiving,__4__LaborDay,IndependentDay,andNewYear'sDayuniformlyset__5__apartbyallstatesaslegal,orpublicholidays.In1968,federallegislationestablishedColumbiaDay__6__asalegalholidayfortheDistrictofColumbiaandforthefederalgovernmentbeginningat1971.__7__Thelawalsoprovidedbegunin1971federalemployeeswouldbegranted__8__three-daysweekendsbyobservingWashington'sBirthdayonthethirdMondayinFebruary,__9__MemorialDayonthelastMondayinMay,ColumbusDayonthesecondMondayinOctober,andVeteranDayontheforthMondayonOctober.By1971,mostofthestatesalsoadoptedthenewdates.__10__答案：strict改为strictlyholiday改为holidayso因为原句的谓语动词为复数are,所以holiday必须使用复数。另外no后面可以用复数也可以用单数。which前面加上on。因为先行词theday在关系从句钟做状语，还原回去应为：eachholidayiscelebratedontheday，所以必须加on。4.obsevation改为observance。observation意思为观察，观测”，observance贝U表示遵守，庆祝”。5.Independent改为Independence。独立日的说法是aIndependenceDay：'apart改为aside。setapart指使分离，使分开"，语义不同，setaside表示留出，保留”的意思。at改为inbegun改为beginning。动词begin和分句的主语federalemployees的关系是主动的，应此要用beginning。three-days改为three-day。用连字符连接起来的表示数量的名词的前置修饰语的复数概念仍然是单数，如：amillion-poundbanknoteoalso前面加hado如果一个句子里面有by引导的时间状语从句则动词一般用完成体。专八改错模拟题2TOC\o"1-5"\h\zNowyou'veseentheadsforcomputersfororalm6Stee"_1_nexttonothingintheSundaypapers.Theofferslookmightly_2_tempting.Buthowdoyouknowthedealisagoodone?TheFederal_3_TradeCommission,thenation'sconsumerprotectionchampioner,_4_saystherearesomeimportantfactstokeepitinmind.First,find_5_outthetotal,up-frontcostofthecomputer.Thendeterminetherebatesituation.Ifrebatesareinvolved,findouthowcanyouget_6_them.Inmostcases,youarerequiredtosignacontractforthreeyearsofInternetservice.Beforeyoudotherebatedeal,dothemath:threeyearsofInternetservicecancostyoulotmorethanyouwillgetbackinrebates._7_Second,youhavetoapplyfortherebatescanberedeemedimmediately_8_atthecheckoutcounter.Butmostisthemail-invariety.Youpayhalfthe_9_fullcostofthecomputeratthetimeofpurchase,thensenddocumentationtothemanufacturerorretailertoreceiveyourrebateinmail.Inmostcases,_10_youmustsendthepaperworktothemanufacturerorretailerwithin30daysofthepurchase.Yougenerallywillreceivetherebatesupto12weekslater.答案：去掉almost2.mightly-mighty3.know+iforwhetherchampioner-champion5去掉it6.去掉can去掉lot或lot前加a8.thatcanbe9.isare10.inmail-bymail专八改错模拟题3TOC\o"1-5"\h\zThefirstrealorganizedefforttounitingEuropecame_1_withthecreationoftheCouncilofEurope,wasestablished_2_in1949.WhilenotasinfluentialastheEuropeanCommunityintermofpublicawarenessandpromotionofEuropean_3_politicalunity,theCouncilproduced,inNovember1950,oneofthemostpoliticallyandsocialimportantdocuments_4_seenthismillennium—theEuropeanConventionfortheProtectionofHumanRightsandFundamentalFreedoms.Onconjunctionwith_5_theStatuteoftheCouncilofEurope,Conventionprovidesacommon_6_setofguaranteedfreedomsandrightsforeverycitizenwhosegovernmententersintoanagreementtorectifyandenforcethespecificsarticulated_7_intheConvention.However,merelyputtingpentopaperandproducinganofficialdocumentisfarenoughtoactuallyguaranteethese_8_freedoms.Byoutliningtherightsandfreedomsofcitizens,Europevocalizesitsconcernstoitspeople,buttophysicallypledgeprotectionoftheseidealsrequiresastrictandspecificsystemofenforcement.Onlybyenablingthephysicalthecitizens_9_ofEuropebeassuredabouttheirliberty._10_答案：uniting-uniteestablished-madeterm-termssocial-sociallyOn-InConvention前加therectify-ratifyfar+from或far-notphysical+canabout-of专八改错模拟题4TOC\o"1-5"\h\zAttheInternationalWorldSummitforSocialDevelopment_1_inCopenhagenin1995,theGovernmentsof186countriescommitthemselvestothegoalsoferadicatingpovertyand_2_achievingfullemploymentandsocialintegration.Withunprecedentingmomentum,theyadoptedaProgramme_3_ofActionthatunde