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专八改错练习资料专八改错练习第一篇：Morepeopledieoftuberculosisthanofanyotherdiseasecausedbyasingleagent.Thishasprobablybeenthecaseinquiteawhile.Duringthe__1__earlystagesoftheindustrialrevolution,perhapsoneineveryseventh__2__deathsinEurope’scrowdedcitieswerecausedbythedisease.From__3__nowon,though,westerneyes,missingtheglobalpicture,sawthetrouble__4__goingintodecline.Withoccasionalbreaksforwar,theratesofdeathandinfectionintheEuropeandAmericadroppedsteadilythroughthe19thand__5__20thcenturies.Inthe1950s,theintroductionofantibioticsstrengthenedthetrendinrichcountries,andtheantibioticswereallowedtobeimportedto__6__poorcountries.Medicalresearchersdeclaredvictoryandwithdrew.Theyarewrong.Inthemid1980sthefrequencyofinfectionsanddeaths__7__4将now改为then5将Europe前的the去掉6将imported改为exported根据上下文,应该是向穷国出口抗生素,而不是从这些国家进口抗生素.7将are改为were8在vanished前加had这里要表达的是“结核病原来消失的地方,又爆发了结核病”,所以要使用过去完成时.9将better改为worse在结合病没有消失的地方,这种病更加严重了,因此要用worse.10将constantly改为constant在“keepsb/sthadj”结构中的形容词作补语.专八改错练习第二篇：OneofAmerica’smostimportantexportishermodernmusic.__1__Americanpopularmusicisplayingallovertheworld.Itisenjoyed__2__bypeopleofallagesinallcountries.BecausethelyricsareEnglish,__3__neverthelesspeoplenotspeakingEnglishenjoyit.Thereasonsforitspopularityareitsfastpaceandrhythmicbeat.ThemusichasmanyoriginsintheUnitedStates.Countrymusic,comingfromthesuburbanareasinthesouthernUnitedStates,isone__4__source.Countrymusicfeaturessimplethemesandmelodiesdescribingday-to-daysituationsandthefeelingsofcountrypeople.Manypeopleappreciatethismusicbecausetheemotionsexpressedbycountry__5__musicsongs.AsecondoriginofAmericanpopularmusicistheblues.Itdepicted__6__mostlysadfeelingsreflectingthedifficultlivesofAmericanblacks.Itisusuallyplayedandsungbyblackmusicians,butitisnotpopularwith__7__allAmericans.Rockmusicisanewerformofmusic.Thismusicstyle,featuringfastandrepetitiousrhythms,wasinfluencedbythebluesandcountrymusic.Itisfirstknownasrock-and-rollinthe1950’s.Sincethenthere__8__havebeenmanyformsofrockmusic,hardrock,softrock,punkrock,discomusicandothers.Manyperformersofpopularrockmusicareyoungmusicians.Americanpopularmusicismarketedtoademandingaudience.Nowpopularsongsareheardontheradioseveraltimesaday.Somesongsbecomepopularallovertheworld.Peoplehearthesesongssing__9__intheiroriginalEnglishorsometimestranslatedintootherlanguages.Thewordsmaycoincidebuttheenjoymentofthemusicisuniversal.__10__参考答案(反白可见):1改export为exportsexport作可数名词时指出口商品,同时根据oneof结构也可以知道这里export要用复数结构2改playing为played动词play和句子主语Americanpopularmusic是逻辑动宾关系,必须用被动语态.3改Because为Though或者Although此句为让步状语从句4改suburban为rural这里属于词义用错,suburban为城市郊区,乡村音乐显然来自乡村地区.5改为becauseof6改depicted为depicts本句错在时态.句意为“blues大多抒发哀伤情感,反映美国黑人的艰难生活.”为与全文主导时态一致,不能用过去时.此外,blues现在的风格依旧,故用现在时7将not去掉8改is为was此句有过去时间状语inthe1950’s,陈述过去的一个事实,故用一般过去时态9改sing为sungsung引导过去分词短语作宾语补足语,表被动意思10改coincide为differ（在may后加not也可以）此句含有连词but,整个句意含有转折语气专八改错练习第三篇：Citiescanbefrightenedplaces.Themajorityof__1__thepopulationliveinnoisymassivetowerblocks.Thesenseofbelongingtoacommunitytendstoappear__2__whenyoulivethirtyfloorsupinaskyscraper.Strange__3__enough,whereasinthepasttheinhabitantsofonestreetallkneweachother,nowadayspeopleonthesamefloorintowerblocksevensayhellotoeach__4__other.Countrylife,ontheotherhand,differsfromthiskindofisolatedexistenceinthatasenseofcommunitygenerallykeeptheinhabitantsofasmallvillagetogether.__5__Peoplehavetheadvantageofknowingthatthereisalwayssomeonetoturntowhentheyneedhelp.So__6__countrylifehasdisadvantagestoo.Forexample,shoppingbecomesamajorproblemandforanythingslightlyoutoftheordinaryyouhavetogoforanexpe-__7__ditiontothenearestlargetown.Thecountryhastheadvantageofpeacefulandquiet,butsuffersfromthe__8__disadvantagesofbeingcutoff.Thecityhasnoiseandpopulationwhichdoharmtohumanhealth.Butoneoftheirmainadvantagesisthatyouareatthecentreof__9__thingsandthatlifedoesn’tcometoanendevenattenatnight.Somepeoplehavefoundacompromisebe-tweenthetwo:theyexpressedtheirpreferenceforthequietlifebyleavingforthecityandmovingtothe__10__countrywithincommutingdistanceofthelargecity.参考答案及解析(反白可见):1.把frightened改为frighteningfrightened是“受到惊吓的”，表明心理状态，而frightening表示“令人害怕的”，表示事物性质。2.把appear改为disappear“当你住在摩天大厦的三十层里”，可以推测这里要表达的是归属感的消失，而不是产生归属感。3.把Strange改为StrangelyStrangelyenough，是固定短语，经常用作插入语，意思是“说也奇怪，最奇怪的是”。4.在say前面加上don’t此处说的是，现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。5.把keep改为keepsinthat引导的句子主语应该是asense，故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是，农村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同，因为一种归属感把小村里的居民联系在一起。6.把so改为but/yet上文提到了乡村生活的好处，下文是转折，要用but或者yet。7.把for改为on“去远征”应该用goonaexpedition，而gofor的意思是“去找，努力获取，拥护”。8.把peaceful改为peaceof后面不应该用形容词，所以应该改为peace。这里需要注意的是quiet既是名词又是形容词，不要被迷惑。9.把their改为its此处的代词应该指代上文的thecity。10.删除leaving后面的for，或者把for改为fromleave表示“离开某地”，而leavefor表示“离开某地去另外一专八改错练习第四篇：Planningisaveryimportantactivityinourlives.Itcangivepleasure,evenexcitement,anditcancausequitesevereheadaches.__1__Themostsignificantthetaskahead,themorecarefultheplanning__2__required.Gettingtoschoolortoworkontimeisataskrequiringfew__3__ornoplanning,itisalmostroutine.Amonth’stouringholidayabroad,orbetterstill,gettingmarried,isadifferentmatteraltogether.Ifthematterinvolveachurchwedding,areception,ahoneymooninVenice,__4__andreturninganewhome,thisrequiresevenmoreplanningtomake__5__surethatitissuccessful.Planningisourwayoftryingtoensuresuccessandofavoidingcostlyfailureswecannotsuffer.Itisequallyessential__6__toindividualnationsandfamilies;thescalemaybevary,butthedegree__7__ofimportancedoesnot.Intheessence,anationplanningitsresources__8__andneedsdonotdifferfromthefamiliarweeklyshoppingormonthly__9__householdbudget.Botharedesignedtoensureanadequatesupplyofessentials,andifimproperlycarriedout,willavoidshortages,wastage__10__andover-expenditure.参考答案及解析(反白可见):1将and改为oror表示“或者”，因为前后是两种截然不同的可能性，所以应该用or。2将most改为more3将few改为little4将involve改为involves因为主语thematter为单数，例如：Althoughplanninginvolvesmaterialinvestment,evenmoreimportantistheinvestmentinman.虽然作机会应该包括物资投资，但最重要的是对人的投资。5在returning后加介词to6将suffer改为afford7去掉be。vary是动词，可与助动词或者情态动词构成谓语，也可以独立构成谓语，例如：Theweathervariesfromhourtohourinsomemountaindistricts.8去掉theinessence是固定习语，意为“本质上，实质的"9将do改为does主语是动名词复合结构anationplanningitsresourcesandneeds,应视为单数，例如：Lookingafterchildrenrequirespatience.10将improperly改为properly.专八改错练习第五篇：Tracingmissingpersonscantakemuchpatientdetectivework.Butaspecialkindof“privateeye”cantracethemissingancestorsofwholepeoplesbystudyingthecluesburiedbywords.__1__Thesephilologists,suchasthelanguagedetectivesarecalled,havetraced__2__thewordtrailbackfrompeoplesinEurope,India,SouthAfrica,theAmericas,andthePacificislandsinatinynameless,andforgottentribethatroamedcentral__3__Eurasia5000to6000yearsago,beforethedawnofwritinghistory.__4__Sincealongtimescholarshavebeenpuzzledoverthestriking__5__differenceofwordsindifferentlanguages.InDutch,vader;inLatin,pater;in__6__oldIrish,athir;inPersian,pidar;intheSanskritofdistantIndia,pitr.Thesewordsallsoundedlikelyandmeantthesamething—“father”__7__Wheredidithappenthatwidelyseparatedpeoplesusedsuch__8__closerelatedsoundsymbols?Theproblembaffledlinguistsforyears.Themoreso__9__because“father”wasbutoneofahostofsuchcoincidences.Towardstheendofthe18centuryitdawnedonscholarsthatperhapsallthesewordsstemmed__10__fromsomecommonlanguage.参考答案及解析(反白可见)：1.将by改为in(be)buriedin意思为“被…所掩盖,掩蔽于…”2.将such去掉在这里as是连词,引导状语从句.3.将第一个and改为to(这个句子长,小心上当呀)以便和前文的from构成搭配“from…to…”,表示“从……到……”.4.将writing改为written`“有文字记载的历史”英语为“writtenhistory”.5.将Since改为For因为since做介词,表示“自从……起”之意时,后面一般不跟表示一段时间的名词.6.将difference改为similarity从后面的例子我们可以看出,作者在这里讲述的是文字的惊人的相同之处,而不是不同之处.7.将likely改为alikelikely意思为“很可能的”,不做“相同的,相似的”解.8.将where改为why这里不是问地点而是问原因,从后面的because也可以看出.9.将close改为副词closely因为形容词close不能修饰过去分词related.10.将18改为18th.Themoresobecause“father”wasbutoneofahostofsuchcoincidences.这句话的themoresobecause是什么意思呢,以为人家出版社错了,不过看两本资料都这么写.有谁看得懂么?还是说真的是出错了.原来themoresobecause意思为:更何况.专八改错练习第六篇：Whydoestheideaofprogressloomsolargeinthemodernworld?Surelybecauseprogressofparticularkindisactuallytakingplacearoundusandismoreandmoremanifesting.Althoughmankindhasunderg-__1__onenogeneralimprovementinintelligenceormorali-ty,ithasmadeextraordinaryprogressintheaccumulationofknowledge.Knowledgebeginstoincreaseas__2__soonasthethoughtsofoneindividualcouldbecom-municatedtoanotherbymeanofspeech.Withthein-__3__ventionofwriting,knowledgecouldbecommunicatedandstored.Librariesmadeeducationpossible,andeducationinturnaddedlibraries:thegrowthofknowl-__4__edgefollowedakindofcompound-interestlaw,whichwasgreatlyenhancedbytheinventionofprint-ing.Allthiswascomparativelyslowuntil,withthecomingofscience,thetempowassuddenlyrisen.__5__thenknowledgebegantobeaccumulatedaccordingtoasystematicplan.However,assoonasnewknowl-__6__edgeisacquired,itisnowturnedtopracticalac-count.Whatiscalled“moderncivilization”isnottheresultofabalanceddevelopmentofallman’snature,butnotofaccumulatedknowledgeappliedtopractical__7__life.Theproblemnowfacinghumanityis:whatisgo-ingtobedonewithallthisknowledge?Likeisoften__8__pointedout,knowledgeisatwoedgedweaponwhichcouldbeusedequallyforgoodorevil.Itisnowbeing__9__usedindifferentlyforboth.Couldanyspectacle,forinstance,bemoregrimlywhimsicalthanthatgunners__10__usingsciencetoshattermen’sbodieswhile,closeathand,surgeonsuseittorestorethem.参考答案及解析(反白可见)：1.把manifesting改为manifestmanifesting不能做形容词,而如果把它理解成现在进行词,后面又缺乏宾语,所以应该改为形容词manifest,表示“显然的,明显的”.2.把begins改为began根据下一行出现的could可以判断本句是过去时.3.把mean改为means.bymeansof是固定用法.4.在added后面加上to如果add后面不加to,此句就表示“把图书馆加到某个事物上去”,加上to,表示给图书馆增加了内容,符合句义.5.把risen改为raisedrise是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态.6.把However改为Moreover此句的意思是:新知识一经获得,马上就得到实际应用.这是对上文的追加,不存在转折关系,因此应该用moreover.7.删除but后面的not8.把Like改为As9.把could改为can主句为现在时,而从句也不表示虚拟,所以应该用现在时.10.在that后面加上of.为了避免重复,这里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunnerusing是that的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.专八改错练习第七篇：Youwillthinkaboutwhatkindofsavinginstru-__1__menttouseorwhatkindofinvestmenttomake.Byputtingyourmoneyinsomekindofsavingsinstrumentorinvestment,youcansetasidesmallamountofmon-__2__eyregularlyandthemoneywillearninterestordivi-dends.Interestreferstotheamountwhatyourmoney__3__earnswhenitiskeptinasavingsinstrument.Divi-dendsarepaymentsofpartofacompany’searningstopeopleholdstockinthecompany.Asavingsinstru-__4__menthasan“interestrate”associatedwithit;thisre-ferstotheratewhichthemoneyintheinstrumentin-__5__creasesduringacertainperiodoftime.Principalre-ferstothefacialvalueortheamountofmoneyyou__6__placeinthesavingsinstrumentonwhichtheinterestisearned.Everytypeofsavingsorinvestmenthassomeriskthatthereturnwillbelessthanneededorexpected.Federallyinsuredsavingsaccountsaresafeandguar-anteedupto$100,000bytheU.S.Government.Therefore,theymayhavelowerinterestrates,making__7__ithardtosavelargeamountsofmoneyforcollege.__8__Bondsandstocksoftenhavehigherreturnsthansav-ingsaccountsorEEsavingbondsbutaremoreriskier.__9__Youcanreducetherisksofthesekindsofinvestmentsbystartingtosaveearly.Theearlierwebegintheless__10__moneyyouwillhavetoputasideeachmonthandthemoretotalsavingsyouwillaccumulate.参考答案及解析(反白可见):1.把saving改为savingssaving表示“节约的”，和其复数形式savings意义不同。savings的意思是“存款，储蓄”。2.在small前面加上aasmallamountof表示“少量的”，冠词不可缺。3.把what改为which或者thatamount在此是先行词，后面是一个定语从句，这个从句显然应该由关系代词that或者which引导。4.在hold前面加who先行词people后面是一个定语从句，因此需要有引导词。5.在which前面加上at关系代词which在此引导的同样是一个定语从句，并且在此应该用“介词＋关系代词”这个形式，因为前面的rate往往用于短语atarate，此处的介词可以提前。6.把facial改为face票面价值应是：facevalue。7.把Therefore改为However。此处根据上下文来看，表达的是转折的含义，而不是因果关系。8.把hard改为harder这里存在一个隐含的比较，所以应该用hard的比较级形式。9.删除more，或者把more改为muchriskier本身已经是比较形式了，再加上more是多余的。把more改为much，表示一种程度也可以。10.把we改为you补充：第二题将amount改为amounts也是正确的第四题把hold改为holding也是正确的asmallamountof和smallamountsof用法的区别alarge（great，good）amountof＋不可数名词，谓语动词一般用单数；但（large，great，good）amountsof＋不可数名词，作主语时，谓语动词要用复数。Alargeamountofdamage＜hasbeen＞donebytheearthquake．Largeamountsofmoney＜were＞spentonthebridge．这就是为什么第二题也可以把amount改为amounts而第八题不用改amount的原因啦.专八改错练习第八篇：OneofourmainargumentsisthatweinWesterncountriesactuallyhaveparttoplayincausingthe__1__problemsoftheThirdWorld.ManyThirdWorldcountriesaresaddlewithimmensedebtburdens,for__2__example.Theywerelentmoneywithlowinterestrates__3__inthe1970s,whenmoneyfloodedintoWesternbanksfromtheoil-producingcountriesandwaslentouttotheThirdWorld.Theinterestrateshavethenbeenrisen__4__dramatically.Soyouhaveasituationwhereacountryinmanycasescan’tevenrepaytheinterest,lettingalone__5__thecapital,onthedebt.AndIsupposethebestexamplefromwhatIhavecomeacrossisacountryinWestAfricawheretheconsumption,thelocalconsumptionofpeanutswasbanned,becausepeanuts,iftheyareimportedcanbringinagreatdealofforeignincome.__6__Thepeanutisamajorsourceofproteininthiscountry.Soyouhavepeoplegohungryasaresultofthat.__7__ThepeanutswereexportedtoGreatBritainandtheUnitedStatestofeedourcattle.Thosecattlethenproducedasurplusofmilkwhichwedonotknowwhattodowith.Wehaveenoughmilk,moremilkthanwecancopewithintheWesternWorld.Andalsothatmilk__8__wastransformedintodriedmilkpowderandthentakenbacktothiscountrytohelpfeedchildrenwhoweresufferingfrommalnutrition.Sothat’sthekindofinsanely__9__economicrelationshipthatwehavegotourselvesin__10__theThirdWorld.参考答案及解析(反白可见):1.在part前加上a词组haveaparttoplayin…的意思是“有份儿”2.saddle改为saddled此处为被动语态，应该把动词变为过去分词形式。3.把with改为at此处介词与interestrates搭配。4.删除been（这里应该是把risen改为rising，答案应该错了）rise是不及物动词，不用于被动语态。5.把letting改为letletalone意思为“更不用提”。6.把imported改为exported下文说花生可以带来外汇收益，出口才会带来外汇，所以此处应用exported。7.把have改为had上文提到该国禁止本国消费花生这件事用的是过去时。8.把also改为so。必须把与此相关的几个句子联系在一起理解，上文说：花生出口到英国和美国去喂了牛，而牛又产出了过剩的牛奶，我们不知道怎么处理这些牛奶。在西方世界，我们的牛奶够多了，多得无法处理。本句说：这些牛奶就被制成奶粉拿到该国去喂养那些营养不良的儿童。由此可见本句与上文是因果关系，不能用also来连接。9.insanely改为insane此处表达“荒唐的经济关系”insane修饰的是relationship，而非economic，因此要用形容词代替。10.把in改为into词组getin虽然也可以表达“进入，陷入”，但是in为副词，后面不能跟地点，所以应该改为into专八改错练习第九篇：Oneofthemostimportantnon-legislativefunctionsoftheU.SCongressisthepowertoinvestigate.Thepowerisusuallydelegatedtocommittees—eitherstandingcommittees,specialcommitteessetforaspecificpurpose,orjointcommittees__1__consistedofmembersofbothhouses.Investigations__2__areheldtogatherinformationontheneedforfuturelegislation,totesttheeffectivenessoflawsalreadypassed,toinquireintothequalificationsandperformanceofmembersandofficialsoftheotherbranches,andinrareoccasions,__3__tolaythegroundworkforimpeachmentproceedings.Frequently,committeesrelyoutsideexpertstoassistinconducting__4__investigativehearingsandtomakeoutdetailedstudiesofissues.__5__Thereareimportantcorollariestotheinvestigativepower.Oneisthepowertopublicizeinvestigationsanditsresults.Most__6__committeehearingsareopentopublicandarereportedwidely__7__inthemassmedia.Congressionalinvestigationsnevertheless__8__representoneimportanttoolavailabletolawmakerstoinformthecitizenryandtoarousepublicinterestsinnationalissues,__9__Congressionalcommitteesalsohavethepowertocompeltestimonyfromunwillingwitnesses,andtociteforcontemptofCongresswitnesseswhorefusetotestifyandforperjurythesewhogivefalsetestimony.__10__参考答案及解析(反白可见):1在set和for中间加上up短语setup表示“设立”，这里用作过去分词，修饰前面的committees。2consisted改为consistingjointcommittee是consistof的逻辑主语，所以要用现在分词。3in改为on与occasion搭配的介词应该为on。4rely和outside中间加上onrely后面要用介词on。5out去掉makestudies表示“进行研究”，这里没有必要用out。6its改为their这里代词指代的是复数名词investigations，所以也要用复数形式。7to和public中间加上the表示“大众，公众”时，前面要加定冠词。8nevertheless改为thus,therefore作者前面说国会有向社会公开调查信息的权利，本句说调查是立法者向公众传达消息的工具，这两句话之间应该是因果关系，而不是转折关系。9interests改为interest作者此处要表达的是“激起公众的兴趣：，应该用”erests一般表示“利益”。10these改为those用代词指代一群人，后面在加定语从句修饰时，代词一般要用those。专八改错练习第十篇：Successfulagingisapsychologicalfeat.Fearfor__1__death,forexample,maysometimesoppressyou.evenwhenthisissuccessfullyovercome,thereisstillsomethingforyoutodealwith-loneliness.Lonelinesscanspeedyourdemisenomatterconscientiously__2__youcareforyourbody.“Wegothroughlifesurroundedbyprotectiveconvoysofothers,”saysRobertKahn,apsychologistoftheUniversityofMichiganwhostudiedthehealtheffectsofcompanionship.“People__3__whomanagetomaintainanetworkofsocialsupportdobest.”Onestudyofelderlyheart-attackpatientsfoundthatthosewithtwoormorecloseassociations__4__enjoyedtwicetheone-yearsurvivalrateofthosewhowerecompletelyalone.Companionshipaside,healthyoldstersseemtoshareaknackformanagingstress,poisonthatcontributes__5__measurablytoheartdisease,cancerandaccidents.Researchershavealsobeenkinkedsuccessfulaging__6__tomentalstimulation.Anidlebrainwilldeterioratejustassureasanunusedleg,notesDr.GeneCohen,__7__HeadofthegerontologycenteratGeorgeWashingtonUniversity.Butjustasexercisecanpreventmuscle__8__atrophy,mentalchallengesseemtopreserveboththemindandtheimmunesystem.Butwhatmostimpressesresearcherswhostudytheoldestoldishissimpledriveandresilience.“Peoplewhoreach100__9__arenotquitters,”saysAdleroftheNationalCentenarianAwarenessProject.“Theysharearemarkableabilitytorenegotiatelifeineveryturn,toaccepttheinevitablelosses__10__Andmoveon.”参考答案及解析(反白可见):1.把for改为of与fear搭配的介词通常是of，表示对…的恐惧。2.在nomatter后面加上how3.在studied前面加上has本文的基调是一般现在时，此句的主语也是现在时，定语从句介绍Roberts做过的研究项目，所以用现在完成时比较合适。4.把associations改为associates本句的意思是：一项对高龄心脏病人的研究发现，有两个或者两个以上亲密伙伴陪同的病人在一年危险期的幸存几率是完全无人陪伴的病人的两倍。5.在poison前面加上a不定冠词修饰不可数名词，该名词后面再加上定语成分对该词进一步说明。6.删除been7.把sure改为surely8.把but改为and本句与上一段最后一句在结构(justas)上相似，在意义上是递进关系，不应该用转折连词衔接，用and合适。9.把his改为their此处的代词应该代替theoldestold，theoldestold表示一类人可以用单数也可以用复数，但是下文提到这些年事极高的老人都用了复数，所以此处也要改为复数，使上下文一致。10.把in改为at词组ateveryturn意思为“时时，经常”。专八改错练习第十一篇：Indepartmentstoresandclosetsallovertheworld,theyarewaiting.Theiroutwardappearanceseemsratherappealingsince__1__theycomeinavarietyofstyles,textures,andcolors.Andtheyareultimatelythebiggestdeceptionthatexistsinthe__2__fashionableindustrytoday.Whatarethey?Theyarehighheels__3__--woman’sworstenemy(whethersheknowsitornot).Highheel__4__shoesarethedownfallofmodernsociety.Fashionmythshaveledwomentobelievethattheyaremorebeautifulorsophisticating__5__forwearingheels,butinreality,heelssucceedonposingshortas__6__aswellaslongtermhardships.Womenshouldfightthehighhellindustrybyrefusingtouseorpurchasetheminordertosavetheworldofunnecessaryphysicalandpsychologicalsuffering.__7__Forthesakeoffairness,itmustbenotedthatthereisapositivesidetohighheels.First,heelsareexcellentforaeratinglawns.AnyonewhohaseverwornheelsongrassknowwhatIamtalking__8__about.Asimpletriparoundtheyardonapairofthosebabies__9__eliminatesallneedstocallforalawncarespecialist,andprovides__10__theperfect-sizedholestogiveanylawnoxygenwithoutallthosemessychunksofdirtlyingaround.参考答案(反白可见)：1.since改为because或者for当since表示原因时，它往往出现在句子的开头而非中间。2.And改为But从与上一段的关系看来，这里是转折而不是承接。3.fashionable改为fashionfashionable是形容词表示“时尚的，时髦的”，而这里所指的是“时尚产业”，所以应该用它的名词形式。4.woman前加上a或者woman改为women可数名词单数形式前面必须加冠词，因此这里须加上a，或者将woman变成服侍形式表类指。5.sophisticating改为sophisticated6.on改为insucceed与介词in连用，后面加动词ing形式。如：WehavealreadysucceededinworkingoutgroundruleswiththeDepartmentofDefense.7.of改为fromsavesbfromdoingsth表示“避免某人做某事”。8.know改为knows主语和谓语在形式上须一致，anyone在语义上表达的是单数含义。9.on改为in英语表示穿戴往往用介词in。10.needs改为need尽管need前用了all来限定，但need所指的是“叫来草坪护理专家”这单一的含义，因此应该用单数，all在这里只是起到强调的作用专八改错练习第十二篇：TimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthathasrecognizedtheneedforchangeanddonesomethingaboutit.Inthenewspaperindustry,papersmustreflectthediversityofthecommunitiesforwhichtheyprovideinformation.Itmust__1__reflectthatdiversitywiththeirnewscoverageorrisklosingtheirreaders’interestandtheiradvertisers’support.OperatingwithinSeattle,whichhas20percentsracialminorities,the__2__paperhasputintoplacepolicesandproceduresforhiringandmaintainadiverseworkforce.Theunderlyingreasonfor__3__thechangeisthatforinformationtobefair,appropriate,andsubjective,itshouldbereportedbythesamekindofpopulation__4__thatreadsit.Adiversitycommitteecomposedofreporters,editors,andphotographersmeetsregularlytoevaluateTheSeattleTimes’__5__contentandtoeducatetherestofthenewsroomstaffaboutdiversityissues.Inanaddition,thepaperinstitutedacontent__6__auditthatevaluatesthefrequencyandmannerofrepresentationofwomanandpeopleofcolorinphotographs.Earlyaudits__7__showedthatminoritieswerepicturedfartooinfrequentlyandwerepicturedwithadisproportionatenumberofnegativearticles.Theauditresultsfromimprovementinthefrequencyof__8__majority,representationandtheirportrayalinneutralorpositive__9__situations.And,witharesult,TheSeattleTimeshasimproved__10__asanewspaper.ThediversitytrainingandcontentauditshelpedTheSeattleTimesCompanytowinthePersonalJournalOptima’sAwardforexcellenceinmanagingchange.答案及解析(反白可见):1将it改为they这里先行词为复数名词papers,故应用复数代词they2percents改为percent在表示分数时,percent总是用单数.3将maintain改为maintaining这里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介词for的宾语.4将subjective改为objective根据上下文,此处应该表示“客观的”之意.5将meets改为meetcommittee为集合名词,如果看作一个整体,谓语动词要用复数.6删除an固定短语inaddition作“另外”解.7将woman改为women8将from改为inresultin作“导致引起”讲.9将majority改为minority10with改为as固定搭配asaresult作“因此,结果”讲.专八改错练习第十三篇：Whethertheeyesare"thewindowsofthesoul"isdebatable;theyareintenselyimportantininterpersonalcommunicationisa__1__fact.Duringthefirsttwomonthsofababy'slife,thestimulithat__2__producesasmileisapairofeyes.Theeyesneednottobereal:a__3__maskwithtwodotswillproduceasmile.Significantly,arealhumanfacewitheyescoveredwillnotmotivateasmile,orwillthesightof__4__onlyoneeyewhenthefaceispresentedonprofile.Thisattractionto__5__eyesopposedtothenoseormouthcontinuesasthebabymatures.__6__Inonestudy,whenAmericanfour-year-oldwereaskedtodraw__7__people,75percentofthemdrewpeoplewithmouths,and99percent__8__ofthemdrewpeoplewitheyes.InJapan,furthermore,wherebabies__9__arecarriedontheirmother'sback,infantsdonotacquireasmuchattachmenttoeyesliketheydoinothercultures.Asaresult,__10__Japaneseadultsmakelittleuseofthefaceeithertoencodeordecodemeaning.答案及解析(反白可见):1.they-that分句后的分句应有它独立的主谓结构，正像它前面的结构一样。而后半句的谓语是is，表语是fact，主语似乎是缺失的，因此在they前面加上that就构成了主语从句作为这半句的主语。2.stimuli-stimulusstimuli看似单数实则是stimulus的复数形式，因此应改为stimulus。3.to-/这里的need作情态动词，因此删去to。4.or-nor并列的否定，用否定形式nor表示倒装。5.on-ininprofile表示“侧面，从侧面”。如：Thepaintingshowsherinprofile。6.^opposed-asopposed前应使用连词as引导比较分句。7.old-olds由谓语的复数形式可以看出这里需要用复数形式four-year-olds。8.and-but9.furthermore-however上一句话指明美国文化中眼睛的重要性，而这一句话似乎指出日本文化中眼睛并不具有同样的重要性，因此两句话的关系是转折而不是递进。10.like-as句子中有一个as……as比较结构专八改错练习第十四篇：Middleagehasitscompensations.Youthisboundhandandfootwiththeshacklesofpublicopinion.Middleageenjoysfreedom.Irememberthatwhenilefttheschoolisaidtomyself:__1__"Henceforward.Icangetupwhenilikeandgotobedwhenilike."Thatofcoursewasanexaggeration,andisoonfoundthatwheneveryouhaveanaimyoumustsacrificesomethingoffreedomtoachieveit.Butbythetimeyouhavereachedmiddleageyoudiscoveredhow__2__muchfreedomitwasworthtosacrificeinordertoachieveanyaimthat__3__youhaveonview.Wheniwasaboyiwastorturedbyshyness,__4__andmiddleagehastoagreatextentbroughtmeareliefofthis.I__5__havenownosuchfeelingandisavemyselfmuchdiscomfort.Ialwayshatedcoldwater,butformanyyearsibathincoldseasbecause__6__iwantedtobelikeeverybody.__7__Itwasuntilquitelateinlifethatidiscoveredhoweasyitwas__8__tosay:"idon'tknow."ifindwithmiddleagenooneexpectsmetowalktwenty-fivemiles,ortoplayascratchgameofgolf,ortodivefromaheightofthirtyfeet.Thisisalltothegoodandmakeslifepleasant,butishouldnolongercareiftheydo.Thatiswhatmakes__9__youthunhappy,thevehementanxietytobelikeotherpeople,andthatiswhatmakesmiddleageintolerable,thereconciliationwith__10__oneself.答案及解析(反白可见):1.去掉thetoleaveschool表示“毕业，离开学校”，当中不能加定冠词，否则就表示离开特点的一所学校。2.^discovered--have由by引导的时间状语从句主语一般都用完成体，所以这里应在discovered前加上have。3.worth--worthwhile这句话如果用正常的语序说应该是：itisworthtosacrificehowmuchfreedominordertoachieveanyaim……这样看显然worth的用法是错的，应改为worthwhile，原句的意思是：但是当你步入中年时便会发现，为了实现一个目标值得你牺牲多少自由……。4.on--in应该是havesomethinginview表示“看得见……”，所以应改为inview，而不是onview。5.of--from如果名词relief表示“从……得以解脱”时，要用介词from而不是of，如：toseek/find/providerelieffromtheheat/cold/pain/noise。6.bath--bathedbath是名词，而在这里需要一个动词，bathe是动词，所以应改为bathed。7.everybody^--elseeverybody就已经包括了说话人自己，所以这里应改为everybodyelse。8.^until--not中文里的“直到……才……”在英文里就要加上not，变成“notuntil...that...”，所以要在原文until签名加上not。9.do--did句子ishouldnolongercareiftheydo用的是虚拟语气，是对现实的不真实的假设，所以用if从句后加olerable--tolerable青年人和中年人的区别在于能使青年人不快乐的事情中年人都可以忍受。这也是中年的好处所在，所以此句中的intolerable应该改为tolerable。专八改错练习第十五篇：Cultureingeneralisconcernedaboutbeliefsandvaluesonthe__1__basisofwhichpeopeinterpretexperiencesandbehave,individuallyandingroups.Broadlyandsimplyputting,"culture"referstoa__2__grouporcommunitywiththatyousharecommonexperiencesthat__3__shapethewayhowyouunderstandtheworld.Cultureisthe"lens"__4__through