专八改错练习资料

专八改错练习第一篇：

More people die of tuberculosis than of any other disease caused by a single agent. This has probably been the case in quite a while. During the __1__

early stages of the industrial revolution, perhaps one in every seventh __2__

deaths in Europe’s crowded cities were caused by the disease. From __3__

now on, though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble __4__

going into decline. With occasional breaks for war, the rates of death and

infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and __5__

20th centuries. In the 1950s, the introduction of antibiotics strengthened the

trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to __6__

poor countries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.

They are wrong. In the mid1980s the frequency of infections and deaths __7__

started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came__8__

back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The World__9__

Heal th Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth’s

population)suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling,

population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 __10__

million a year. Around 3 million of those people died, nearly all of them in poor

countries.

参(反白可见):

1 将in改为for; for quite a while 作“相当长时间”讲. 2 将seventh改为seven 3 将were改为was

这个谓语动词的主语是单数短语one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用单数.

4将now 改为then 5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were 8 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“keep sb/ sth adj”结构中的形容词作补语. 专八改错练习第二篇：

One of Amer ica’s most important export is her modern music. __1__

American popular music is playing all over the world. It is

enjoyed __2__

by people of all ages in all countries. Because the lyrics are English, __3__ nevertheless people not speaking English enjoy it. The reasons for

its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.

The music has many origins in the United States. Country music,

coming from the suburban areas in the southern United States, is one __4__

source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describing

day-to-day situations and the feelings of country people. Many people

appreciate this music because the emotions expressed by country __5__

music songs.

A second origin of American popular music is the blues. It depicted __6__

mostly sad feelings reflecting the difficult lives of American blacks. It

is usually played and sung by black musicians, but it is not popular with __7__

all Americans.

Rock music is a newer form of music. This music style, featuring

fast and repetitious rhythms, was influenced by the blues and country

music. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950’s. Since then there __8__

have been many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock,

punk rock,

disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music are

young musicians.

American popular music is marketed to a demanding audience.

Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Some

songs become popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing __9__

in their original English or sometimes translated into other languages.

The words may coincide but the enjoyment of the music is universal. __10__

参(反白可见): 1 改export为exports

export作可数名词时指出口商品,同时根据one of 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American popular music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because of 6 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in the 1950’s, 陈述过去的一个事实,故用一般过去时态

9 改sing为sung

sung 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：

Cities can be frightened places. The majority of__1__ the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. The sense of belonging to a community tends to appear__2__ when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange__3__ enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each __4__ other.

Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally keep the inhabitants of a small village together. __5__

People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help. So __6__ country life has disadvantages too. For example, shopping becomes a major problem and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- __7__ dition to the nearest large town. The country has the advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the __8__ disadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise and population which do harm to human health. But one of

their main advantages is that you are at the centre of __9__ things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten at night. Some people have found a compromise be- tween the two: they expressed their preference for the quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__ country within commuting distance of the large city. 参及解析(反白可见): 1.把frightened改为frightening

frightened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Strangely

Strangely enough，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keeps

in that 引导的句子主语应该是a sense，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go on a expedition，而go for 的意思是“去找，努力获取，拥护”。

8.把peaceful改为peace

of 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the city。

10.删除leaving后面的for，或者把for改为from

leave表示“离开某地”，而leave for表示“离开某地去另外一 专八改错练习第四篇：

Planning is a very important activity in our lives. Itcan give pleasure, even excitement, and it can cause quitesevere headaches. __1__

The most significant the task ahead, the more carefulthe planning __2__

required. Getting to school or to work on time is a taskrequiring few __3__

or no planning, it is almost routine. A month’s touring holiday abr oad,

or better still, getting married, is a different matter altogether. If the

matter involve a church wedding, a reception, a honeymoon in Venice, __4__

and returning a new home, this requires even more planning to make __5__

sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to ensure success

and of avoiding costly failures we can not suffer. It is equally essential __6__

to individual nations and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree __7__

of importance does not. In the essence, a nation planning its resources __8__

and needs do not differ from the familiar weekly shopping or monthly __9__

household budget. Both are designed to ensure an adequate supply of

essentials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage __10__

and over-expenditure. 参及解析(反白可见): 1 将and 改为or

or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more 3 将few改为little 4 将involve 改为involves

因为主语the matter 为单数，例如：

Although planning involves material investment, even more important is theinvestment in man.

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to 6 将suffer改为afford 7 去掉be。

vary是动词，可与助动词或者情态动词构成谓语，也可以构成谓语，例如：

The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts.

8 去掉the

in essence 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a nation planning its resources and needs, 应视为单数，例如：

Looking after children requires patience. 10 将improperly改为properly.

专八改错练习第五篇：

Tracing missing persons can take much patientdetective work. But a special kind of “private eye” cantrace the missing ancestors of whole peoples by

studying the clues buried by words. __1__

These philologists, such as the language detectives arecalled, have traced __2__

the word trail back from peoples in Europe, India,South Africa, the Americas,

and the Pacific islands in a tiny nameless, and forgotten tribe that roamed central__3__

Eurasia 5000 to 6000 years ago, before the dawn of writing history. __4__

Since a long time scholars have been puzzled over the striking __5__

difference of words in different languages. In Dutch, vader; in Latin, pater;in __6__

old Irish, athir; in Persian, pidar;in the Sanskrit of distant India, pitr.

These words all sounded likely and meant the same thing—“father” __7__

Where did it happen that widely separated peoples used such __8__

close related sound symbols? The problem baffled linguists for years. The more so__9__

because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences. Towards the end

of the 18 century it dawned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed__10__

from some common language.

参及解析(反白可见)： 1. 将by改为in

(be) buried in 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“written history”. 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alike

likely 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.

The more so because “father” was but one of a host of such coincidences.

这句话的the more so because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the more so because意思为: 更何况. 专八改错练习第六篇：

Why does the idea of progress loom so large in themodern world? Surely because progress of particularkind is actually

taking place around us and is more and

more manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__ one no general improvement in intelligence or morali- ty, it has made extraordinary progress in theaccumulation of knowledge. Knowledge begins to increase as __2__ soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com- municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- __3__ vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated and stored. Libraries made education possible, and

education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__ edge followed a kind of compound-interest law, which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print- ing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__ then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__ edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac- count. What is called “modern civilization” is not the result of a balanced development of all man’s nature, but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__ life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go- ing to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__ pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__ used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for

instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__ using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them. 参及解析(反白可见)： 1.把manifesting改为manifest

manifesting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. by means of 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raised

rise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not 8.把Like改为As 9.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gunner using是that 的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.

专八改错练习第七篇：

You will think about what kind of saving instru- __1__ ment to use or what kind of investment to make. By putting your money in some kind of savings instrument or investment, you can set aside small amount of mon- __2__ ey regularly and the money will earn interest or divi- dends. Interest refers to the amount what your money__3__ earns when it is kept in a savings instrument. Divi- dends are payments of part of a company’s earnings to people hold stock in the company. A savings instru- __4__

ment has an “interest rate ” associated with it; this re- fers to the rate which the money in the instrument in- __5__ creases during a certain period of time. Principal re- fers to the facial value or the amount of money you __6__ place in the savings instrument on which the interest is earned.

Every type of savings or investment has some risk that the return will be less than needed or expected. Federally insured savings accounts are safe and guar- anteed up to $100,000 by the U.S. Government.

Therefore, they may have lower interest rates, making __7__ it hard to save large amounts of money for college. __8__ Bonds and stocks often have higher returns than sav- ings accounts or EE saving bonds but are more riskier. __9__ You can reduce the risks of these kinds of investments by starting to save early. The earlier we begin the less __10__ money you will have to put aside each month and the more total savings you will accumulate. 参及解析(反白可见): 1.把saving改为savings

saving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a

a small amount of 表示“少量的”，冠词不可缺。 3.把what改为which或者that

amount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at a rate，此处的介词可以提前。

6.把facial改为face 票面价值应是：face value。 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much

riskier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

a small amount of 和small amounts of 用法的区别

a large（great，good）amount of ＋不可数名词，谓语动词一般用单数；但（large，great，good）amounts of ＋不可数名词，作主语时，谓语动词要用复数。

A large amount of damage ＜has been＞done by the earth quake．

Large amounts of money ＜were＞spent on the bridge． 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：

One of our main arguments is that we in Western countries actually have part to play in causing the __1__ problems of the Third World. Many Third World

countries are saddle with immense debt burdens, for __2__

example. They were lent money with low interest rates __3__ in the 1970s, when money flooded into Western banks from the oil-producing countries and was lent out to the Third World. The interest rates have then been risen __4__ dramatically. So you have a situation where a country in many cases can’t even repay the interest, letting alone __5__

the capital, on the debt. And I suppose the best example from what I have come across is a country in West Africa where the consumption, the local consumption of peanuts was banned, because peanuts, if they are imported can bring in a great deal of foreign income. __6__ The peanut is a major source of protein in this country. So you have people go hungry as a result of that. __7__ The peanuts were exported to Great Britain and the United States to feed our cattle. Those cattle then produced a surplus of milk which we do not know what to do with. We have enough milk, more milk than we can

cope with in the Western World. And also that milk __8__ was transformed into dried milk powder and then taken back to this country to help feed children who were

suffering from malnutrition. So that’s the kind of insanely __9__

economic relationship that we have got ourselves in __10__ the Third World.

参及解析(反白可见): 1.在part前加上a

词组have a part to play in…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interest rates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let

let alone 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get in 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：

One of the most important non-legislative functionsof the U.S Congress is the power to investigate.

The power is usually delegated to committees—eitherstanding committees, special

committees set for a specific purpose, or jointcommittees __1__

consisted of members of both houses. Investigations__2__ are held to gather information on the need for future legislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performance of

members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, __3__

to lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently,

committees rely outside experts to assist in conducting __4__ investigative hearings and to make out detailed studies of issues. __5__

There are important corollaries to the investigative power. One is the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most __6__

committee hearings are open to public and are reported widely __7__

in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless __8__

represent one important tool available to lawmakers to inform

the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, __9__

Congressional committees also have the power to compel testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury these who give false testimony. __10__ 参及解析(反白可见): 1 在set和for中间加上up

短语set up表示“设立”，这里用作过去分词，修饰前面的committees。

2 consisted改为consisting

joint committee 是consist of 的逻辑主语，所以要用现在分词。 3 in改为on

与occasion搭配的介词应该为on。 4 rely和outside中间加上on rely 后面要用介词on。 5 out去掉

make studies 表示“进行研究”，这里没有必要用out。 6 its 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。 7 to 和public中间加上the

表示“大众，公众”时，前面要加定冠词。 8 nevertheless 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。

9 interests改为interest

作者此处要表达的是“激起公众的兴趣：，应该用”interest。interests一般表示“利益”。

10 these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：

Successful aging is a psychological feat. Fear for__1__ death, for example, may sometimes oppress you. even when this is successfully overcome, there is still something for you to deal with-loneliness. Lonelinesscan speed your demise no matter conscientiously __2__ you care for your body. “We go through lifesurrounded by protective convoys of others,” says Robert Kahn, a

psychologist of the Universityof Michigan

who studied the health effects of companionship. “People __3__

who manage to maintain a network of social support do best.” One study of elderlyheart-attack patients found that those with two or more close associations __4__

enjoyed twice the one-year survival rate of those who were completely alone.

Companionship aside, healthy oldsters seem to

share a knack for managing stress, poison that contributes __5__

measurably to heart disease, cancer and accidents. Researchers have also been kinked successful aging __6__ to mental stimulation. An idle brain will deteriorate just as sure as an unused leg, notes Dr. Gene Cohen, __7__ Head of the gerontology center at George Washington University. But just as exercise can prevent muscle __8__ atrophy, mental challenges seem to preserve both the mind and the immune system.But what most impresses researchers who study the oldest old is

his simple drive and resilience. “People who reach 100 __9__ are not quitters,” says Adler of the National Centenarian Awareness Project. “They share a remarkable ability to renegotiate life in every turn, to accept the inevitable losses __10__

And move on.”

参及解析(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no matter后面加上how

3.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been 7.把sure改为surely 8.把but改为and

本句与上一段最后一句在结构(just as)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the oldest old，the oldest old 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at every turn意思为“ 时时，经常”。 专八改错练习第十一篇：

In department stores and closets all over the world,they are waiting. Their outward appearance seems ratherappealing since __1__

they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors. And they are ultimately the biggest deception thatexists in the __2__

fashionable industry today. What are they? They arehigh heels __3__

--woman’s worst enemy ( whether she knows it or not). High heel __4__

shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led

women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticating __5__

for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed on posing short as __6__

as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high hell

industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the

world of unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. __7__

For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive

side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating lawns. Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass know what I am talking __8__

about. A simple trip around the yard on a pair of those babies __9__

eliminates all needs to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides __10__

the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those

messy chunks of dirt lying around. 参(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fashion

fashionable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sophisticated 6.on改为in

succeed 与介词in连用，后面加动词ing形式。如：

We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department ofDefense.

7.of 改为from

save sb from doing sth 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：

Times Company is one newspaper firm that hasrecognized the need for change and done somethingabout it. In the newspaper industry, papers mustreflect the diversity

of the communities for which they provide information.It must __1__

reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risklosing their readers’ interest and their