1、專八改錯練習第一篇：More people die of tuberculosis tha n of any other disease caused by a sin gle age nt. This has probably bee n the case in quite a while. During the _1_early stages of the in dustrial revoluti on, perhaps one in every seve nth _2_ deaths in Europe' scrowded cities were caused by the di

2、sease. From _3_ now on, though, wester n eyes, miss ing the global picture, saw the trouble _4_ going into decli ne. With occasi onal breaks for war, the rates of death and in fectio n in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and _5_ 20th cen turies. In the 1950s, the in troduct i

3、on of an tibiotics stre ngthe ned the trend in rich coun tries, and the an tibiotics were allowed to be imported to _6_ poor coun tries. Medical researchers declared victory and withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid1980s the freque ncy of in fectio ns and deaths _7_ started to pick up aga in around th

4、e world. Where tuberculosis vani shed, it came_8_ back; in many places where it had n ever bee n away, it grew better. The World_9_ Heal th Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earth' spopulati on )suffer from tuberculosis. Even whe n the in fectio n rate was falli ng,

5、populati on growth kept the nu mber of cli ni cal cases more or less con sta ntly at 8 _10_ milli on a year. Around 3 millio n of those people died, n early all of them in poor coun tries.參考答案 ( 反白可見 ):1 將 in 改為 for; for quite a while 作 相當長時間 " 講 .2 將 seventh 改為 seven3 將 were 改為 was這個謂語動詞的主語是單數

6、短語 one in every seven deaths, 因此要使用單數 .4 將 now 改為 then5 將 Europe 前的 the 去掉6 將 imported 改為 exported根據上下文 ，應該是向窮國出口抗生素 ， 而不是從這些國家進口抗生素 .7 將 are 改為 were8 在 vanished 前加 had這里要表達的是 結核病原來消失的地方 ，又爆發了結核病”所以要使用過去完成時 .9 將 better 改為 worse 在結合病沒有消失的地方 ，這種病更加嚴重了 ，因此要用 worse.10 將 constantly 改為 constant在“ keep sb/

7、 sth adj 結構中的形容詞作補語 .專八改錯練習第二篇：One of Amer ica ' s most important export is her modern music. _1_ America n popular music is playi ng all over the world. It is enjoyed _2_ by people of all ages in all coun tries. Because the lyrics are En glish, _3_ n evertheless people not speak ing En glish en

8、joy it. The reas ons for its popularity are its fast pace and rhythmic beat.The music has many origi ns in the Un ited States. Country music, coming from the suburba n areas in the souther n Un ited States, is one _4_ source. Country music features simple themes and melodies describ ing day-to-day s

9、ituatio ns and the feeli ngs of country people. Many people appreciate this music because the emoti ons expressed by country _5_ music son gs.A sec ond origi n of America n popular music is the blues. It depicted _6_ mostly sad feeli ngs reflect ing the difficult lives of America n blacks. It is usu

10、ally played and sung by black musicia ns, but it is not popular with _7_ all America ns.Rock music is a n ewer form of music. This music style, featuri ng fast and repetitious rhythms, was in flue need by the blues and country music. It is first known as rock-and- roll in the 1950' s. Sincethen

11、there _8_have bee n many forms of rock music, hard rock, soft rock, punk rock, disco music and others. Many performers of popular rock music are young musicia ns.America n popular music is marketed to a dema nding audie nee.Now popular songs are heard on the radio several times a day. Some songs bec

12、ome popular all over the world. People hear these songs sing _9_ in their origi nal En glish or sometimes tran slated into other Ian guages.The words may coin cide but the enjoyme nt of the music is uni versal. _10_參考答案（反白可見）:1 改 export 為 exportsexport 作可數名詞時指出口商品 ，同時根據 one of 結構也可以知道這里 export 要用復數結

13、構2 改 playing 為 played動詞 play 和句子主語 American popular music 是邏輯動賓關系，必須用被動語態 .3 改 Because 為 Though 或者 Although此句為讓步狀語從句4 改 suburban 為 rural這里屬于詞義用錯 suburban為城市郊區,鄉村音樂顯然來自鄉村地區？5 改為 because of6 改 depicted 為 depicts本句錯在時態 ？句意為“bluest 多抒發哀傷情感 ，反映美國黑人的艱難生活 ？為與全文主導時態，不能用過去時 ？此外 ,blues 現在的風格依舊 ,故用現在時7將not去掉8改

14、is為was此句有過去時間狀語 in the 1950 陳述過去的一個事實 ， 故用一般過去時態9 改 sing 為 sungsung 引導過去分詞短語作賓語補足語 ，表被動意思10 改 coincide 為 differ （在 may 后加 not 也可以）此句含有連詞 but, 整個句意含有轉折語氣專八改錯練習第三篇：Cities can be frighte ned places. The majority of_1_ the populati on live in no isy massive tower blocks. The sense of bel onging to a com

15、 munity tends to appear_2_ whe n you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange_3_ eno ugh, whereas in the past the in habita nts of one street all knew each other, no wadays people on the same floor in tower blocks eve n say hello to each _4_ other.Country life, on the other hand, differs from

16、thiskind of isolated existe nee in that a sense of com mun itygen erally keep the in habita nts of a small village together. _5_People have the adva ntage of knowing that there isalways some one to turn to whe n they n eed help. So _6_country life has disadva ntages too. For example, shopp ing becom

17、es a major problem and for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- _7_ diti on to the n earest large tow n. The country has theadva ntage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the _8_disadva ntages of being cut off. The city has no ise and populatio n which do harm to hum

18、a n health. But one of their main adva ntages is that you are at the centre of _9_ things and that life doesn ' t come to an end even at ten at ni ght. Some people have found a compromise betwee n the two: they expressed their prefere nee for the quiet life by leavi ng for the cityand movi ng to

19、 the _10_ country within commuti ng dista nee of the large city.參考答案及解析 （反白可見 ） :1. 把 frightened 改為 frightening frightened 是受到驚嚇的”，表明心理狀態，而 frightening 表示令人害怕的”，表示事物性質。2. 把 appear 改為 disappear當你住在摩天大廈的三十層里 ”，可以推測這里要表達的是歸屬感的消失，而不是產生歸屬感。3. 把 Strange 改為 StrangelyStra ngely en ough ，是固定短語，經常用作插入語，意思是 說也

20、奇怪，最奇怪的是 ”。4. 在 say 前面加上 don't 此處說的是，現在住在同一層樓的人甚至見面都不打招呼。5. 把 keep 改為 keeps in that 引導的句子主語應該是 a sense ，故謂語應為單數。本句的意思是，農村生活與這種隔絕孤立的生活 不同，因為一種歸屬感把小村里的居民聯系在一起。6. 把 so 改為 but/yet 上文提到了鄉村生活的好處，下文是轉折，要用 but 或者 yet 。7. 把 for 改為 on去遠征 "應該用 go on a expedition ，而 go for 的意思是 去找，努力獲取，擁護 ”。8. 把 peacef

21、ul 改為 peaceof 后面不應該用形容詞， 所以應該改為 peace 。這里需要注意的是 quiet 既是名詞又是形容詞， 不要被迷惑9. 把 their 改為 its此處的代詞應該指代上文的the city 。10. 刪除 leaving 后面的 for ，或者把 for 改為 from leave 表示離開某地”，而 leave for 表示離開某地去另外一專八改錯練習第四篇：Pla nning is a very importa nt activity in our lives. Itca n give pleasure, even exciteme nt, and it can

22、cause quitesevere headaches. _1_ The most sig ni fica nt the task ahead, the more carefulthe pla nning _2_ required. Getti ng to school or to work on time is a taskrequiri ng few _3_ or no planning, it is almost routine. A month ' s touring hodiiakay abr or better still, gett ing married, is a d

23、iffere nt matter altogether. If the matter in volve a church weddi ng, a recepti on, a hon eym oon in Venice, _4_ and returni ng a new home, this requires even more pla nning to make _5_ sure that it is successful. Planning is our way of trying to en sure successand of avoid ing costly failures we c

24、an not suffer. It is equally esse ntial _6_ to in dividual n ati ons and families; the scale may be vary, but the degree _7_ of importa nee does no t. In the esse nee, a n ati on pla nning its resources _8_ and n eeds do not differ from the familiar weekly shopp ing or mon thly _9_ household budget.

25、 Both are desig ned to en sure an adequate supply of esse ntials, and if improperly carried out, will avoid shortages, wastage _10_ and over-expe nditure.參考答案及解析（反白可見）:1 將 and 改為 oror 表示或者”因為前后是兩種截然不同的可能性，所以應該用or。2 將 most 改為 more3 將 few 改為 little4 將 involve 改為 involves因為主語 the matter 為單數，例如：Although

26、 pla nning in volves material in vestme nt, even more importa nt is the in vestme nt in man.雖然作機會應該包括物資投資，但最重要的是對人的投資。5 在 returning 后加介詞 to6 將 suffer 改為 afford7 去掉 be。vary 是動詞，可與助動詞或者情態動詞構成謂語，也可以獨立構成謂語，例如：The weather varies from hour to hour in some mountain districts.8 去掉 thein esse nee 是固定習語，意為 本質

27、上，實質的”9 將 do 改為 does主語是動名詞復合結構a nation pla nning its resources and needs,應視為單數，例如 :Look ing after childre n requires patie nee.10 將 improperly 改為 properly.專八改錯練習第五篇：cantr.Traci ng miss ing pers ons can take much patie ntdetective work. But a special kind of the miss ing an cestors ofprivate eyewhole

28、 peoples by study ing the clues buried by words. _1_These philologists, such as the Ian guage detectives arecalled, have traced _2_ the word trail back from peoples in Europe, In dia,South Africa, the Americas, and the Pacific isla nds in a tiny n ameless, and forgotte n tribe that roamed central_3_

29、 Eurasia 5000 to 6000 years ago, before the daw n of writi ng history. _4_ Since a long time scholars have bee n puzzled over the strik ing _5_differe nee of words in differe nt la nguages. In Dutch, vader; in Lati n, pater;i n _6_ old Irish, athir; in Persia n, pidar;i n the San skrit of dista nt I

30、n dia, pitr.These words all sounded likely and meant the same thingfather ” _7_Where did it happe n that widely separated peoples used such _8_close related sound symbols? The problem baffled lin guists for years. The more so_9_ because“ father ” was but oneof a host of such coincidences. Towards th

31、e endof the 18 cen tury it daw ned on scholars that perhaps all these words stemmed_10_ from some com mon Ian guage.參考答案及解析（反白可見）:1. 將 by 改為 in（be） buried in意思為 被所掩蓋，掩蔽于”2. 將 such 去掉在這里 as 是連詞 ,引導狀語從句 .3. 將第一個 and 改為 to （這個句子長，小心上當呀）以便和前文的 from 構成搭配 “ from to 表示，從 到.”.4. 將 writing 改為 written'有文字

32、記載的歷史 "英語為“ writte n history ”.5. 將 Since 改為 For因為since做介詞,表示 自從起”之意時，后面一般不跟表示一段時間的名詞6. 將 differenee 改為 similarity從后面的例子我們可以看出 ，作者在這里講述的是文字的驚人的相同之處，而不是不同之處 .7. 將 likely 改為 alikelikely 意思為很可能的”不做 相同的，相似的”解 .8. 將 where 改為 why這里不是問地點而是問原因 ，從后面的 because 也可以看出 .9. 將 close 改為副詞 closely因為形容詞 close 不能修

33、飾過去分詞 related.10. 將 18 改為 18th.The more so because “ father ” was but one of a host of such coincidences.有誰看得懂progress of這句話的 the more so because 是什么意思呢，以為人家出版社錯了 ，不過看兩本資料都這么寫 么？還是說真的是出錯了.原來 the more so because 意思為：更何況 .專八改錯練習第六篇 :Why does the idea of progress loom so large in themodern world? Surel

34、y because particulark ind is actually tak ing place around us and is more and more mani festi ng. Although mankind has un derg- _1_ one no gen eral improveme nt in in tellige nee or morality， it has made extraord inary progress in theaccumulati on ofkno wledge. Kno wledge begi ns to in crease as _2_

35、soon as the thoughts of one in dividual could be com-mun icated to ano ther by mean of speech. With the in- _3_ven ti on of writ ing ，kno wledge could be com muni catedand stored. Libraries made educati on possible， andeducati on in turn added libraries: the growth of kno wl- _4_ edge followed a ki

36、nd of compo un d-i nterest law，which was greatly enhanced by the inven ti on of print ing. All this was comparatively slow un til, with the coming of scie nee, the tempo was sudde nly rise n. _5_ then kno wledge bega n to be accumulated accord ing to a systematic pla n. However, as soon as new kno w

37、l- _6_ edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac count. What is called “ modern civilization ” is not the result of a balaneed devel opment of all man ' s nature, but not of accumulated kno wledge applied to practical _7_ life. The problem now facing huma nity is: what is go ing to be d

38、one with all this kno wledge? Like is ofte n _8_ poin ted out, kno wledge is a two edged weap on which could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being _9_ used in differe ntly for both. Could any spectacle, for in sta nee, be more grimly whimsical tha n that gunners _10_ using scienee to sha

39、tter men ' s bodies while, close at hand, surge ons use it to restore them.參考答案及解析（反白可見）：1. 把 manifesting 改為 manifestmanifesting 不能做形容詞，而如果把它理解成現在進行詞 ，后面又缺乏賓語，所以應該改為形容詞 示顯然的，明顯的”2. 把 begins 改為 began 根據下一行出現的 could 可以判斷本句是過去時 .3. 把 mean 改為 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

40、句就表示把圖書館加到某個事物上去”加上to,表示給圖書館增加了內容5. 把 risen 改為 raisedrise 是不及物動詞，不能用于被動語態 .6. 把 However 改為 Moreover此句的意思是：新知識一經獲得，馬上就得到實際應用.這是對上文的追加，不存在轉折關系moreover.7. 刪除 but 后面的 not8. 把 Like 改為 As9. 把 could 改為 can 主句為現在時，而從句也不表示虛擬，所以應該用現在時 .10. 在 that 后面加上 of.為了避免重復，這里用 that 指代 spectacle, 后面的 gunner using 是 that 的

41、內容 .因此應該用介詞 專八改錯練習第七篇：You will think about what kind of savi ng in stru- _1_ ment to use or what kind of in vestme nt to make. By putt ing your money in some kind of sav ings in strume ntor in vestme nt, you can set aside small amount of mon- _2_ ey regularly and the money will earn in terest or div

42、i- den ds. In terest refers to the amount what your money_3_ earns whe n it is kept in a savi ngs in strume nt. Divi dends are payments of part of a company' s earnings topeople hold stock in the compa ny. A savi ngs in stru- _4_ ment has an “ interest rate ” associated with it; this re fers to

43、the rate which the money in the in strume nt in- _5_ creases duri ng a certa in period of time. Prin cipal re fers to the facial value or the amount of money you _6_ place in the savi ngs in strume nt on which the in terest is earn ed.manifest, 表,符合句義 .,因此應該用Every type of savi ngs or in vestme nt ha

44、s some risk that the retur n will be less tha n n eeded or expected. Federally in sured savi ngs acco unts are safe and guar- an teed up to $100,000 by the U.S. Governme nt. Therefore, they may have lower in terest rates, making _7_ it hard to save large amounts of money for college. _8_ Bonds and s

45、tocks often have higher retur ns tha n sav ings acco unts or EE savi ng bonds but are more riskier. _9_ You can reduce the risks of these kinds of in vestme nts by starti ng to save early. The earlier we begi n the less _10_ money you will have to put aside each month and the more total savi ngs you

46、 will accumulate.參考答案及解析（反白可見）:1. 把 saving 改為 savingssaving 表示節約的”，和其復數形式 savings 意義不同。 savings 的意思是存款，儲蓄”2. 在 small 前面加上 aa small amount of 表示少量的”，冠詞不可缺。3. 把 what 改為 which 或者 that amount 在此是先行詞，后面是一個定語從句，這個從句顯然應該由關系代詞 that 或者 which 引導。4. 在 hold 前面加 who先行詞 people 后面是一個定語從句，因此需要有引導詞。5. 在 which 前面加上 a

47、t關系代詞 which 在此引導的同樣是一個定語從句，并且在此應該用介詞+關系代詞”這個形式，因為前面的of 引出.rate 往往用于短語 at a rate ，此處的介詞可以提前。6. 把 facial 改為 face票面價值應是： face value 。7. 把 Therefore 改為 However 。 此處根據上下文來看，表達的是轉折的含義，而不是因果關系8. 把 hard 改為 harder 這里存在一個隱含的比較，所以應該用 hard 的比較級形式。9. 刪除 more ，或者把 more 改為 muchriskier 本身已經是比較形式了，再加上 more 是多余的。把 mo

48、re 改為 much ，表示一種程度也可以10. 把 we 改為 you補充：第二題將 amount 改為 amounts 也是正確的第四題把 hold 改為 holding 也是正確的a small amount of 禾口 small amounts of 用法的區另 Ua large ( great , good ) amount of +不可數名詞，謂語動詞一般用單數；但 ( large , great , good ) amounts of +不可數名 詞，作主語時，謂語動詞要用復數。A large amount of damagev has been > done by th

49、e earth quake .Large amounts of moneyv were > spent on the bridge .這就是為什么第二題也可以把 amount 改為 amounts 而第八題不用改 amount 的原因啦 .專八改錯練習第八篇：One of our mai n argume nts is that we in Wester n coun tries actually have part to play in caus ing the _1 problems of the Third World. Ma ny Third World coun tries a

50、re saddle with imme nse debt burde ns, for _2_ example. They were lent money with low in terest rates _3_ in the 1970s, whe n money flooded into Wester n banks from the oil-produci ng coun tries and was lent out tothe Third World. The in terest rates have the n bee n rise n _4_ dramatically. So you

51、have a situati on 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 con sumptio n, the local con sumpti on of pea nuts was bann ed, because p

52、ea nu ts, if they are imported can bring in a great deal of foreig n in come. _6_ The pea nut is a major source of prote in in this coun try.So you have people go hungry as a result of that. _7_ The pea nuts were exported to Great Brita in and the Un ited States to feed our cattle. Those cattle the

53、n produced a surplus of milk which we do not know what to do with. We have eno ugh milk, more milk tha n we cancope with in the Western World. And also that milk _8_ was tran sformed into dried milk powder and the n take n back to this country to help feed childre n who were suffering from malnutrit

54、ion. So that' s the kind of insanely _9_econo mic relati on ship that we have got ourselves in _10_ the Third World.參考答案及解析 (反白可見 ) :1. 在 part 前加上 a詞組 have a part to play in 的意思是 ? 有份兒”2. saddle 改為 saddled 此處為被動語態，應該把動詞變為過去分詞形式。3. 把 with 改為 at此處介詞與 interest rates 搭配。4. 刪除 been （這里應該是把 risen 改為 r

55、ising ，答案應該錯了）rise 是不及物動詞，不用于被動語態。5. 把 letting 改為 letlet alone 意思為更不用提”。6. 把 imported 改為 exported 下文說花生可以帶來外匯收益，出口才會帶來外匯，所以此處應用 exported 。7. 把 have 改為 had 上文提到該國禁止本國消費花生這件事用的是過去時。8. 把 also 改為 so。 必須把與此相關的幾個句子聯系在一起理解，上文說：花生出口到英國和美國去喂了牛，而牛又產出了過剩 的牛奶，我們不知 道怎么處理這些牛奶。在西方世界，我們的牛奶夠多了，多得無法處理。本句說：這些牛 奶就被制成奶粉

56、拿到該國去喂養那些 營養不良的兒童。 由此可見本句與上文是因果關系，不能用 also 來連接。 9.insanely 改為 insane此處表達荒唐的經濟關系” insand 修飾的是 relationship ，而非 economic ，因此要用形容詞代替。10.把in改為into詞組get in雖然也可以表達”進入，陷入”，但是in為副詞，后面不能跟地點，所以應該改為into專八改錯練習第九篇：One of the most importa nt non-legislative fun cti on sof the U.S Con gress is the power to in vest

57、igate.The power is usually delegated to committees eithersta nding committees, specialcommittees set for a specific purpose, or join tcommittees _1_ con sisted of members of both houses. In vestigatio ns _2_are held to gather in formatio n on the n eed for futurelegislation,to test the effectiveness

58、 of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performa nee ofmembers and officials of the other bran ches, and in rare occasi ons, _3_to lay the groun dwork for impeachme nt proceed in gs. Freque ntly, committees rely outside experts to assist in con duct ing _4_ in vestigative heari ngs and to m