英语专业八级改错(终稿版)
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英语专业八级改错（1） It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as a person. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain __1__ "Britannia" and the United States "Columbia", and think of it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our __2__ personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, a Scot,wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed __3__ to be typical members of different nationalities. The Englishman was John Bull. This name, which was sufficient flattering to be __4__ adopted generally, combined the most common English first name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually __5__ pictured as a partly businessman with a Union Jack on his hatband. After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United __6__States was knownfor "Brother Jonathan". Jonathan was a biblical __7__ name associated with simple people from rural areas, and it seemed fitting since the United States is rural and unsophiscated, and since __8__American considered their type of simplicity a virtue compared to __9__ the wickedness of European cities. It is possible, however, that the name was originated with President George Washington, who would __10__often say, when faced with a hard problem, "Let us consult Brother Jonathan", referring to his secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull. 英语专业八级（1）答案和解析: 1. of和as之间加上it.代替前文的a nation 2. it—both.指代上文的US和Great Britain 3. that—which 4. sufficient—sufficiently.修饰形容词用副词 5. indicated—indicating 来源：考试大 6. began—ended.根据历史知识，美国独立战争开始于1776年7月4日(《独立宣言》发 表)，直到1783年英国正式承认美国独立才结束。 7. for—as.be known for意为“因......而众所周知” 8. is—was.美国过去曾是一个rural and unsophisticated的国家 9. to—with.compare to 意为“把......比作.......”compare with意为“与......比较，与.......匹敌，与......竞争” 10. 删掉name和originated之间的was 英语专业八级改错（2） About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1 pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking University. ____2 The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3 within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4 families to moderate size. This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5 the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high risk categories. ____6 The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7 maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8 pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9 mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than two years apart.____10 英语专业八级（2）答案和解析: 1. 将 had used 改为 used。 因为此句是虚拟语气,表示与现在事实相反,故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如: Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人-如果他们不自以为聪明的话。 2. 将 publishing 改为 published report和publish时逻辑动宾关系,故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如: Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现,不管多么微不足道,都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。 3. 将 theirs 改为 their 4. 将 among 改为 between 在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间,故用between。 5. 将过去分词 excluded 改为介词 excluding excluding意为“不包括……” 6. 将 respectably 改为 respectively respectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为“可敬 本文来源：https://www.wddqw.com/doc/512586e56cdb6f1aff00bed5b9f3f90f77c64d5f.html