英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(五十二)
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, andemigrated from London to New York City when she
was ten year's old. One day, she decided that she wanted __1__
to be a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman
in the middle of the nineteenth century. Before writing __2__
many letters seeking an admission to medical school, she __3__
was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. Therefore __4__
determined she was that she taught in school and gave __5__
music lessons to earn money for her tuition.
In 1849,until graduating from medical school, she decided __6__
to farther her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, __7__
but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.
Upon returning to the US, she found difficult to start her __8__
own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth
and her sister, also a doctor, managed to open a new hospital,
the first for woman and children. Besides being the first __9__
female physician and found her own hospital, she also __10__
established the first medical school for women.
答案及解析:
1. year's—years
2. Before—After
此处是讲述Elizabeth Blackwell写了许多信之后，最终被费城的一个医生所接受。
3. 删掉an
admission是不可数名词。
4. Therefore—So
此处隐藏着一个so...that...结构
5. 删掉in
teach school为固定搭配，教书
6. until—after
据时间顺序，她是1849年从医学院毕业后决定去巴黎深造。
7. farther—further
farther只能做副词，further既可以做副词也可以做动词，此处就是further做动词，并带有宾语her education。
8. 在difficult前加it
it做形式宾语，替代不定式to start her own practice。
9. woman—women
如果用一个人或东西说明整个类属的特点，有三种表示方式：在名词前加不定冠词；在名词前加定冠词；用名词的复数形式。此处就是使用名词的复数形式表示类属，women and children。
10. found—founding
与being一样作介词besides的宾语。
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