英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(九十四)
Eye behavior, involving varieties of eye-contact, can givesubtle messages which people pick up in their daily life.
Warm looks or cold stares tell more than words can. Meeting
or failing to meet another person's eye produce a particular__1__
effect. When two American look searchingly at each other's __2__
eye, emotions are heightened and the relationship becomes
closer. However, Americans are careful about where and __3__
when to meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each
eye-contact lasts only a few seconds before one or both
individuals look away, because the longer meeting of the eyes
is rare, and, after it happens, can generate a special kind of __4__
human-to-human awareness. For instance, by simply using his
eyes, a man can make a woman aware of him comfortably or
uncomfortably; a long and steady gaze from a policeman or judge
intimidates accursed. In the US proper street behavior requires__5__
a nice balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed to
look at a passer-by just enough to show that you are being aware __6__
of his presence. If you look too little, you appear haughty; too
much, inquisitive. Much eye behavior is such subtle that our __7__
reaction to it is largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye
behavior vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8__
Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person all the
time during a conversation; in England, the polite listener fixes
the speaker with an inattentive stare and blinks eyes occasionally__9__
as a sign of interest and attention. In America, eye behavior
functions as a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10__
talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic. If you
can understand this vital mechanism of interpersonal relations,
the basic American idiom is there.
答案及解析:
1. produce—produces
两个主语meeting和failing to meet another person's eye 用or连接，谓语动词通常和最邻近的主语一致
2. at—into
表示方式的状语searchingly暗示应该是“注视”(look into)，而不是一般的“看”(look at)
3. where—how
根据上下文应为eye contact的方式方法问题
4. after—when/if
应为条件/假设状语从句，而不是时间状语从句
5. 在accused前加the
形容词或过去分词前加定冠词，表示一类人，此处the accused为“被告”
6. 删除being
本文谈的是一般的情形，不需用正在进行时
7. such—so
注意so和such在用法上的差异，so+adj./adv.+that; such+n.+that
8.other—another
常用句法结构为one...another
9. inattentive—attentive
根据英国文化，礼貌的做法是交谈过程中，倾听对方说法时应该用专注的眼神注视说话的人，以表示兴趣，礼貌和关注
10. 在control前加to
不定式to control the talking pace and time和to indicate a change of topic一起作conversational traffic signal定语
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