英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(一)

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　　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____
1 o/ P  h" k6 D　　pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking ____2____
　　University.
, i' ?1 X5 j% g1 |: o　　The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal
% F7 o4 r5 t" |0 o" {3 }" B　　Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3____
6 N. m1 w" |8 R　　within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4____
　　families to moderate size.
$ G9 I  p7 `" K0 [* f　　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____
4 ]; y# b$ U; `% O& ^9 k8 Q' n　　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 ____6____
- S5 |5 L% j& c- l0 y　　risk categories.
　　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_____
: s5 d; h2 `  i" U" \　　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 ____10____
　　two years apart.
　　参考答案及解析:
4 b1 U6 w, t/ c( Z* d. Z　　1 将had used 改为 used。
# b$ q  r. \& W　　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。
) e) m1 t. c  F/ I1 I" N2 T　　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：
6 Z' ]) k; y. U: q, l" P% j& k　　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。
+ N& s# h: J, E" A) I　　3 将theirs改为their
　　4 将among改为between
' R( m* `4 z& W& _8 x　　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。
+ c9 o, L$ i8 _' y2 v　　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 “可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。
# z# e$ T- M5 R2 R　　7将evidences改为evidence。
$ J  o0 k5 p! g& M/ e0 k) `　　evidence是不可数名词。
( e9 p3 B0 j& U" _1 l2 G; g　　8将ill改为illness。
. i  |1 }- {& x: j8 m" I" f　　9将year改为years。
; y5 B( t4 X+ X# P. @* q/ Z0 ?　　10将lesser改为less