英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(七)

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　　Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as
　　ten years before, you can’t help being strucked by the __1__
' Z# j# a8 `; X" b5 I- {　　appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and
. T6 h* O% l! y" v3 a! x- g9 l$ i　　make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__
　　short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous.
/ u0 `4 i. H3 |% `& a( B　　The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
% P: V6 ?, O" |5 ?' B9 Y　　There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
　　they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__
　　by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
　　have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__
　　style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,
　　a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__
% Q  F  ^4 e; {$ E　　on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__
　　decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
　　Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__
- j+ s/ ^4 W. G  r　　waists will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__
  B# e/ C% a- }　　参考答案及解析:
: ?0 _6 {0 Q* y: c$ s& w　　1. strucked改为struck或者stricken
　　过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck，过去分词为struck或者stricken。
　　2. date改为dated或者outdated
7 Z! [! U- f2 O- G　　3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand
% h5 n% a3 B* G8 u( T$ J8 t　　4. entire改为entirely
　　副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age。
　　5. minority改为majority
　　从上下文以及常识判断，多半男性成功地抵制了改变他们服装款式的企图，即多年来，男性大服装款式跟女性服饰相比没有多大的变化。
" a6 M3 R2 F* F: x: S　　6. it改为them
　　them指代the great majority of men。
　　7. fewer改为few
　　此处没有比较的意味。
　　8.去掉on
　　lay down为习语，表示“规定(规则，原则，法规等)”。
　　9. sometime改为 sometimes。
; _1 |3 b- U. X　　10. height改为high
　　形容词作be 的表语。