英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(九)

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　　When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start
2 p6 D1 k2 `* Y/ T　　meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a
　　lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the __1__
5 K  Y  Q0 a  q　　way they occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person
　　walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of others. Such people never __2__
8 L+ l% j1 ~8 Y: m7 B　　bump into other people.
1 w; c- G" |) {　　However, a second person thought that this was more a question of
　　civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story, __3__
: K5 j2 f, d) [　　it he said was quite well-known, about an American who had been invited __4__
2 F: S$ C) f1 f' O　　to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American __5__
　　hasn’t been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If he had __6__
　　known about American food, he might have behaved better. __7__
3 U2 V5 R% u' P8 f* y　　Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to
　　him, very much as a napkin. Picking it up, he put it into his collar, so that __8__
　　it falls across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, __9__
; T/ z2 i/ ^! Z% a2 _$ ]; c　　said of nothing, but immediately copied the action of his guest. __10__
8 r, k+ s+ N/ s$ q! F; l2 s　　And that, said this second person, was a fine example of good manners.
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1.将on改为by。
* j1 }3 i8 _& H3 i% n9 M5 {) q1 h' K# Z; \　　“by the way”作“根据……方式”讲。
　　2. 将unaware改为aware
　　根据下文中的“Such a person never bump into other people”判断，这种人不会“目中无人”。
5 l: Y" }: a( b; y　　3. 将as改为than
　　“more + adj/of + n + than”是固定搭配。
　　4. 将it改为which
+ J' n3 V, }/ ^4 J: O$ b* n7 v　　which在此引导一个非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语，需要注意的是，在从句中he said是插入语。
  }+ i+ }. C/ h+ \' w& l! g　　5. 将at改为in
　　名词the country前要用介词in。
( {* ^8 Z; O/ `) K, k$ Z: x1 |　　6. 将hasn’t改为hadn’t
2 f5 O& }' E/ U! V& R+ E　　根据上下文我们可以看出这里需要使用过去完成时。
; p, f5 \2 s! b2 H. h　　7. 将American改为Arab。根据上文，我们可以看出，这里讲述的是赴“阿拉伯”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事，而不是赴“美国”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事。
　　8. 将as 改为like
1 U4 W, c/ M+ I) u5 q　　介词as意思为“作为”，like意思为“像”。
　　9. 将falls改为fell
& x8 W$ j$ t9 b. I  t1 c　　这里要使用一般过去时。
6 e" k; ^' _' H1 o* b& ]. r1 M　　10. 将第一个of删掉。
# q$ D* B! i$ ~- ?9 k! T　　say作为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词作宾语。