英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(十四)

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　　The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric human __1__
1 C& ?8 N& ?9 m4 x　　ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing with animal foods __2__
0 _4 C+ u9 \" ]　　An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter-gatherers, including the Kung of
4 G: W& m. z6 w: v/ Q5 W8 s- S  X　　southern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plants foods,
　　one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters,
　　Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherer’s calories come from __3__
  V+ n& a( U+ X1 s8 P　　plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University
9 X" I. I" u# o& V: U  U1 P　　of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food
　　than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible __4__
　　calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. __5__
　　Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, and no __6__
6 E3 ?9 x. m  X$ d5 @# O　　one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape fatal infections
6 Z/ C: w+ q  f　　or accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence __7__
9 P- v" c, O9 D6 h8 m　　of medical care. They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little
　　dental decay, no high blood pressure, no heart disease, and their blood
　　cholesterol levels are very low (about half of the average American adult). __8__
　　If no one is suggesting that we return to an aboriginal life style, we certainly __9__
　　could use their eating habits as a model for healthier diet. __10__
　　参考答案及解析:
) z) f8 Y8 c& R" W: e) E) n8 G0 N　　1. 将as 改为like
0 G. E9 W. k; l4 ?( M8 _* u　　此处的意思是“像史前人类祖先那样生活”。
9 g$ v! x$ C% u' U　　2. 将supplementing改为supplemented
　　supplemented 修饰diet，可以看作which is supplemented with animal foods的简化形式。
% w5 A, \: \. S  o, R3 u; f　　3. 将and 改为or
　　4. 将in改为on
　　on average 是固定用法。
　　5. 将as 改为while或者whereas
　　6. 删掉for，或者将provide改为account
6 I  b2 m4 a, ?' y" u) E　　此处provide 是及物动词，后面不用介词for
  U3 r# j4 g: D+ A! t+ v6 k　　7. 删掉第一个of
7 v+ }& ~2 b& Q5 w$ f! X+ G" f　　despite 做介词，后面直接接名词。
6 L! d/ S( ?5 ]3 o　　8. 在half后加that
　　that 指代前面的blood cholesterol levels，不能省略，因为这里是将部落成员的胆固醇含量与美国人的胆固醇含量相比较。
/ n7 h. E9 x, K　　9.将if改为whereas或者while
　　此处意思为“尽管没有人……,但是……”，是转折关系。
　　10.在for后面加不定冠词a。