英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十)

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　　The grammatical words which play so large a part in English grammar are for
　　the most part sharply and obviously different from the lexical words. A rough
　　and ready difference which may seem the most obvious is that grammatical __1__
　　words have “less meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them __2__
  e% H; j7 R! F9 m　　“empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. But this is a rather __3__
! ^5 I* i& S9 p5 j& X　　misled way of expressing the distinction. Although a word like the is not the name __4__
　　of something as man is, it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a __5__
　　sharp difference in meaning between “man is vile” and “the man is vile”, yet the
7 T+ U; G- V) C0 \. \/ M, }　　is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. Moreover, grammatical words __6__
- b& f, v; G8 u+ K% f　　differ considerably among themselves as the amount of meaning they have even in __7__
* S; a5 s/ H- w3 H, i5 q　　the lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been “little words.”
　　But size is by no mean a good criterion for distinguishing the grammatical words.” __8__
, i# p1 T4 O' i, ^5 g　　of English, when we consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. __9__
' D/ A) G- a- F! ]" k+ Z' z8 R, i　　Apart from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some people say:
( Z( ~9 y/ K% q, q/ v% i0 |　　we certainly do create a great number of obscurity when we omit them. This is __10__
　　illustrated not only in the poetry of Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams
8 }& O0 d# n6 u$ u, J　　and newspaper headlines.
　　参考答案及解析:
+ T2 p: z' o# n4 g) e* p2 W　　1 删掉the
　　此处的most并不表示obvious的最高级，而是用作副词修饰obvious，表示程度很高，因此前面不能加the。
　　2 将but改为and
) j7 |7 i4 m; q　　根据文章的意思，这里要用并列关系的and。
　　3 将in改为to
　　as apposed to 是固定搭配，意思是“与……相比”。
1 ?. a$ ?! S2 p8 D& V" E9 Y7 H4 P　　4 将misled改为misleading
; x% d# X7 Y5 N' W  z5 e　　5删掉away
　　此处考查固定用法。 far from being...意思为“远非”“远远不怎么样”，符合这里的意思。而far away from 表示离某处很远。
, ^2 k4 A4 E) [6 j　　6 将single改为only或者sole
　　这里要表达“唯一的”。
　　7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in
　　联系上下文，此处的意思是“grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异，”as to 有“关于”或者“在某某方面的意思”；将as改为in，用differ from something in…也可表达这个意思。
　　8 将mean改为means
　　9 将as改为like，或者在as前面加such
4 }' F3 E* H( }+ A4 L) [2 d8 ?　　10 将number改为deal或者amount
4 g( k0 G$ F# l  s' K2 Y　　obscurity是不可数名词，不能用a number of 来修饰。
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