英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十六)

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　　Why does the idea of progress loom so large in
. ^- b1 X, O# o. _4 r7 A2 H　　the modern world? Surely because progress of particu-
　　lar kind is actually taking place around us and is more
4 l) q2 |; P' u) X- S9 v9 c　　and more manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__
　　one no general improvement in intelligence or morali-
　　ty, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumu-
; C! l1 h5 `# B0 R5 Y, d2 S$ O　　lation of knowledge. Knowledge begins to increase as __2__
　　soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-
: u0 ~! z( Q1 A1 Y( }$ y. k　　municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- __3__
, e" {& N: x# I+ `  k! r　　vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated
+ J) A3 c5 z9 n8 j6 O" |. E6 R* m　　and stored. Libraries made education possible, and
9 K6 l5 i6 [" {　　education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__
. [; l' X0 l& b; A8 |& i8 T+ ^" b' q, F　　edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,
2 F1 W' c2 R: o2 M# c6 Z, _& V/ L　　which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print-
+ y, h" E' a' c6 f$ _0 U7 M% V& i　　ing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the
( t( Z( G6 H8 ^6 y" v( m/ c　　coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__
$ ^3 _4 ?- w" `1 }1 F　　then knowledge began to be accumulated according to
! O* k$ N- S) ~  B" P6 y7 b: m% m　　a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__
  h3 M" ^( c, C2 o" f　　edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac-
9 Q# D3 t, }/ F) z% P/ y　　count. What is called “modern civilization” is not the
# |' {& M4 k0 J# b+ @; |　　result of a balanced development of all man’s nature,
　　but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__
5 j' t2 }4 P' @5 C/ R　　life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go-
0 K/ C: u6 e9 B8 S% ~- |, t　　ing to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__
　　pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which
　　could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__
　　used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for
　　instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__
　　using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at
　　hand, surgeons use it to restore them.
　　参考答案及解析：
　　1.把manifesting改为manifest
　　manifesting不能做形容词,而如果把它理解成现在进行词,后面又缺乏宾语,所以应该改为形容词manifest,表示 “显然的,明显的”.
6 v1 c' [  u5 W/ K9 V# Q　　2.把begins改为began
- O0 e& M$ e) ~　　根据下一行出现的could可以判断本句是过去时.
　　3.把mean改为means. by means of 是固定用法.
6 c0 C9 ]5 h( A* q　　4.在added后面加上to
　　如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把图书馆加到某个事物上去”,加上to,表示给图书馆增加了内容,符合句义.
　　5.把risen改为raised
　　rise是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态.
- V; Z! i% s6 N3 u　　6.把However改为Moreover
5 m6 j4 q. Q* r8 n) A　　此句的意思是:新知识一经获得,马上就得到实际应用.这是对上文的追加,不存在转折关系,因此应该用moreover.
　　7.删除but后面的not
　　8.把Like改为As
　　9.把could改为can
　　主句为现在时,而从句也不表示虚拟,所以应该用现在时.
; D! f0 Y' i$ i　　10.在that后面加上of.
　　为了避免重复,这里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.