英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十九)

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　　One of the most important non-legislative functions of the
　　U.S Congress is the power to investigate. The power is usually
　　delegated to committees—either standing committees, special
　　committees set for a specific purpose, or joint committees __1__
$ p( Y! H2 ~' ?$ `6 J' n　　consisted of members of both houses. Investigations __2__
  }/ Y8 ?+ @% O( n4 }% A　　are held to gather information on the need for future
; d+ S* ~% O. E5 V　　legislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed,
" L. W; b  ?# m% k" z9 j　　to inquire into the qualifications and performance of
　　members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, __3__
* m. }+ x8 f: g6 B* R　　to lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently,
　　committees rely outside experts to assist in conducting __4__
/ L! t9 @. k9 c' j2 e　　investigative hearings and to make out detailed studies of issues. __5__
% x, Y& t/ S5 d/ O9 I1 d6 A& H　　There are important corollaries to the investigative power.
  ~4 q3 y0 f4 h# n/ Y　　One is the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most __6__
( E' d- c" O' h　　committee hearings are open to public and are reported widely __7__
　　in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless __8__
　　represent one important tool available to lawmakers to inform
　　the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, __9__
1 }( V# S* ^# A6 V: e; y　　Congressional committees also have the power to compel
, [6 C4 |% c: H9 c/ y& p　　testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt
　　of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury
　　these who give false testimony. __10__

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　　参考答案及解析:
　　1 在set和for中间加上up
　　短语set up表示“设立”，这里用作过去分词，修饰前面的committees。
" K; Y( h8 S" U- y6 m  w9 S# {　　2 consisted改为 consisting
+ m4 ~/ X' l) h, ?. I7 z　　joint committee 是consist of 的逻辑主语，所以要用现在分词。
9 e6 s& Q3 v; m) B3 b0 S　　3 in改为on
　　与occasion搭配的介词应该为on。
　　4 rely和outside中间加上on
　　rely 后面要用介词on。
" o8 o  h+ x9 |% i) I( M　　5 out去掉
. v( b2 N- z' U' ~0 @' G* t4 H  T　　make studies 表示“进行研究”，这里没有必要用out。
　　6 its 改为 their
　　这里代词指代的是复数名词investigations，所以也要用复数形式。
8 V: b/ q  k( \" O' ^$ [　　7 to 和public中间加上the
8 J5 o8 G" Z. L: o　　表示“大众，公众”时，前面要加定冠词。
" v( @. n- f7 a$ }+ m　　8 nevertheless 改为thus ,therefore
2 I1 \5 o! {' |* Q: }1 U　　作者前面说国会有向社会公开调查信息的权利，本句说调查是立法者向公众传达消息的工具，这两句话之间应该是因果关系，而不是转折关系。
　　9 interests改为interest
　　作者此处要表达的是“激起公众的兴趣：，应该用”interest。interests一般表示“利益”。
　　10 these改为those
$ o. J+ ^3 A. j8 ?$ A9 d$ y2 ?: ^　　用代词指代一群人，后面在加定语从句修饰时，代词一般要用those。