英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(六十)

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　　Three passions have governed my life: the longing
# e4 K; q3 T, z9 B　　for love, the search into knowledge, and the unbearable __1__
' X( f  N3 r* D$ e　　pity for the suffering of mankind.
　　I have sought of love, first, because it brings
; U) b( g! M" a" B　　ecstasy--ecstasy so great because I would often have __2__
　　sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this
& V) ?5 v' g+ \3 L- S+ h　　joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness--
　　that terrible loneliness which one shivering consciousness __3__
　　looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable
　　lifeless abyss. I have sought it, then, because in the __4__
　　union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the
% {3 G6 h: Y$ h) z3 ]1 K1 y5 O　　prefiguring vision of the heaven where saints and poets __5__
  p' s' [' B! n9 }+ H: U1 ^+ t* W　　have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might
  `$ N2 p- X$ }+ C" ~5 |# a( @　　seem too good for human life, this is what--at last--i have
　　found.
　　With equal passionate I have sought knowledge. I have wished __6__
　　to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why
　　the stars shine...A little this, but not much, I have achieved. __7__
. I7 w& V3 j% `; `　　Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible,
  {( D' }( [* z* v8 T3 g/ q　　led upward toward the heavens. But it always pity brought __8__
) L8 Z) y# {0 m　　me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in
　　my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors,
　　helpless old people--a hated burden to their sons, and the whole
( T- C7 n( f) n9 T1 P6 t. X& X　　world of loneliness, poverty and pain make a mock of what __9__
1 s6 }4 U- e* ^! T# n& {& y8 \　　human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
$ r6 W5 x+ [/ `) }; _　　and I too suffer. This has been my life. I have found it
　　worth of living, and would gladly live it again if the chance __10__
　　were offered me.
　　答案及解析:
　　1.into-for
　　search into意思是“调查”，这里要表示“寻找”，应该用词组search for。
6 e3 ~8 O/ u" T, e, p　　2.because-that
　　原句意思是：我追寻过爱，首先是因为他带来狂喜——莫大的狂喜，我常会为了几个小时的这种喜悦吧我的余生都牺牲掉。“so...that”句型表示因果关系。
　　3.^which-in
　　这句的意思是：我追寻过爱，再者是因为它能排遣寂寞——陷入那种可怕的寂寞，一颗颤抖的心灵在世界的边缘之上俯瞰冰冷，深不见底、毫无生息的深渊。which做关系代词引导从句修饰loneliness，同时定语从句本身主谓语结构完整，因此应在which前面加上in，表示“在这种寂寞中”，做状语。
　　4.then-finally/lastly
  |/ W5 D# y* f　　前文已经出现了表示列举的first、next，此句之后也没有再列举其他理由，所以此处应该表示列举最后一条原因，应为finally或者lastly。
　　5.where-that/which
　　此处heaven是先行词，后边的定语从句只缺少宾语，不能用关系副词where，应该用关系代词that或者which。
　　6.passionate-passion
　　with是介词，后面应跟名词，而passionate是形容词，故改为passion。
: T, D# j, @, F$ v9 J4 Q* F　　7.^this-of
8 }% v/ n+ l$ Y/ i% u* o1 g　　此处a little是名词词组，后面不能直接跟代词，所以加上of。
　　8.(But)it--\
　　此句意思是：爱和知识，在可能的情况下，引人向上通往天堂。然而，怜悯却总是把我带回尘世，可见But一句的主语是pity，因此it是多余的，应删除。
, o& F0 B5 t, }, {: I+ i$ m' ^　　9.mock-mockery
　　此处是固定词组： make a mockery of 的使用，意为嘲笑。
　　10.(worth)of--\
7 r  t; h2 s* G　　加动名词表示值得做某事，因此应去掉of。