英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(九十八)

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　　Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in
　　old age. One of these is due absorption in the past. It does not __1__
　　work to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in __2__
" O$ y; a) j/ i1 S0 G　　sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed
　　to the future, and to things which there is something to be done. __3__
; @4 T# Y" _3 |& l. E# ~　　This is not always easy; one's own past is a gradually increasing
+ C/ O6 h( W. I7 [* U　　weight. It is easy to think for oneself that ont's emotions __4__
% T- V3 @5 c$ s4 _　　are used to be more vivid than they are, and one's mind more __5__
6 |) }. S1 O: J# N  v: C　　keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it
# g) [  s" u' ]& |% e7 B* V- i　　will probably not be true.
( {0 v9 y4 P( l+ x+ u0 H　　The other thing to be avoided is clinging to youth in hope of __6__
# g% S, D1 c% L( g　　sucking vigour from its vitality. When your children are growing up __7__
" \* K9 K  o* ^, ^　　they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as
　　interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to
$ ]1 T* v" T7 _1 X8 u4 _　　become a burden to them, except they are unusually callous. I do not __8__
　　mean that one should be without interest in them, but one's interest
! p! j9 w/ m: T3 s+ Z5 g0 o  ^6 k　　should be contemplatory and, if possible, philanthropic, but not __9__
' @/ e, l' X) W/ J; L, o　　unduly emotional. Animals become indifferent to their young as soon
　　as their young can look after themselves, but human beings, owing
　　to the length of infantry, find this difficult. __10__
　　答案及解析:
3 g' q" [4 Q  ]8 U3 U0 _2 A, Q　　1.due-undue
　　如果是due absoption，就没有必要说two dangers to guarded against，所以这里犯了语义颠倒的错误。
( i" I- V- [" O" [　　2.work-do
　　work在这里用得不好，应该为do，表示“能……”，work往往表示“行不行得通”，如：It does not work to employ two people. We need at least 5.
　　3.^which-about
　　这里缺少了介词about，使先行词things 和something to be done无法连接。
1 P5 }/ J3 r) R9 c　　4.for-to
　　to think for oneself表示“为自己着想”，这这里显然不是这个意思，应改为to oneself 表示“自己想……”，类似于to say to oneself。
　　5.are（used）-/
; W- S; k7 V7 B5 y　　be used to 表示“习惯于……”，而这里的意思是“过去曾经……”，所以应改为used to do。
9 S) O1 z0 W/ H8 T; Z2 C　　6.^hope-the
　　词组in the hope of 或 in hopes of 表示“怀着……的希望”。
6 G. _" \  U0 `+ u7 o$ p　　7.growing-grown
% K# D4 g* u9 }. l3 f. X　　be growing up 表示“在成长的过程中”，而这里表示的是“当孩子们长大以后……”，所以应改为are grown up。
　　8.except-unless
　　except表示“除了……之外”，在意思上不贴切，应改为unless表示“除非……”。
　　9.contemplatory-contemplative
' z1 C" X! M  x7 Q0 ^　　没有contemplatory这个词，有的是contemplative，表示“沉思的，冥想的”
　　10.infantry-infancy
　　infantry表示“步兵，步兵团”，应该为infancy，表示“幼年”。