英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(112)

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　　In the Russian city of Elista, an infected husband transmitted
+ w' h6 d* ^: u- ^) `　　the AIDS virus to his wife, who then gave birth an infected child. __1__
　　The baby became ill and taken to the hospital, where needles used __2__
　　on the infant were reused, transmit the virus to more than 50 other __3__
　　children.
7 I2 k7 T% Y9 U: E- N! F　　This case illustrates one of the most frightened aspects of the __4__
　　AIDS epidemic—its spread from the “high-risk” groups to their
　　sex partners. “The proportion of AIDS cases transmitted by heterosexual
　　contract is on the raise,” said Meade Morgan, chief of CDC. __5__
　　And if the number of cases will plateau or ultimately grow larger __6__
: Y% U4 |8 O! w& w2 n　　than the original epidemic among homosexual men is uncertain.
　　And the media have run stories suggesting casual heterosexual
　　sex carry very little risk. That is a dangerous notion. __7__
; m2 y! |4 k# e0 Q　　As of August 31, 1989, the CDC has reported 3300 cases of
+ M2 U% ^! \& X: ]　　heterosexuality transmitted AIDS, excluding those in people born
2 c3 P$ w6 v6 k$ e( j　　in Africa, where heterosexual contact is regarded to be the major __8__
# d# b6 n# I1 h6 k) M　　pathway. This is three percent of all US cases reported in date. __9__
2 P& h. Z/ A' a　　The number of heterosexually transmitted AIDS cases have doubled __10__
　　in the past 15 years.
& w+ G! S3 @0 t  j9 p: X　　答案
5 @# v- K. H# F- f- Y4 i6 w4 }　　1.birth^--to
　　give birth to ：“生下”，为固定搭配。
　　2.^taken—was
6 v. F8 f' r& |" t% i. p8 e' F　　这是一个由and连接的并列句，两句的谓语动词并不相同。
　　3.transmit—transmitting
3 X! E1 A# K6 w' Z( d# N　　这是一个现在分词做状语表明结果的用法。
( e7 D" Y# R2 s4 B! {# s1 C　　4.frightened—frightening
　　frightening意思是horrible，令人可怕，而frightened是本身可怕。
) z3 ~9 |) A" O" x( k/ Q; l$ ^$ Y3 Q　　5.raise—rise
1 X. x/ r. J  U" O/ A+ O2 H7 h9 w; G　　be on the rise 意思是be rising 为固定词组。
　　6.if—whether
$ [: g: d1 V8 P/ b　　两者都有“是否”的意思，但是在主语从句中，只能用whether。
　　7.carry—carries
) ?) w( u1 u( z8 I　　suggest引导的句子后面用什么语态是由suggest的含义决定的。这里是“暗示”，用直接陈述形式，当其表达建议时用原型。
　　8.regarded—considered/thought
　　regard….as…， consider…to be, think …to be.如果后面接的是to be，就不能用regard。
　　9.in—to
+ ]! q5 D& K( h- t# _$ u" X　　to date相当于 so far， up to now，为固定搭配。
　　10.have—has
- _6 O3 ]# Q# h: @7 O) O& B- @　　这句话的主语不是cases，而是“the number”，所以应该用单数。