Home, sweet home” is a phrase that express an essential
, V$ u& H- T4 ^% `: J% R attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the
! H1 ?" F, R+ F# m9 u0 r+ _ family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____
T& o% q0 T9 z3 R1 v" B has great importance for many people.
2 z r; E d6 y4 x U This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream,7 [* R# U& }% q% s: H9 [ B
dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers
/ h4 p( v; s# i% W of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____6 o8 t) Q! W5 s: `) {
for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3_____' E2 Y2 f; S! C$ n# j9 p
portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,. ^, x- d" d! }
even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _____4_____
: _6 w3 W4 [$ |/ R/ w: c support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____
; V6 p* Z' `* `2 n/ X; N# V/ z of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the
# {8 s1 w/ W, @# Z" F" T( e0 u P United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____2 t% N( S2 M% n6 w$ N
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.1 n3 o2 s/ B- b2 P/ ~
When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____
& ]2 m7 e( a, T2 c S0 ? they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____9 U/ }, B2 Q E7 O; h
a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in4 R/ Q$ m- v6 \9 m# u( B- @
the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____
, ]7 k8 B9 ~+ x% K; ?1 A8 c a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____9 }6 }: o0 A( g5 j. Y
way of life.
" b L, N1 `* w6 P$ e: n 参考答案及解析:
+ _. Y( {$ d, J9 o8 ?4 z 1 将no改为 not
4 ^( ~) Y2 p Q 2 将place改为land7 X% R4 Y* F3 ]* ?0 a. U# L: D
place是可数名词,作“地方”讲,而land意为“土地,田地”是不可数名词。例如:; i" g1 u5 Q! ~& }
Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay. D6 t+ |' `( A
当你偶尔光顾时,独处是一个美妙的境地,但是如果久留,它却是一个糟糕的地方。
7 z& \6 r+ v k There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there./ w9 V" q( u8 P4 X- } n1 c. Y
3 将started改为start, e( r; A" f4 Z* l' ^4 X' D1 ^! E; h
start应使用不定式,以和前面的find,build一致。
, G [- H: |2 z3 J) ?( e! I' e$ S 4 将working改为work。
' K/ c, i$ V: H: n8 t3 A$ W6 b work应该用第三人称复数,和live一致。另外,family在这里作“家人”讲,是复数。
+ ]) \) y7 S2 x( {8 `& m 5 将anyone改为everyone
0 P5 S8 c+ W1 z7 Z3 n+ S( V+ e 这里是要用everyone指每个人,而不是要用anyone泛指。
, Z$ t4 Z$ x$ X) f 6 将but删除. n) f Z1 A4 A' `3 B1 N
7将before改为after$ n4 y" e4 l" J# Y
根据上下文判断,这里要表达的是二战之后。
2 _1 }! f9 P; s! P8 y 8 将But改为 And
! w- D! D" D" ~! W( p5 W 根据语意,这里要表达的是递进关系,而不是转折关系。例如:( b" t) V3 M# d& E9 A: ^
When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.1 W- x+ s3 B- L) B
当我行善事,我感到坦然;当我行恶时,我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。( M9 N$ a6 ?# n) v: V
9 将it改为they
1 h. ^+ j, a$ ? 10 在house the中间加入介词as6 d S: v& T% A7 @/ i# a
regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。 |