专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(9)

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　　When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start
& |4 T2 T5 q1 N1 T' C9 P' l　　meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a
0 R! q( \3 Q7 m* o; Q) M　　lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the __1__
" i1 P, _# }4 R1 c  @9 C- L9 H2 P　　way they occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person
　　walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of others. Such people never __2__
　　bump into other people.
( d+ n) C4 j6 T' V& P2 L5 M2 b　　However, a second person thought that this was more a question of
1 p5 A" R7 \. u3 p3 X( y　　civilized behavior as good manners. Instead, this other person told us a story, __3__
) k# M/ S  R- D- C$ o0 k; @5 S9 F, }% i　　it he said was quite well-known, about an American who had been invited __4__
  O, q( T3 T; v+ w2 Y% y　　to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American __5__
5 I6 A9 R$ ~& U2 t' F! r2 \+ x　　hasn’t been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If he had __6__
　　known about American food, he might have behaved better. __7__
7 a/ v0 `) @/ x; ]. w　　Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to
4 Q9 Q( f2 @" t5 d6 x) }/ v0 B　　him, very much as a napkin. Picking it up, he put it into his collar, so that __8__
　　it falls across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, __9__
　　said of nothing, but immediately copied the action of his guest. __10__

　　And that, said this second person, was a fine example of good manners.

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</p>　　参考答案及解析:
　　1.将on改为by。
4 _) o: n2 J0 z1 ^6 z; ?  u% y　　“by the way”作“根据……方式”讲。
+ ~# ]8 Y* q; Y/ g8 d1 G0 O  F　　2. 将unaware改为aware
　　根据下文中的“Such a person never bump into other people”判断，这种人不会“目中无人”。
0 v& C& \4 h) i; {/ M$ R　　3. 将as改为than
) O( C4 l7 ?9 ~4 k& H; }　　“more + adj/of + n + than”是固定搭配。
　　4. 将it改为which
9 h: m3 Z6 D- {3 J. u1 N" E　　which在此引导一个非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语，需要注意的是，在从句中he said是插入语。
5 R& @+ D/ ]9 Z　　5. 将at改为in
　　名词the country前要用介词in。
　　6. 将hasn’t改为hadn’t
　　根据上下文我们可以看出这里需要使用过去完成时。
　　7. 将American改为Arab。根据上文，我们可以看出，这里讲述的是赴“阿拉伯”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事，而不是赴“美国”传统宴会的
　　“美国人”的故事。
6 H+ |) v7 d  ?8 {* O4 K　　8. 将as 改为like
) S' A0 Y! X. u; N9 k  T& F- F+ ?　　介词as意思为“作为”，like意思为“像”。
　　9. 将falls改为fell
　　这里要使用一般过去时。
+ f$ g6 R( @( z6 I6 K5 }) N& r& j　　10. 将第一个of删掉。
　　say作为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词作宾语。