专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(8)

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　　Demographic indicators show that Americans in the post war period were more
5 f! l2 A& W7 g7 M' E6 L　　eager than ever to establish families. They quickly brought down the age at marriage
4 k& b3 s; V2 Q" c% Z0 a　　for both men and women and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century height __1__
　　after more than a hundred years of a steady decline, producing the “baby boom.” __2__
, x: O/ r2 G: p, R( u2 Q) [$ w　　These young adults established a trend of early marriage and relatively large
　　families that went for more than two decades and caused a major but temporary __3__
' n& z. X1 E" a　　reversal of long-term demographic patterns. From the 1940s through the early
  t$ }5 L2 ?( Y8 S5 x0 M　　1960s, Americans married at a high rate and at a younger age than their __4__
" m- r% ~9 c8 {9 u7 o# s0 u　　Europe counterparts. __5__
　　Less noted but equally more significant, the men and women who formed __6__
　　families between 1940 and 1960 nevertheless reduced the divorce rate after a __7__
　　postwar peak; their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did that of __8__
　　couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States __9__
　　maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world,
3 U4 W, I+ S1 W* g% L( _/ ~: O" y9 h　　the temporary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe. __10__
　　Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was not
　　abandoned.
" S$ B6 J5 p8 \3 P8 W- v! P5 U　　参考答案及解析:
/ W; P9 m" E4 x# O7 ^　　1. 将height改为high/peak。
　　整句话的大意为他们把男女的婚龄降了下来，使出生率达到了20世纪的高峰。
　　high可以用作名词，意为“高峰”，“高水准”，“最高纪录”。
( [& A7 j5 i: [  j$ t- f( ]3 V　　height可以作“极点，顶点”解释。例如：The height of cleverness is to conceal one’s cleverness。
) t7 O. q5 Q% q　　2. 将第二个不定冠词a 去掉。
　　steady decline 意为持续的下降，前面不用加冠词。又如：years of hard work。根据语感可以判断出来。
2 ]  [2 }( r; Z6 y　　3. 在went后加on，或将went改为lasted。
　　此处是“持续”的意思，所以可以用went on 或者last来表达。
　　4. 将high改为higher。
　　此处意为美国人结婚率比以前提高了，有与战前相比的意思，因此应用比较级。
6 {8 d/ r$ h/ f9 v) }; y　　5. 将Europe改为European。
1 J! p4 q% ]/ r( H　　6. 删掉more。此处的大意为战后离婚率也下降了，这个现象不大有人注意，但同样也很重要。另外，more与equally相矛盾。
　　7. 将nevertheless改为also或者删掉nevertheless。
% O9 n8 G& i$ t6 c$ h　　此处上下文之间不是转折关系，而是递进关系。
( j) \: ?& G, h/ M5 O# N" v　　8. 将that 改为those。
　　此处的代词应指marriages这个复数名词，因此应用those。此处考察代词与先行词一致的问题。
　　9. 将Since改为Although/Though/While。此处是转折关系，不是因果关系。
, R) }- @0 B+ Z2 A2 r# S* Z　　10. 将in改为to。短语to the extent是固定搭配。