八级改错练习题及答案解析(17)

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　　The grammatical words which play so large a part in English grammar are for
" t# q8 N  F4 [5 c& R! f　　the most part sharply and obviously different from the lexical words. A rough
　　and ready difference which may seem the most obvious is that grammatical __1__
- B/ G) e) P  y3 j/ [4 N9 R# G　　words have “less meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them __2__
　　“empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. But this is a rather __3__
　　misled way of expressing the distinction. Although a word like the is not the name __4__
* o7 t3 M/ ^- u0 N　　of something as man is, it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a __5__
　　sharp difference in meaning between “man is vile” and “the man is vile”, yet the
　　is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. Moreover, grammatical words __6__
　　differ considerably among themselves as the amount of meaning they have even in __7__
% m* I1 J) y( w# v5 F# _+ {1 t　　the lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been “little words.”
　　But size is by no mean a good criterion for distinguishing the grammatical words.” __8__
　　of English, when we consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. __9__
2 \0 v! K7 J8 G! ]! @2 u, a9 Y9 G$ o# F　　Apart from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some people say:
　　we certainly do create a great number of obscurity when we omit them. This is __10__
　　illustrated not only in the poetry of Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams
　　and newspaper headlines.
4 d! U$ A% u' y) A6 F) a6 J* _　　参考答案及解析:
　　1 删掉the
& Q2 l7 o, t: e$ \+ k8 r8 y　　此处的most并不表示obvious的最高级，而是用作副词修饰obvious，表示程度很高，因此前面不能加the。
3 G- t! j$ ?% r2 T7 s( r　　2 将but改为and
" e9 g0 Z3 r! R　　根据文章的意思，这里要用并列关系的and。
( h, f3 C1 i4 r% j( a& l1 y; W. ]( z　　3 将in改为to
5 k0 H. D. r0 u3 u: N6 e4 L2 _! [　　as apposed to 是固定搭配，意思是“与……相比”。
0 K' y0 S. X6 Q& U　　4 将misled改为misleading
　　5删掉away
9 e& W, l  X. {　　此处考查固定用法。 far from being...意思为“远非”“远远不怎么样”，符合这里的意思。而far away from 表示离某处很远。
% E) N4 ?3 H$ h  E* s6 Q1 v* U　　6 将single改为only或者sole
- |8 Y) `1 {  C2 _/ N3 ^( m7 y　　这里要表达“唯一的”。
　　7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in
8 z& i+ H5 E  N& o6 }　　联系上下文，此处的意思是“grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异，”as to 有“关于”或者“在某某方面的意思”；将as改为in，用differ from something in…也可表达这个意思。
2 A9 i2 q8 N* T0 l" y! N　　8 将mean改为means
　　9 将as改为like，或者在as前面加such
　　10 将number改为deal或者amount
/ g/ i  q: {3 ^/ r　　obscurity是不可数名词，不能用a number of 来修饰。