大学专业八级的改错练习98

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　　Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is due absorption in the past. It does not __1__ work to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in __2__ sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things which there is something to be done. __3__ This is not always easy; one's own past is a gradually increasing weight. It is easy to think for oneself that ont's emotions __4__ are used to be more vivid than they are, and one's mind more __5__ keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it will probably not be true.
: ^6 m& h; W, B0 g7 N　　The other thing to be avoided is clinging to youth in hope of __6__ sucking vigour from its vitality. When your children are growing up __7__ they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, except they are unusually callous. I do not __8__ mean that one should be without interest in them, but one's interest should be contemplatory and, if possible, philanthropic, but not __9__ unduly emotional. Animals become indifferent to their young as soon as their young can look after themselves, but human beings, owing to the length of infantry, find this difficult. __10__
0 W' U/ g5 T% w4 m# ]' h- }　　答案：
　　1.due-undue。如果是due absoption，就没有必要说two dangers to guarded against，所以这里犯了语义颠倒的错误。
　　2.work-do。work在这里用得不好，应该为do，表示“能……”，work往往表示“行不行得通”，如：It does not work to employ two people. We need at least 5.
9 e' {9 o1 G- Z+ N$ r2 _　　3.^which-about。这里缺少了介词about，使先行词things 和something to be done无法连接。
  l8 s1 I' i! K1 N　　4.for-to。to think for oneself表示“为自己着想”，这这里显然不是这个意思，应改为to oneself 表示“自己想……”，类似于to say to oneself。
　　5.are（used）-/。be used to 表示“习惯于……”，而这里的意思是“过去曾经……”，所以应改为used to do。
　　6.^hope-the。词组in the hope of 或 in hopes of 表示“怀着……的希望”。
. E- Q+ G- `. I7 G6 h　　7.growing-grown。be growing up 表示“在成长的过程中”，而这里表示的是“当孩子们长大以后……”，所以应改为are grown up。
　　8.except-unless。except表示“除了……之外”，在意思上不贴切，应改为unless表示“除非……”。
　　9.contemplatory-contemplative。没有contemplatory这个词，有的是contemplative，表示“沉思的，冥想的”
' i6 `- k7 g+ K2 w" }8 Z　　10.infantry-infancy。infantry表示“步兵，步兵团”，应该为infancy，表示“幼年”。