改错篇 ：专八模拟考题（四）

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’Home， sweet home" is a phrase that express an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet， the cherished ideal of home _____1 has great importance for many people.
* V% H1 A# H% |) e- c7 B1 SThis ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream， dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West， was to find a piece of place， build a house _____2
for one’s family， and started a farm. These small households were _____3
portraits of independence: the entire family- mother， father， children，even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4
support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5
# S; G+ Z5 ?8 h) G+ r; zof family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms， but the ideal of home ownership _____6
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ， for example， _____7
they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8
a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses， typically in the suburbs， were often small and more or less identical， but it satisfied _____9
a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10
1. 将 no 改为 not
2. 将 place 改为 land
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:
0 v) j4 M6 T& `  _8 r8 n1 wSolitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
* N- i$ l+ Z: Y; g- i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。
There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
" R" M6 m( V+ w% M) p# G8 j3. 将 started 改为 start
start应使用不定式，以和前面的find， build一致。
4. 将 working 改为 work
- f' r" [1 |# j% W/ |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。
5 将 anyone 改为 everyone
3 S1 T( k: E/ H/ t9 k* F这里是要用 everyone 指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
7 N% D1 ]+ O8 W+ H' q3 a$ x6. 将 but 删除
5 {  n- l. V$ e$ J8 c7. 将 before 改为 after
. Y' D/ x+ G& \& B! W根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
5 T8 O) q6 K3 Y5 l* B- S8. 将 But 改为 And
8 u- l' @' o3 a) U1 w, T根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
: q  J$ r& ^9 K6 }When I do good， I feel good. When I do bad， I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
8 L4 z1 D& i+ V! G& R( [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。
9 将 it 改为 they
1 G6 o2 T, _$ ~0 w: k7 U10 在house the中间加入介词 as
regard...as 作“把……当作……”讲。