专八模拟考题辅导：改错篇4

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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.
This 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
- l( U5 {! q+ h$ T4 [- ~& r9 eportraits 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
  ^* E/ d; W& z9 V4 N* Q  {0 Dof family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms， but the ideal of home ownership _____6
7 ?. M/ T1 ?8 n* `  W- |8 [4 dis 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
9 K% \, k1 _4 H. s: Ithey 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
/ v4 q' B) \6 ~: u1 u) O( \$ ta deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10
" e# g5 S- x7 X1 ^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:
$ p  `+ v5 W: X: T/ _6 I: }Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
3 E& T  u3 D& B* d9 G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.
3. 将 started 改为 start
start应使用不定式，以和前面的find， build一致。
9 Q2 b1 x5 A5 ]. L7 q4. 将 working 改为 work
( |. X; c3 K( R2 d4 I. G/ y8 awork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
这里是要用everyone 指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
. Q. e) {; k& F# o8 j6. 将 but 删除
7. 将 before 改为 after
) L4 v/ h. `! V" o; k, `根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
8. 将 But 改为 And
根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
When I do good， I feel good. When I do bad， I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
- f4 N5 Y: M1 R% q2 ]8 n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 ]/ D% v3 U2 }2 G+ [9 将 it 改为 they
7 u7 w2 O) n6 J& [1 s8 J: P10 在house the中间加入介词 as regard...as 作“把……当作……”讲。