英语专业八级的改错练习 1

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About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1____pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking ____2____University.
　　The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal
) L) g+ w5 i2 {& u5 h' g　　Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3____within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4____families to moderate size.
　　This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5____the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high ____6____risk categories.
" L9 \: i% }* y5 d2 E+ ~( k　　The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7____maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8_____pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9____mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than ____10____two years apart.
　　答案：1 将had used 改为 used。
　　因为此句是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反，故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如：
　　Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人－如果他们不自以为聪明的话。
　　2 将publishing改为published
9 M) f% A! M8 \# r　　report和publish时逻辑动宾关系，故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如：
6 h5 |, ~, K$ j# L　　Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现，不管多么微不足道，都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。
% n  k2 b% `5 F7 J% i; \　　3 将theirs改为their
　　4 将among改为between
　　在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间，故用between。
5 H9 N" e3 I, h9 r& h, L6 Q1 J　　5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。
- e- g; g1 p% n　　excluding意为“不包括…”
　　6 将respectably改为respectively
　　respectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为 “可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。
8 Y% y5 r, x7 x　　7将evidences改为evidence。
　　evidence是不可数名词。
/ p7 ]3 |- U1 M　　8将ill改为illness。
　　9将year改为years。
　　10将lesser改为less