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
7 l/ J) W: J- t% a　　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.
. L7 z/ \$ c" t" F* n* W/ J6 W　　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.
& M' c; M% R/ Y1 b　　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。
3 B; R0 S3 N& [　　2 将publishing改为published
　　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：
7 R" O- B6 F9 s　　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。
# o2 U3 c; t5 z( |9 {7 X7 Y) e. V6 u　　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。
9 z5 K0 b4 g1 E　　5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。
　　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 ”。
　　7将evidences改为evidence。
1 ?% Q0 w: Z4 r( c5 C　　evidence是不可数名词。
4 W) T; y8 d4 u0 B+ R% u　　8将ill改为illness。
　　9将year改为years。
　　10将lesser改为less