英语专八改错突击练习（11）

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　　Aimlessness has hardly been typical of the postwar Japan whoseproductivity and social harmony are the envy of the United Statesand Europe.But increasingly the Japanese is seeing a decline __1__of their traditional work-moral values. Ten years ago young people were hardworking and saw their jobs as their primary reason for being,but now Japan has large __2__fulfilled its economic needs, and young people don't know where they should go next.
  t/ s! E4 a8 n/ _% g% _$ I: F  |The coming of the age of the postwar baby boom and an entry of women into __3__the male-dominated job market has limited the opportunities of teen-agers who __4__are already questioning the heavy personalsacrifices involved climbing __5__Japan's rigid social ladder to good schools and jobs. In a recent survey,it was found that only 24.5percent Japanese students were fully satisfied with__6__ school life,compared with 67.2 percent of students in the United States.
; a1 z1 q3 y) ]0 X' H5 v% TIn addition, far more Japanese workers expressed dissatisfaction with their jobs thandid their counterparts in the 10 countries surveyed. While often__7__ praised by foreigners for its emphasis on the basics.
Japanese education tends to stress test taking and mechanic learning __8__over creativity and self-expression. Last year Japan experienced 2,125incidentsof school violence, including 929 assaults on teachers.
  ^- ?: ?9 Z& H  y7 n& \% OAmid the outcry, many conservative leaders are seeking a return to the prewaremphasis on moral education. Last year Mitsuo Detoyama,who was then educationminister, raised his eyebrow when he argued that liberal reforms introduced__9__ by the American occupation authorities after World War II had weakenedthe "Japanese morality of respect of parents." __10__ 答案：
$ Q: D+ A& p! h1.is--are.the加上形容词一类人的时候后面应用动词的复数形式，如：The old receive particular respect in Chinese society.
- O8 F% N. y& w7 i2.large-largely.这里large是修饰fullfilled的，所以应改为largely，表示“大部分地”，如：The fundis largely financed through government borrowing.
3.the（age）--/.动词词组come of age表示“已成年”，中间不用任何冠词，所以它一旦变为-ing形式仍然保持原样。另外要避免将原句误读成The coming of ,the age of the postwar baby boom,这样断句意思解释不通。考试.大4.has--have.有两个原因限制了青少年进好的学校找到好的工作，这两个原因由and连接作并列主语，所以谓语动词应该用复数。
/ s: h0 Q+ K2 W+ Y  z8 ?5.involved^--in.involved后面少了in，表示“关于，涉及到”，如All the children were involved in the school play.
6.^Japanese--of.当percent做名词时，它后面应加上介词of，如：The report states that 42 percent of the alunmi contributed to the endowment.　当percent作形容词或者副词时，则不加of。如：There has been a ten percent increase in the number of new students arriving at polytechnic this year.
. j( C% E7 {8 I) u- K' i7.^countries--other.从上句话中可知道Japan也参与了这次普查，因此在这句话里的比较结构中Japan应和其他10个同意参加普查的国家进行比较，所以应注明是10 other countries。考试.大8.mechanic--mechanical.mechanic是名词，表示“制造工，技工”，所以这里应把它改为mechanical表示“机械的”。
! }( E+ C3 P$ j9 y) ?/ q. [9.eyebrow--eyebrows.to raise one's eyebrow 表示“（某事）引起（某人）的惊讶或不赞同”，如：He raised his eyebrows over some of the suggestions.
10.of--for.respect 后面通常跟for接人，表示“对（某人）的尊重”，如：respect for the old