英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(七)

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　　Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as
9 E5 k9 w, f6 A, {; f- @　　ten years before, you can’t help being strucked by the __1__
. _6 D  t: B8 {9 W　　appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and
  p( K; ^) Y" T( H+ m5 D　　make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__
4 ^/ M( K& T# \' n0 j8 l3 I　　short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous.
" [$ C* u: f3 P$ M9 Z$ M　　The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
3 S9 M: o  c" g0 L- j4 n9 w1 ~　　There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
$ }- W8 {% ~' O) K# q; K+ x& l# P. K　　they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__
' q* F/ y; `8 B5 ^3 m% m2 t　　by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
; f; G$ t. s) H- g6 F　　have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__
: k$ w& l# Y- ~　　style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,
　　a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__
- F3 E# G' J# A+ C" n+ J　　on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__
　　decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
　　Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__
　　waists will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__
/ J; o( ]* ?. c9 ]　　参考答案及解析:
/ F  Y# m, d4 o0 ^　　1. strucked改为struck或者stricken
9 O: u8 p. U* q6 G% b$ @　　过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck，过去分词为struck或者stricken。
+ u" N# ~9 W7 j　　2. date改为dated或者outdated
　　3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand
3 a1 ^" j5 v/ S3 Q$ W4 i* @3 ~　　4. entire改为entirely
* n) v7 G0 G! Z) Z- L　　副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age。
7 ^" n, w, h$ v; c& v0 V8 e( ^　　5. minority改为majority
5 b+ i4 e4 }+ b+ Y; G, V5 T　　从上下文以及常识判断，多半男性成功地抵制了改变他们服装款式的企图，即多年来，男性大服装款式跟女性服饰相比没有多大的变化。
6 F5 O% z7 E2 e　　6. it改为them
& z" m/ i+ Q+ b* S* }$ r　　them指代the great majority of men。
; Q1 }' N3 L$ a9 S; T5 M& P9 ]　　7. fewer改为few
2 o- T  |% \6 f/ G% y% L　　此处没有比较的意味。
, @3 `. @- }% T6 h7 h　　8.去掉on
　　lay down为习语，表示“规定(规则，原则，法规等)”。
　　9. sometime改为 sometimes。
  ]1 P) x- ^' m3 F* |　　10. height改为high
　　形容词作be 的表语。