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
　　ten years before, you can’t help being strucked by the __1__
　　appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and
　　make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__
- ~8 f7 B+ E) U- W$ j: G　　short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous.
　　The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
2 Y5 A" R: M5 w　　There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
　　they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__
3 U/ {6 e% U2 p5 _; N1 m　　by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
' s3 Z( r6 s2 }　　have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__
7 v8 @$ M3 ^% q　　style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,
1 N" b( d0 {$ @5 z" n7 Y# \  S1 f　　a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__
　　on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__
" z4 Y8 ~* x' [8 C2 s* Y9 O/ ?　　decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
( R8 q( N9 G# [' \9 r　　Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__
　　waists will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1. strucked改为struck或者stricken
$ ]. Q8 m8 H& q: k　　过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck，过去分词为struck或者stricken。
% \7 v( m8 ?& F# v, `$ I　　2. date改为dated或者outdated
- r4 ?. {( ~" X; k3 B6 y/ V　　3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand
　　4. entire改为entirely
　　副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age。
& X2 o$ u! T1 l% _  j8 Z　　5. minority改为majority
; E  J7 ~* V$ N& M, m　　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. it改为them
4 }: p; a8 a, ^6 ~9 ]2 d5 e$ Z　　them指代the great majority of men。
　　7. fewer改为few
　　此处没有比较的意味。
　　8.去掉on
　　lay down为习语，表示“规定(规则，原则，法规等)”。
$ P( U' @. m4 G  o. M/ q9 [　　9. sometime改为 sometimes。
　　10. height改为high
　　形容词作be 的表语。