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
7 T6 V* ]$ H  g& f+ M3 _　　make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__
  m+ b7 ?, `$ R4 ?0 q' a8 Y　　short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous.
　　The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
; }! \0 \6 e1 j　　There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
; @, h0 }  g& a) C: O4 {) Q% ?　　they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__
! C) U% l& p6 D& d9 K' `　　by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
　　have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__
0 ~8 x* k8 ~. v' w* p1 d/ d　　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__
　　on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__
0 Q: V" @, Y& _　　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__
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1. strucked改为struck或者stricken
　　过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck，过去分词为struck或者stricken。
　　2. date改为dated或者outdated
　　3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand
( Z2 p) C; `2 g7 p& P- U0 K　　4. entire改为entirely
　　副词修饰形容词different，并与different一起修饰age。
　　5. minority改为majority
( l& A8 s) w& g1 d# F　　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
　　them指代the great majority of men。
. E! W' S  Z$ c. H0 a/ T　　7. fewer改为few
　　此处没有比较的意味。
　　8.去掉on
4 z8 r! Q. X& V( _2 W　　lay down为习语，表示“规定(规则，原则，法规等)”。
4 I5 o7 I9 C% J6 U! @+ O' m8 M　　9. sometime改为 sometimes。
　　10. height改为high
　　形容词作be 的表语。