英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(十四)

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　　The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric human __1__
　　ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing with animal foods __2__
- n% Y7 D% J- J　　An analysis of 58 societies of modern hunter-gatherers, including the Kung of
5 r( b# t# Z6 a4 {3 N　　southern Africa, revealed that one-half emphasize gathering plants foods,
9 e; C* r) @# y) A# ?% B# c. U# E7 e　　one-third concentrate on fishing, and only one-sixth are primarily hunters,
8 e3 D6 f9 [. ]4 T1 P, n4 t& @6 _　　Overall, two-thirds and more of the hunter-gatherer’s calories come from __3__
　　plants. Detailed studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University
( p5 @, W+ Q( G  z: O# H  Y　　of London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food
! |# }4 Q; }8 b. o　　than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 edible __4__
) _9 t/ n2 l& ]$ s; a3 S/ K# R　　calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. __5__
　　Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung diet, and no __6__
7 ]% R) K- f6 k+ z) q　　one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if they escape fatal infections
　　or accidents, these contemporary aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence __7__
5 W3 `; Q/ r0 v; G8 D4 G! R- }　　of medical care. They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little
) \7 K4 l) b4 y+ a1 N* {　　dental decay, no high blood pressure, no heart disease, and their blood
5 U6 n" o/ Z) }9 h% L0 j& P　　cholesterol levels are very low (about half of the average American adult). __8__
' L% ^8 V0 j4 V, v9 \0 m8 z: u# H8 O　　If no one is suggesting that we return to an aboriginal life style, we certainly __9__
　　could use their eating habits as a model for healthier diet. __10__
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1. 将as 改为like
　　此处的意思是“像史前人类祖先那样生活”。
　　2. 将supplementing改为supplemented
3 z+ I+ f) e/ Z5 T+ c　　supplemented 修饰diet，可以看作which is supplemented with animal foods的简化形式。
　　3. 将and 改为or
4 k/ |; e6 ^+ x5 D9 s& |) Z# ~　　4. 将in改为on
　　on average 是固定用法。
　　5. 将as 改为while或者whereas
　　6. 删掉for，或者将provide改为account
9 }* c' F* q/ r0 |) w1 o' R3 R9 X　　此处provide 是及物动词，后面不用介词for
7 `/ |& A7 T: `　　7. 删掉第一个of
　　despite 做介词，后面直接接名词。
. W( J9 n+ F( V/ h　　8. 在half后加that
　　that 指代前面的blood cholesterol levels，不能省略，因为这里是将部落成员的胆固醇含量与美国人的胆固醇含量相比较。
; W+ {9 n( \0 p　　9.将if改为whereas或者while
　　此处意思为“尽管没有人……,但是……”，是转折关系。
　　10.在for后面加不定冠词a。