英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(十一)

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　　Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect, __1__
　　while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence __2__
　　of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact __3__
4 t' `/ ]* p2 ]9 g7 f# L　　the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.
- x, O0 o, H3 _' a  N　　From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through __4__
　　the eighteenth and nineteenth century, becoming enormously popular in __5__
- N' Z& N" v) e, Y+ R. Q! y　　the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially,
$ f& E( t6 b9 I1 u. K' U+ ~　　this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and __6__
. L- G/ S1 t0 T8 B　　magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his __7__
　　portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was __8__
　　close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the __9__
1 Z- A) N4 v/ B7 e　　string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended __10__
4 y! z0 W3 v, x" e/ M　　by amiable attacks.
　　参考答案及解析:
1 t% k" g. H/ m. o, j4 C　　1. 将affect改为effect
　　affect是动词。effect是名词。
　　2. 将suggests改为 suggesting
　　这是一个以while引导的从句，其中suggest应该与capturing并列。
　　3.在fact后面加上that
　　因为引导同位语从句的关系词不可以省略。
4 ^* ?+ \/ O9 M; a6 R　　4. 将their改为its
　　这里its指代单数名词caricature
/ K# x  Y9 L# a% u* g　　5. 将century改为复数形式
　　6. 将was省略
8 a8 n# [# Z4 ^1 ~( I　　appear是不及物动词，不应用于被动语态。
$ }% o7 c/ u$ j# g* M; I  [! ]　　7. 将his改为their
　　这里指代复数名词 the caricaturists
　　8. 将primary改为primarily
6 O) W6 @7 W7 E& _0 h　　primarily在这里做状语，修饰不定式短语
+ T' N  E+ U& H4 N' _9 j. ]　　9. 将close改为比较级形式closer
　　从后面的连词than，可以看出，这里使用了比较状语从句
6 n2 l, |7 Q  D3 Q: l1 u　　10. 将amusing改为 amused
　　主语subject（受攻击的人）和amuse的逻辑关系是动宾关系，应使用过去分词形式。