英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十三)

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　　Cities can be frightened places. The majority of __1__
　　the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. The
6 g  h' B2 ^2 Y0 z　　sense of belonging to a community tends to appear __2__
　　when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange __3__
) E: {' D' J/ ?+ Z　　enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one
　　street all knew each other, nowadays people on the
2 L9 M" _0 d' W1 O8 t' w) i+ H　　same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each __4__
　　other.
　　Country life, on the other hand, differs from this
　　kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community
　　generally keep the inhabitants of a small village togeth- __5__
　　er. People have the advantage of knowing that there is
　　always someone to turn to when they need help. So __6__
　　country life has disadvantages too. For example,
　　shopping becomes a major problem and for anything
　　slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- __7__
! x  S. `& m% f4 j0 P. |, A　　dition to the nearest large town. The country has the
　　advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the __8__
2 X+ B" `1 k+ `+ a3 j　　disadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise and
& A4 ~0 t: s/ P; H　　population which do harm to human health. But one of
　　their main advantages is that you are at the centre of __9__
# g8 @; k: Q- r% C' O2 i　　things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten
/ w$ Y) ~2 R2 o! ^* q, `　　at night. Some people have found a compromise be-
　　tween the two: they expressed their preference for the
　　quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__
7 ]8 k. L2 U6 K( G4 z　　country within commuting distance of the large city.
　　参考答案及解析:
* X  j' F( ^" B" d0 o: O& F& F　　1.把frightened改为frightening
　　frightened是“受到惊吓的”，表明心理状态，而frightening表示“令人害怕的”，表示事物性质。
　　2.把appear改为disappear
( O/ u5 P' h) R6 _6 m6 q; B, j　　“当你住在摩天大厦的三十层里”，可以推测这里要表达的是归属感的消失，而不是产生归属感。
　　3.把Strange改为Strangely
- N: v) e# B  d. h) I4 R$ b+ o  v　　Strangely enough，是固定短语，经常用作插入语，意思是“说也奇怪，最奇怪的是”。
2 r4 o1 M4 s( {3 q# \- X' f% o　　4.在say前面加上don’t
　　此处说的是，现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。
6 M  ^) Q/ l/ F0 v( }# C　　5.把keep改为keeps
) w+ W0 H9 h" c　　in that 引导的句子主语应该是 a sense，故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是，农村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同，因为一种归属感把小村里的居民联系在一起。
　　6.把so 改为but/yet
　　上文提到了乡村生活的好处，下文是转折，要用but或者yet。
　　7.把for改为on
) Y; s) H! V8 I9 n　　“去远征”应该用go on a expedition，而go for 的意思是“去找，努力获取，拥护”。
　　8.把peaceful改为peace
　　of 后面不应该用形容词，所以应该改为peace。这里需要注意的是quiet既是名词又是形容词，不要被迷惑。
　　9.把their改为its
　　此处的代词应该指代上文的 the city。
　　10.删除leaving后面的for，或者把for改为from
　　leave表示“离开某地”，而leave for表示“离开某地去另外一个地方”，for后面接的是目的地。本句说的是离开城市，搬到乡村，所以for是多余的。