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__
* @7 N7 f8 Y8 W4 F8 i" K! @1 r　　the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. The
3 N+ Y: E: Q' ]8 e! n6 s! j, [　　sense of belonging to a community tends to appear __2__
　　when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange __3__
) x# V& M& L  M9 X: E　　enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one
8 {2 m0 Y0 w$ t7 ], ~　　street all knew each other, nowadays people on the
8 A0 p& {& S/ `* o9 {　　same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each __4__
　　other.
　　Country life, on the other hand, differs from this
8 j! H5 I2 \- Q! S& V6 x1 y( U4 R　　kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community
( j# V* U3 A1 U5 c　　generally keep the inhabitants of a small village togeth- __5__
, H& q( c* ]% P* M/ ^　　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__
  T6 Z' o! G6 |; w, d　　dition to the nearest large town. The country has the
　　advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the __8__
0 H/ i* S+ f8 ]5 @8 L  K# ^　　disadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise and
) w% P7 y) x/ |4 x" f; e! S  N$ G0 }2 _　　population which do harm to human health. But one of
　　their main advantages is that you are at the centre of __9__
8 l' P' f( `: g3 w* Q/ ?　　things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten
. w6 d/ A0 {* Q4 i8 J( Z　　at night. Some people have found a compromise be-
9 H* r1 `6 Q  G) ~' v　　tween the two: they expressed their preference for the
) B  F. e$ |5 m1 j3 y$ R) H　　quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__
4 R7 ^+ i- o$ S6 {8 s7 J8 x　　country within commuting distance of the large city.
　　参考答案及解析:
: P* F' s! Y1 T+ k+ K7 n% z$ d  }　　1.把frightened改为frightening
' v% d1 m) f& @' W. ~　　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
" O6 a* `% t, ]4 o" P1 }9 s- s　　“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。
  |) N4 V0 P  `# I/ N　　3.把Strange改为Strangely
　　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”。
　　4.在say前面加上don’t
6 A+ H- Z7 h, @+ d% p/ M* G　　此处说的是，现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。
/ B, d, R$ h2 L) ]　　5.把keep改为keeps
0 D3 z5 R, ^6 R7 S6 B　　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。
, o, z9 y1 }0 O- R2 ]　　6.把so 改为but/yet
  ?. t8 S# @$ ^8 ]　　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
　　“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”。
4 A* o1 C* i0 m# I! O! N4 a6 W: J# m　　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。
0 A  E5 ~4 d5 L1 _　　9.把their改为its
1 p6 B3 f1 p6 j! m8 T　　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
8 c7 b. {' X7 Q) w+ t+ F　　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。