英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十)

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　　The grammatical words which play so large a part in English grammar are for
　　the most part sharply and obviously different from the lexical words. A rough
3 K1 S% D, X- M( x+ V" _  T# A+ x) d　　and ready difference which may seem the most obvious is that grammatical __1__
　　words have “less meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them __2__
　　“empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. But this is a rather __3__
　　misled way of expressing the distinction. Although a word like the is not the name __4__
- U: E1 P4 t9 M6 `: [0 s　　of something as man is, it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a __5__
5 q2 W5 M$ I$ w$ `2 U. e　　sharp difference in meaning between “man is vile” and “the man is vile”, yet the
3 L7 E3 r+ }  c& c. i　　is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. Moreover, grammatical words __6__
+ \* e2 G7 i/ {0 n. G; B$ X$ }) v　　differ considerably among themselves as the amount of meaning they have even in __7__
　　the lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been “little words.”
　　But size is by no mean a good criterion for distinguishing the grammatical words.” __8__
　　of English, when we consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. __9__
　　Apart from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some people say:
& z8 u8 P' W5 J: T0 U; t$ ~　　we certainly do create a great number of obscurity when we omit them. This is __10__
0 U  G& n! J& B5 U/ F1 ?: v8 T4 i7 K0 @　　illustrated not only in the poetry of Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams
　　and newspaper headlines.
& b! F6 |% I2 _4 h( T- R" A" ^　　参考答案及解析:
　　1 删掉the
　　此处的most并不表示obvious的最高级，而是用作副词修饰obvious，表示程度很高，因此前面不能加the。
　　2 将but改为and
7 i2 I* E( R# x% ~　　根据文章的意思，这里要用并列关系的and。
　　3 将in改为to
/ Z$ b; k3 \" I3 o0 Y　　as apposed to 是固定搭配，意思是“与……相比”。
　　4 将misled改为misleading
: f- w8 G: E- c, m) ]0 X, f　　5删掉away
$ B3 @. m. e) d6 t, K, S　　此处考查固定用法。 far from being...意思为“远非”“远远不怎么样”，符合这里的意思。而far away from 表示离某处很远。
　　6 将single改为only或者sole
; ?- D0 q7 B) P　　这里要表达“唯一的”。
　　7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in
　　联系上下文，此处的意思是“grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异，”as to 有“关于”或者“在某某方面的意思”；将as改为in，用differ from something in…也可表达这个意思。
( }# ~8 F$ \  F1 R* P　　8 将mean改为means
2 H% L1 ?6 q5 o: f　　9 将as改为like，或者在as前面加such
　　10 将number改为deal或者amount
　　obscurity是不可数名词，不能用a number of 来修饰。