英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(二十六)

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　　Why does the idea of progress loom so large in
7 N% h% H8 I/ N) m6 z( U6 b　　the modern world? Surely because progress of particu-
( u1 G7 o1 t' D; ?　　lar kind is actually taking place around us and is more
　　and more manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__
% ^! ]5 t4 s2 ^; ?! P　　one no general improvement in intelligence or morali-
　　ty, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumu-
　　lation of knowledge. Knowledge begins to increase as __2__
　　soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-
& y* J# Y% u) C1 b　　municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- __3__
7 X7 m5 C4 O! U: c, E　　vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated
　　and stored. Libraries made education possible, and
　　education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__
　　edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,
3 {& k5 O: m# T. L  z- s3 ^　　which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print-
　　ing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the
; |, e+ d% b+ u; `8 p& `8 ?　　coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__
　　then knowledge began to be accumulated according to
( l6 [( M3 ?' x3 I7 M, e0 y/ L　　a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__
' B' {$ ~; ?* W  }: ~6 A　　edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac-
　　count. What is called “modern civilization” is not the
8 k: T5 a$ o0 {- X+ {; H6 i' H+ @　　result of a balanced development of all man’s nature,
+ {' s9 _2 R! \8 W& y　　but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__
+ c1 j; }2 A0 j4 ]/ }8 F　　life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is go-
4 u1 e% Y. e- \5 W- b6 D; c　　ing to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__
) b0 ]% Y  ~/ g, \8 @　　pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which
  s2 g; b0 v; \6 Q　　could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__
( U: \# h$ ~- w& v( h　　used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for
　　instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__
/ X  `; ?8 C, b9 g: Z. J# ^- c5 Q0 J! ~　　using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at
　　hand, surgeons use it to restore them.
　　参考答案及解析：
　　1.把manifesting改为manifest
　　manifesting不能做形容词,而如果把它理解成现在进行词,后面又缺乏宾语,所以应该改为形容词manifest,表示 “显然的,明显的”.
　　2.把begins改为began
　　根据下一行出现的could可以判断本句是过去时.
7 ?# z: v2 }3 P( Q　　3.把mean改为means. by means of 是固定用法.
　　4.在added后面加上to
' x# R& L0 e! @6 a0 G& [- j* ~　　如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把图书馆加到某个事物上去”,加上to,表示给图书馆增加了内容,符合句义.
　　5.把risen改为raised
; g1 |! O5 g$ h　　rise是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态.
　　6.把However改为Moreover
　　此句的意思是:新知识一经获得,马上就得到实际应用.这是对上文的追加,不存在转折关系,因此应该用moreover.
　　7.删除but后面的not
　　8.把Like改为As
　　9.把could改为can
, d! w2 ?+ [% x8 o) u2 B3 t5 J　　主句为现在时,而从句也不表示虚拟,所以应该用现在时.
　　10.在that后面加上of.
　　为了避免重复,这里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.