英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(四十一)

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　　general public and to sociologists that modern society has
　　changed people’s natural relations, loosed their responsibilities __1__
* s, ]" I; }$ U) z6 ~) H　　to kins (亲戚) and neighbors, and substituted in their place __2__
　　for superficial relationships with passing acquaintances. __3__
　　However, in recent years a growing body of research has
　　revealed that the “obvious” is not true. It seems that if you are a
　　city resident, you typically know a smaller proportion of your
　　neighbors than you if you are a resident of a smaller community. __4__
8 Z0 G: b3 j+ `) V　　But, for the most part, this fact has a few significant consequences. __5__
　　It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your
' Y$ r4 Q# x/ P+ |% t　　neighbors you will know no one else.
, |/ P* n4 [: p& n, X6 ~1 d　　Even in very large cities, people maintain close social ties within
$ m7 J/ c1 _) `- E8 ^　　small, private social worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of
　　meaningful relationship do not differ between more and less urban __6__
' T; X6 P, d% ~9 I( G2 \　　people. Small-town residents are more involved with kin than do big __7__
$ h/ @: E3 i1 |9 E/ {, S3 B　　city residents. Yet city dwellers compensate by developing friendships
　　with people who share similar interests and activities. Urbanism may
+ V8 X' z% m2 }' F! X  N  {; \; }　　produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not
" P% |* e4 Q/ X$ M+ x/ L. j　　differ between town and city. Or are residents of large communities __8__
$ ?. }7 F; R3 E& S' ]  a　　any likely to display psychological symptoms of stress or alienation __9__
  d% K: I! E. q5 ^; b% {3 D" A　　than are residents of smaller communities. However, city dwellers do
　　worry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust for strangers. __10__

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　　答案及解析:
' o; D0 u2 b- N, d4 b" I　　1.loosed改为loosened
　　尽管loose也可作及物动词，但它的含义是“松开，解开，发射，释放”等具象的含义，在这里语义不符，而loosen则往往与tie、control、discipline、restriction这样的词连用表示抽象含义。
　　2.kins改为kin
　　kin是集体名词，用单数表达复数概念，相当于relatives，另外，kin作主语的话，谓语动词也应用复数形式。（记得上次的machinery么，也是这个改法）
　　3.去掉for
　　在substitute A for B 的用法中，for引导的是被代替项而不是代替项。
  Z( A) x. v% W' W% T　　4.(than you)^ do
　　两个比较分句如果谓语部分相同则可以省略后一个分句的谓语，或者用do来代替。
　　5.去掉a
　　6.relationship改为relationships
　　Relationship既可以作可数名词又可以作不可数名词。由于前面有 the number of 这样分词修饰，这里relationship应该当作可数名词。
& h% J7 j2 r. G　　7.do改为are
& Q5 t% K$ T# S　　两个比较分句的谓语动词应该同是be involved，如果将后一个比较分句里的动词部分省略，保留下来的也应该是be动词，而不是do。
　　8.or改为nor
% [9 l2 y/ L" l" K　　前句话是否定结尾的，本句也应是否定的含义。
　　9.likely改为likelier
　　由于有than出现，这里是一个比较句。
& T& y; U4 r  i8 ?  P　　10.for 改为of
　　distrust 后往往跟of，不跟for，如：a distrust of the media。
! H* T6 L8 m) Q( ^) d$ X3 j8 v　　It does not necessarily follow that if you know few of your
　　neighbors you will know no one else.
. h5 z% ^" `* s7 [. s! ?9 f; S4 y　　这话初看有点别扭。follow有这么个意思，：
. f6 u9 _( `( P$ g; A$ _　　必然是…的后果，必然有…后果，所以这里大概意思是：不认识什么邻居并不意味着你也不认识其他人。例如：He is good，it does not follow that he is wise。