英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(六十)

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　　Three passions have governed my life: the longing
　　for love, the search into knowledge, and the unbearable __1__
　　pity for the suffering of mankind.
　　I have sought of love, first, because it brings
4 D+ f) G% a; X5 u7 q7 t" l" T　　ecstasy--ecstasy so great because I would often have __2__
　　sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this
7 a& _+ a1 y5 X% V* t* z, I; u　　joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness--
　　that terrible loneliness which one shivering consciousness __3__
7 c& D4 A; k" U' t/ s$ _' Q+ p　　looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable
6 X3 h# x8 d( }: M: `' k8 Y" f　　lifeless abyss. I have sought it, then, because in the __4__
　　union of love I have seen, in a mystic miniature, the
　　prefiguring vision of the heaven where saints and poets __5__
6 F4 p' W9 T' W: S7 T9 l7 d　　have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might
　　seem too good for human life, this is what--at last--i have
　　found.
　　With equal passionate I have sought knowledge. I have wished __6__
　　to understand the hearts of men. I have wished to know why
　　the stars shine...A little this, but not much, I have achieved. __7__
　　Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible,
; z; f7 J0 V* D# z　　led upward toward the heavens. But it always pity brought __8__
　　me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in
　　my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors,
　　helpless old people--a hated burden to their sons, and the whole
　　world of loneliness, poverty and pain make a mock of what __9__
　　human life should be. I long to alleviate the evil, but I cannot,
　　and I too suffer. This has been my life. I have found it
& D8 j' _9 e0 E* D　　worth of living, and would gladly live it again if the chance __10__
. ~+ ~* k  c2 O4 y  f- V　　were offered me.
* t) {7 |2 f1 G9 K5 A% _# Q' b$ U, p, |　　答案及解析:
* `  p# B% h+ Y; e$ u9 N, P5 z7 T3 J　　1.into-for
　　search into意思是“调查”，这里要表示“寻找”，应该用词组search for。
8 T) [8 f% Y" N9 e6 M　　2.because-that
& V) C/ ?) {* ^7 `, Y/ r　　原句意思是：我追寻过爱，首先是因为他带来狂喜——莫大的狂喜，我常会为了几个小时的这种喜悦吧我的余生都牺牲掉。“so...that”句型表示因果关系。
　　3.^which-in
　　这句的意思是：我追寻过爱，再者是因为它能排遣寂寞——陷入那种可怕的寂寞，一颗颤抖的心灵在世界的边缘之上俯瞰冰冷，深不见底、毫无生息的深渊。which做关系代词引导从句修饰loneliness，同时定语从句本身主谓语结构完整，因此应在which前面加上in，表示“在这种寂寞中”，做状语。
　　4.then-finally/lastly
　　前文已经出现了表示列举的first、next，此句之后也没有再列举其他理由，所以此处应该表示列举最后一条原因，应为finally或者lastly。
　　5.where-that/which
/ ]% C' |0 c/ W. P8 ~0 b　　此处heaven是先行词，后边的定语从句只缺少宾语，不能用关系副词where，应该用关系代词that或者which。
( H6 f* P# V3 A* m8 c9 R2 k　　6.passionate-passion
/ C4 y- Z5 O- a6 a" ?5 K! E, H　　with是介词，后面应跟名词，而passionate是形容词，故改为passion。
; R" ?" X) D# V7 U1 r　　7.^this-of
　　此处a little是名词词组，后面不能直接跟代词，所以加上of。
　　8.(But)it--\
& t  [, x1 J5 B2 `$ h/ P　　此句意思是：爱和知识，在可能的情况下，引人向上通往天堂。然而，怜悯却总是把我带回尘世，可见But一句的主语是pity，因此it是多余的，应删除。
  y! K# p, j% M: u8 i: R. s4 `　　9.mock-mockery
4 Y1 L$ `) d7 R% `+ |2 Y; E　　此处是固定词组： make a mockery of 的使用，意为嘲笑。
　　10.(worth)of--\
- Y6 k7 }* N. l9 I( S0 h5 ]　　加动名词表示值得做某事，因此应去掉of。