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
2 p/ z7 a" O6 b6 h　　for love, the search into knowledge, and the unbearable __1__
　　pity for the suffering of mankind.
6 F3 F' z# j3 s0 ]# h; U# d3 U　　I have sought of love, first, because it brings
　　ecstasy--ecstasy so great because I would often have __2__
　　sacrificed all the rest of my life for a few hours for this
. p: s5 B% ?4 F8 i　　joy. I have sought it, next, because it relieves loneliness--
  c2 J( i- R# j+ `: A. L0 k. @　　that terrible loneliness which one shivering consciousness __3__
　　looks over the rim of the world into the cold unfathomable
- N5 U8 b* }4 k　　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__
　　have imagined. This is what I sought, and though it might
- S; W8 P) A: ?( `# R; ]　　seem too good for human life, this is what--at last--i have
. p2 |6 E$ R6 X( Q; O　　found.
　　With equal passionate I have sought knowledge. I have wished __6__
, t5 d/ s1 a/ [. C+ g! S1 e　　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,
　　led upward toward the heavens. But it always pity brought __8__
　　me back to earth. Echoes of cries of pain reverberate in
3 K: u6 F1 J4 s' A0 |　　my heart. Children in famine, victims tortured by oppressors,
% i9 R( R8 A' @( {2 g/ V5 T　　helpless old people--a hated burden to their sons, and the whole
. ~6 \( a. G/ S( }- z　　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,
) A. n, a* }  Q: T/ \" N" P　　and I too suffer. This has been my life. I have found it
　　worth of living, and would gladly live it again if the chance __10__
* l* x* H7 V. x! H& A. `　　were offered me.
- x# P, r3 S# V& y　　答案及解析:
　　1.into-for
0 b9 U) X; l7 p/ G  N1 t　　search into意思是“调查”，这里要表示“寻找”，应该用词组search for。
. O- Q3 \$ O/ P! F, F　　2.because-that
: c$ Q, @  }; A　　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。
! D* o2 o% @% _3 z# t# \+ V5 G8 p　　3.^which-in
( m& p) N- H/ X1 T　　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。
8 \' h2 N4 X" @/ W　　5.where-that/which
% L& w7 u' i- E6 }4 d　　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。
' `/ X$ G. _2 H3 X: M) ?: D( H　　6.passionate-passion
　　with是介词，后面应跟名词，而passionate是形容词，故改为passion。
- M$ q4 l8 @  B; w# C: B　　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。
- W- `5 R9 H, S: @* m( V; M' @6 I: u　　8.(But)it--\
- s9 y6 U' u( ~　　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。
! _. z) l( A% `" n& E  ~+ P　　9.mock-mockery
. ^' b+ s, l. F7 C　　此处是固定词组： make a mockery of 的使用，意为嘲笑。
$ U0 x# Q( Z. N2 p3 }　　10.(worth)of--\
4 P" ^/ j7 v8 v9 F# }0 X$ G' P  M　　加动名词表示值得做某事，因此应去掉of。