英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(五十八)

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　　Yesterday afternoon John and I were walking along a road
6 F6 \. [( Z; \3 {　　where we heard someone shout "Help! Help!" He was in __1__
+ D* K/ m& E& m/ s　　a lake, about a hundred feet from the shore. There was a __2__
　　small boat nearby. We knew immediately what happened. __3__
　　He had fallen out of the boat and could not swim good enough __4__
, N% z* ^% v. Q, z7 ?+ d1 T9 I! |　　to reach it or to get to the shore. As we ran towards the lake I
0 v: N% h. d& u# B2 r  `/ o0 ?; F　　saw him sunk, and I was certain that he would drown. But in __5__
　　a moment his head appeared again. Quickly John took out his __6__
　　shoes, jumped into the water and started swimming toward
　　the drowned man. He reached him just as the man went down __7__
　　again. He was close enough as to stretch out his hand and try __8__
　　to take hold of the man's clothes or his hair before he sank.
　　But the man threw out his arms in fear, caught John across the __9__
2 c1 {2 I! p" c7 b8 c  D　　neck, and began to draw him down under the water. John
　　fought to keep his head above the water and at the same time
$ o; y* g" `0 c. ]  }: U  [) k　　tried to swim toward the boat, pulled the man with him. __10__
　　答案及解析:
: V  G3 L- a4 R* t　　1. where—when
* E% l' J: V! L' \　　2. a lake—the lake
; {; L: P1 c6 S. Z　　据上下文判断，这是指离海边唯一的湖泊，因此用定冠词
) w* I' g: m2 f& r' [　　3.在happened前加had
　　4. good—well
　　副词well修饰swim
　　5.sunk—sinking
　　现在分词表示正在进行的动作
1 T8 X+ _" l  [' d, `: f　　6. out—off
　　7. drowned—drowning
　　drowned意味着此人已经被淹死了，drowning表示正在进行，快要淹死了
/ A* j8 e, r* p　　8. 去掉as
8 |3 Q7 A  F" P4 T! n2 g6 H　　直接由to stretch作状语
2 F) \3 v* N. |3 J　　9. across—around
: w- `1 w* q  q6 |) D　　across意味“穿过”，即“穿过他的脖子”，意义不通顺。改为around即为“抱着他的脖子”，合乎逻辑和本文意义
　　10. pulled—pulling