英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(七十一)

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　　We use language primarily as a means of communication with
　　other human beings. Each of us shares with the community in which we
　　live a store of words and meanings as well as agreeing conventions as __1__
　　to the way in which words should be arranged to convey a particular __2__
　　message: the English speaker has in his disposal a vocabulary and a __3__
% D! f+ R; T# }8 o) r) A; ?8 c, S' s　　set of grammatical rules which enables him to communicate his __4__
0 J9 v' \" F% W　　thoughts and feelings, in a variety of styles, to the other English __5__
/ d- S/ Z+ R" L8 C　　speakers. His vocabulary, in particular, both that which he uses activetly
　　and that which he recognises, increases in size as he grows
, ^+ _! P; \  z0 g2 X8 n/ x) F　　old as a result of education and experience. __6__
　　But, whether the language store is relatively small or large, the system
6 O/ y3 q+ Y  E7 P& E7 N6 N3 u　　remains no more than a psychological reality for tike inpidual, unless
7 j; k* s+ E. g3 T　　he has a means of expressing it in terms able to be seen by another __7__
　　member of his linguistic community; he has to give the system a
　　concrete transmission form. We take it for granted two most __8__
　　common forms of transmission-by means of sounds produced by our
" B+ m& O6 C% W/ Y! B" }6 _　　vocal organs (speech) or by visual signs (writing). And these are __9__
　　among most striking of human achievements. __10__
4 r6 ?/ X* E! C7 v1 Q　　答案:
7 h% L+ z/ \4 S% W　　1. agreeing --------agreed
　　2. ∧words----------these/those words
5 E( o; A1 `6 J- k　　3. in the disposal --------at the disposal
　　4. enables--------enable
　　5. delete “the” before “other English speakers”
　　6. old------ older
　　7. seen ------ perceived, understood, comprehended
　　8. delete “it” before “for granted”
9 @* s) h4 D! L  |: R　　9.　And ----- Yet; However
　　10.　∧most ------ the most striking