英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(九十八)

会计考友

　　Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in
　　old age. One of these is due absorption in the past. It does not __1__
　　work to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in __2__
　　sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed
8 `' Z; ?3 V, _　　to the future, and to things which there is something to be done. __3__
　　This is not always easy; one's own past is a gradually increasing
8 _" H. g' H, ^0 e9 y& O" ?　　weight. It is easy to think for oneself that ont's emotions __4__
　　are used to be more vivid than they are, and one's mind more __5__
! W" }2 r- `2 p- E　　keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it
　　will probably not be true.
# H* c' b- S8 R: Z3 q* \　　The other thing to be avoided is clinging to youth in hope of __6__
* N2 O+ m7 J! h4 C　　sucking vigour from its vitality. When your children are growing up __7__
　　they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as
　　interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to
, T& o9 O/ O# B, g+ a; D# ~. t　　become a burden to them, except they are unusually callous. I do not __8__
0 J! q- k# ~! I( G9 k7 i　　mean that one should be without interest in them, but one's interest
　　should be contemplatory and, if possible, philanthropic, but not __9__
　　unduly emotional. Animals become indifferent to their young as soon
　　as their young can look after themselves, but human beings, owing
! E/ s5 y4 q& v* R" h: T　　to the length of infantry, find this difficult. __10__
! T+ b6 c$ }4 W( c8 a  b　　答案及解析:
　　1.due-undue
　　如果是due absoption，就没有必要说two dangers to guarded against，所以这里犯了语义颠倒的错误。
+ j: k& G+ b1 w5 f  T  f5 h　　2.work-do
　　work在这里用得不好，应该为do，表示“能……”，work往往表示“行不行得通”，如：It does not work to employ two people. We need at least 5.
　　3.^which-about
! f. t) V( s1 ~8 {- L' B7 K　　这里缺少了介词about，使先行词things 和something to be done无法连接。
　　4.for-to
4 J$ ], t+ ]: a　　to think for oneself表示“为自己着想”，这这里显然不是这个意思，应改为to oneself 表示“自己想……”，类似于to say to oneself。
　　5.are（used）-/
　　be used to 表示“习惯于……”，而这里的意思是“过去曾经……”，所以应改为used to do。
$ X" B) `, A& ~; f, H# e: k　　6.^hope-the
# `, ~7 @/ |' V$ f% n3 J　　词组in the hope of 或 in hopes of 表示“怀着……的希望”。
/ e% n# D% @* X: ?　　7.growing-grown
5 z) x* W$ h/ S8 b9 ?/ p　　be growing up 表示“在成长的过程中”，而这里表示的是“当孩子们长大以后……”，所以应改为are grown up。
& D5 b! s' F5 a8 M+ l* s4 m  f. v　　8.except-unless
　　except表示“除了……之外”，在意思上不贴切，应改为unless表示“除非……”。
　　9.contemplatory-contemplative
; Q% p) J! S. f8 T2 R) w/ `; [0 w7 Y　　没有contemplatory这个词，有的是contemplative，表示“沉思的，冥想的”
　　10.infantry-infancy
6 U4 J' C; r2 ^3 O: v) c3 U  u　　infantry表示“步兵，步兵团”，应该为infancy，表示“幼年”。