英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(105)

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　　Ismail Kadare, who was rewarded the Man Booker __1__
& |# {' k# ?4 e- P; g　　international Prize for literature this year, is the first Alabanian
, v7 }' X0 T1 B) {　　writer to be taken notice in nearly 80 years. His classic novel, __2__
　　The General of the Dead Army, is a meditation on the consequences
) k( z" l3 ]# S6 i% }$ q9 T　　of war, a hugely moved account of the meaning of duty and the __3__
　　tragedy that blind obedience entails.
　　It is early 1960s, nearly 20 years as the Second World War __4__
2 }' f6 U. F  v8 i6 G" a6 m　　ended. An Italian General, accompanied with a sinister priest __5__
　　who is also Italian army colonel, is sent to Alabania to locate __6__
　　and collect the bones of his countrymen who had died during the
　　War and return them for burial in their native land. They are
# l0 t( M, K+ H- a6 Q$ c6 x! D5 t6 u% S　　armed with maps, lists, and other important informations such as __7__
0 h. J0 N1 ~3 `4 v2 y　　measurements, dental and other records of the missing personnel.
　　The team tours the countryside, organizing digs and disinterment
　　and, as they try to find the dead sons of forgotten families, they
　　wonder at the sense and scale of their task. The General constantly
　　talks to the priest who is accompanying them the futility of __8__
　　war and the sheer meaningless of the whole enterprise.
) `$ W/ n8 {$ x8 ]. Q+ H　　As they go deeper into the Alabanian countryside they find
9 H9 w1 |! F0 I% s　　their footsteps follow, sometimes anticipated, by a fellow General __9__
; d& A6 }0 q. i6 Z9 Y* Q* m% O4 ?　　who is also looking for bodies—the bodies of German countrymen.
　　Like this Italian counterpart, the German too struggles in the remote
　　countryside, against the cold and rain and the hostile terrain. It is a
2 N2 E* ^7 K# D" U/ t% l　　thankless job looking for the remains of dead “souls” merely to take
# `6 u* {; i% o( `) I　　them back home for a decent burial. Is it worthy the exercise? Isn’t __10__
" j/ Y) q+ L9 y7 {- e　　this a mistaken sense of national honor?
　　答案：
6 q) P% W) I% V( ^5 E　　1. rewarded—awarded
" S% y4 [3 f& L# M7 y2 O: n; m& `　　award是“颁发；授予”之意，而reward做动词讲时是“给……报酬或者奖赏”
: F! f: ?& i+ T. }0 ^2 o　　2. ^in—of
　　take notice of 给固定搭配，不可省略
; u0 R/ p7 v; j; ~2 ^5 w5 |　　3. moved—moving
: j4 b" ?" H0 C8 b% j　　动人的，用moving
　　4. as—since
　　“自从……起”应该用since
; y! V( Z. ~9 U0 s　　5.with—by
　　be accompanied by “由……陪伴”为固定搭配
　　6.^Italian—an
" x( A1 Z% Q) f+ [& h. T　　colonel 是可数名词单数，又在Italian之前，所以应该加上不定冠词an
　　7. informations—information
　　8.them^--about
8 N8 \; \! `4 Q; J. i4 c　　talk about意思是谈论，为固定搭配
$ \! o/ j% J# ~' x8 b　　9.follow—followed
　　这里应该用过去分词，表被动
　　10. worthy—worth
　　worth 是“值；相等于……”而worthy和of 连用是“值得……的；足以……的”之意