英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(110)

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　　Beware people preaching that we live in special times. People __1__
1 L# E$ R; {6 I# K1 q4 ~　　have preached that message before, and those listened sold their __2__
　　furniture and climbed up on rooftops to await for ascension, or __3__
　　built boats to float out the coming flood, or laced up their Nikes
$ b- S$ l2 Q: ^& ]8 V% G! O  d3 `　　and poisoned themselves in some California Subdivision. These
　　prophets are the one with visions of the seven-headed beast, with a __4__
　　taste to the hairy shirt and the scourge, with twirling eyes. No, it’s __5__
　　no use listening to them.
　　And yet, for all that, we may live in a special time. We may live in
　　the strangest, most thoroughly different moment since human being __6__
　　took up farming 10,000 years ago. Since then time has flowed at one __7__
　　direction—toward more, which we have taken to be progress. At first
　　Tte momentum was gradual, almost imperceptible, checking by wars __8__
8 K% v, G- N: Y　　and the Dark Ages and plagues and taboos; but in recent centuries it
2 t  r+ _+ _+ q, z$ p$ p　　has accelerated, the curve of every graph steepens like the Himalayas __9__
　　rising from the Asian steppe. We have climbed quite highly. __10__
7 d* o2 S. @9 v  H5 A7 P9 t" t　　答案：
　　1.beware后加of
! `4 j6 _2 u8 r2 _% H+ A1 j. B　　beware of sb/sth为固定搭配，意思是“提防否认或者某物”。
　　2.those后加who/that
　　这是一个定语从句，修饰those，意思是“那些听他们话的人”，who/that在定语从句中做主语，不能省略。
2 ^0 |, @1 N& r" M5 N; e3 M0 {7 W　　3.去掉for 或者把await改为wait
- ~( g1 w3 y+ [# ?) Y　　“await”相当于“wait for”，都是等待的意思。
- d3 q4 ^' P# n/ K　　4.将one改为ones
3 C& O) [% v' ~/ a　　主语these prophets是复数。
! {' g1 A1 }) O, y7 z　　5.将to改为for
　　Taste意思是“对……的品位”时，后面一般接介词for。
6 N: p! A* r. c1 d　　6.将being改为beings
　　7.将at改为in
　　derection前面通常与in 搭配。
( }/ W' x/ q# `1 Q- j; a3 I8 f1 T　　8.将checking改为checked
　　现在分词表示主动，过去分词表示被动。这里是“被”战争等因素制约。
　　9.将steepens改为steepening
　　这是一个独立主格，逻辑主语动作为主动。
0 ^- U% I' U; {" P' S! x　　10.将highly改为high
( J: C5 q0 L- s3 P) b: ?; {　　highly为副词，相当于very，fairly，这里用形容词high。high既可以做形容词也可以做副词。