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__
* J* r  c0 W% a0 H　　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
　　and poisoned themselves in some California Subdivision. These
. g5 M3 c- q5 Z1 l1 ^8 [& i　　prophets are the one with visions of the seven-headed beast, with a __4__
1 ?9 v0 @! g+ q# s9 d6 g) X( z　　taste to the hairy shirt and the scourge, with twirling eyes. No, it’s __5__
6 L; d9 O: \* P3 S0 O$ E　　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
& k8 S: l) R5 Y/ n, f: F' _　　Tte momentum was gradual, almost imperceptible, checking by wars __8__
　　and the Dark Ages and plagues and taboos; but in recent centuries it
8 Y/ O: n, ~) M7 A& R7 _　　has accelerated, the curve of every graph steepens like the Himalayas __9__
　　rising from the Asian steppe. We have climbed quite highly. __10__
- n5 p9 C. P5 y5 _8 m- ^　　答案：
: l% I5 _# s5 i3 j1 [4 `　　1.beware后加of
* d# y3 J0 k* N/ n% y　　beware of sb/sth为固定搭配，意思是“提防否认或者某物”。
% y% @- z; s" H　　2.those后加who/that
4 J6 ^4 K; P/ i5 D　　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。
1 S7 V/ `9 N0 B; K3 \　　3.去掉for 或者把await改为wait
　　“await”相当于“wait for”，都是等待的意思。
" Q8 |! L) j7 e. Z2 x* r5 S　　4.将one改为ones
8 i8 m% \& f# S' I$ r3 F　　主语these prophets是复数。
　　5.将to改为for
9 }% v& o$ V/ Z% x  a　　Taste意思是“对……的品位”时，后面一般接介词for。
　　6.将being改为beings
+ d8 f% D. h) I5 `　　7.将at改为in
+ T6 Z7 ~- Y; M& d6 P　　derection前面通常与in 搭配。
　　8.将checking改为checked
3 P9 y6 E% P! @$ f& V( c- X　　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。
1 g% X# i2 q- V' {' T& T9 V6 t$ |　　10.将highly改为high
3 z+ d. M: S- a6 c　　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。