英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(109)

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　　His vision would help creating a middle class in the U.S., __1__
　　one marked by urbanization, rising wages and some free time in
　　which to spend it. When Ford left the family farm at age 16 and __2__
　　walked eight miles to his first job in Detroit machine shop ,only 2 __3__
3 D4 D0 q2 [1 q　　out of 8 Americans live in the cities. By World War II that figure __4__
, U$ E  Q3 N/ }/ [- s3 j　　would double, and the affordable Model T was one reason of it. __5__
9 l4 L8 d0 E, O0 x: M9 [1 Y, ?) t　　People flocked to Detroit for jobs, and unless they worked in one of __6__
( v: y, |# C% I# K# q　　Henry’s factories, they could afford one of his cars— it is a virtuous
9 [: J0 q. H% e　　circle, and he was the ringmaster. By the time production
& p8 Z0 L' o: ~2 T$ X　　ceased for the model T in 1927, more than 15 million cars have __7__
; d' z0 ^2 b( _! A3 z8 k# q/ J( @/ K　　been sold— or half the world’s output.
　　Nobody was more of an inspiration to Ford to the great inventor __8__
　　Thomas Edison. At the turning of the century Edison had blessed __9__
　　Ford’s pursuit of an efficient, gas-powering car during a chance __10__
　　meeting at Detroit’s Edison illuminating Co., where Ford was
　　chief engineer.
　　答案:
  J3 [7 e, K3 I; m4 _5 i　　1.将creating改为create
　　help 后面一般接（to）do sth
, v( J2 \. Y1 ~& N　　2.将it改为them
# B, b6 @- b# j- }% H　　Spend的宾语实际上是rising wages，为复数，所以应该用代词them。
7 R: q/ ]+ \0 J# j. `　　3.Detroit前加a
　　Shop是可数名词，所以前面要有限定词。
　　4.将live改为lived
" N2 _( u& _3 I　　讲述的是福特16岁的时候的事情。
　　5.将of 改为for
- p( s! }5 b6 j/ X+ E! [) g　　The reason for…是 固定搭配，表示……的原因。
　　6.将unless改为if
　　通过逻辑分析，句子意思是，如果他们能在福特的工厂工作，他们就能买得起他的汽车—这是一个良性循环。
　　7.将have改为had
　　“到1927年截止”，这里必须是用过去完成时。
5 X" R1 T+ c9 K& s8 O. \　　8.将第二个to改为than
2 T7 j. W, @8 u3 A$ {4 R% ^& p　　这是一个“more…than”的结构。意思是“没有人比爱迪生给福特的激励更大”。
　　9.将turning改为turn，或者在turning后加上point
( \  H3 S0 g7 l( }  b　　10.powering改为powered
　　power 作为动词，意思是“给……提供动力”，所以这里应该用被动的过去分词。