专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(2)

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　　Home, sweet home” is a phrase that express an essential
# Z! Y+ T  d/ [  h: ~　　attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the
　　family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____
　　has great importance for many people.
% u) ]3 v2 f0 Z0 b; Y2 x　　This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream,
　　dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers
　　of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____
　　for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3_____
　　portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,
　　even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _____4_____
- K* p# u' r, `9 @# ^- d/ L　　support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____
　　of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the
: h$ Z5 `( X, L- l3 ?# h) t　　United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____
8 Z2 m1 R) S/ _" A　　is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
　　When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____
. ^7 Q1 @; m3 p　　they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____
5 @: I3 s9 z$ y+ U' O6 V7 m, r0 ~　　a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in
　　the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____
6 ^  e* b3 Y. {9 g　　a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____
: G6 G  E! u' i　　way of life.
( L: M% y5 S0 [8 H- W　　参考答案及解析:
( O! o" h& g$ v- e+ L　　1 将no改为 not
　　2 将place改为land
5 n. ~) R7 T  I/ p　　place是可数名词，作“地方”讲，而land意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。例如：
* P3 ^( q$ ]5 M! Y3 T　　Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
$ y. m2 j( R4 R  j& X; ~; O# s　　当你偶尔光顾时，独处是一个美妙的境地，但是如果久留，它却是一个糟糕的地方。
: H0 y; F* K0 e　　There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
# a% q5 |  n. x4 w( g　　3 将started改为start
　　start应使用不定式，以和前面的find，build一致。
　　4 将working改为work。
　　work应该用第三人称复数，和live一致。另外，family在这里作“家人”讲，是复数。
. i  o2 e) Y) B7 k: R$ @1 M　　5 将anyone改为everyone
1 F0 p* ?) O0 B* ]　　这里是要用everyone指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
　　6 将but删除
/ u  y3 T* J! Z; E! \: {7 N　　7将before改为after
7 Y8 E' t: s% d  J　　根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
1 I9 g* X6 `6 Z: @8 }　　8 将But改为 And
　　根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
　　When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
　　当我行善事，我感到坦然；当我行恶时，我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。
　　9 将it改为they
) ?4 k0 o& }# l6 A8 H　　10 在house the中间加入介词as
8 v: s4 \0 D8 O2 A2 g" _7 ~; @　　regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。