专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(1)

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　　About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could
. {; W- D; k5 t7 Q* E6 _8 `　　be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1____
　　pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking ____2____
　　University.
　　The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal
; U/ t$ p) U. H. O　　Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3____
+ l% z$ B- R' a: F- \　　within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4____
　　families to moderate size.
　　This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal
　　deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5____
: m) ~, B3 o- j8 i0 E　　the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control
　　respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high ____6____
1 s* m" s5 `/ D; z- @0 R　　risk categories.
! I; }; V2 V. j( G# n1 F　　The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7____
　　maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8_____
; H5 c+ J# }+ p: ^( y  F　　pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9____
  X7 Z* p1 G3 {3 h6 p4 w　　mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than ____10____
: ]& D. a$ V2 u2 l3 o　　two years apart.
　　参考答案及解析:
+ k8 z9 u% D0 t　　1 将had used 改为 used。
　　因为此句是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反，故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如：
　　Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人－如果他们不自以为聪明的话。
3 s4 \7 k4 ?& R6 `2 C4 O6 I　　2 将publishing改为published
! W' R9 T0 j; J( l$ b; L( g7 ?　　report和publish时逻辑动宾关系，故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如：
7 W. X2 Y0 g& h1 Y8 o　　Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现，不管多么微不足道，都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。
　　3 将theirs改为their
　　4 将among改为between
. S: i& q  ?6 C' H6 l　　在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间，故用between。
  }8 c# ~( H! I% w+ L8 z　　5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。
　　excluding意为“不包括…”
　　6 将respectably改为respectively
　　respectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为 “可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。
2 ~! k9 m) ]1 s4 \　　7将evidences改为evidence。
　　evidence是不可数名词。
7 X; F- b: T' v+ h　　8将ill改为illness。
　　9将year改为years。
2 ]1 u: M, v. t( I　　10将lesser改为less