Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as
6 k6 m* U( {4 o" o ten years before, you can’t help being strucked by the __1__# ?/ G9 d- K( P+ i: H
appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and
2 L* U. b' R% {% C$ m make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too __2__3 ^, x+ H8 l' t A- ?8 b# N; s' F
short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous.
, E" Q T' }) g# d* M; k The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
- c2 Q4 {, {# ~ There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
/ l2 p, U1 Z6 d they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__! K' K" l% q* A, u7 l1 G6 r2 u
by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
2 l2 p( z: n9 H4 X+ e/ g B$ v have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__* P1 |8 ?1 h+ d) n9 ^. _+ p; y, f/ A+ @
style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,
5 C0 `' [1 M& {- N( ~ a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__. ^0 q1 v* \; ]' C
on the law and women around the world run to obey. The __8__* o- ^( q* L1 k) u* l% ]
decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial.
+ @3 }! ?2 v4 e Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__
; e" U8 s& C' F/ V: t/ h waists will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__( j2 `- R6 S, e$ y" @9 ?
参考答案及解析:! @1 j2 t+ h! g* y1 V& b) E
1. strucked改为struck或者stricken; o O H' d' z f& m8 R+ r: C& S( j% D
过去分词形式有误。strike的过去式是struck,过去分词为struck或者stricken。9 X7 p* w1 G7 P& B# z* z) X
2. date改为dated或者outdated& m+ Q. @( u1 Y* N& o; |5 \
3. on other hand 改为 on the other hand- ~8 {' D- u1 k8 d# o
4. entire改为entirely
( ^- e5 Q! W' K 副词修饰形容词different,并与different一起修饰age。
. o0 h' ~9 q* F! ] d 5. minority改为majority$ |% E2 x% m9 V- Q! D! ~
从上下文以及常识判断,多半男性成功地抵制了改变他们服装款式的企图,即多年来,男性大服装款式跟女性服饰相比没有多大的变化。
! N9 [ [+ v L9 B' h# O 6. it改为them4 r) k* @/ D N
them指代the great majority of men。! S- C9 l! x: m, B. F) e! J
7. fewer改为few
! z# K0 ?% e, s: B' [9 _1 s' M) B% K3 g 此处没有比较的意味。
$ z [. L2 U6 s$ o& T6 s/ I5 d8 S 8.去掉on
0 ?# F6 |3 A6 D; M9 b lay down为习语,表示“规定(规则,原则,法规等)”。
& A: q3 x# U( K5 K' r 9. sometime改为 sometimes。2 r4 s) ^) y2 r4 \
10. height改为high, R m2 f* [& b: b. w* q, ^2 P3 m
形容词作be 的表语。 |