英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(10)

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　　　　A great many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing
; d- D9 J' l7 V5 X4 c　　new in the history of cities, except in their scale. Some cities have lost their
. b. k. t: A/ a& y! B　　original purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is __1__
) D8 Y/ I1 a' B3 g' K　　going to attract poor immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of __2__
　　prosperity which are then often disappointing. There are backward towns on the
　　edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were on the edge of __3__
/ Z- n9 y  S/ F5 S　　seventeenth-century London or early nineteenth-century Paris. This is new is __4__
$ i+ f* q9 c$ q2 S+ L　　the scale. Descriptions written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor of
　　Mexico City, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, are very __5__
) g  U4 _# S/ A' a5 {8 [) I　　dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City today—the poor can still be numbered __6__
, d3 T' l* P( b8 F7 R/ j  k1 [( L　　in millions.
$ w( G) M  m  ^; G" s5 s% S　　The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind it lies __7__
+ J' O* Q! D8 @" C2 {　　two myths; the myth of the city as a promised land, that attracts immigrants __8__
　　from rural poverty and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of the __9__
　　country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, sends them flood __10__
! Z0 B% O! L7 v6 K$ |, |　　-ing out again to the suburbs.
　　参考答案及解析:
) x! |+ ?9 u3 v! X: D6 c. W3 `　　1. 在new one前加a
　　这里one指代上下文中的可数名词purpose，因此该词前要有限定词。
　　2. 将filling改为filled
　　在这里，非谓语动词fill与句子的who（poor immigrants）之间是逻辑动宾关系，因此要使用过去分词来表示被动意义。
　　3. 去掉though
$ D2 O1 l% T" d1 v) W& ], O　　4. 将this改为what
4 R, n: x4 }% D　　根据句子结构，我们可以看出这里需要一个关系代词，它既能引导主语从句，同时也可以在从句中作主语，这个关系代词就是what。如：
　　What I like in a good author is not what he says，but what he whispers。
　　5. 将was改为were
; l  \6 s' T. O& n3 H  L# ~8 E- ^0 t5 U　　that引导定语从句，其先行词是descriptions…and the enormous contrasts,因此谓语动词be要用复数。
　　6. 将dissimilar 改为 similar
　　这里要表示的是“共同，相似”之处。
　　7.将lies 改为lie
# S, W5 @) E, m, N8 F) l　　behind it lie two myths 是个倒装句，主语为two myths，可见谓语动词要使用复数。
　　8. 将that改为which
　　这里是一个非限制性定语从句，因此不可用that，而要用which。
　　9. 将it改为them
) G* h9 p( R( X9 q2 \$ `　　复数名词immigrants的代词，所以要用复数形式。
, K5 k: S# R  V　　10. 将late改为later