专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(15)

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　　There are great impediments to the general use of a standard in pronun-
　　ciation comparable to that existing in spelling (orthography). One is the
　　fact that pronunciation is learnt ‘naturally’ and unconsciously, and orthography __1__
7 b. o+ R6 `, Y, V; L　　is learnt deliberately and consciously. Large numbers of us, in fact, remain
　　throughout our lives quite unconscious with what our speech sounds __2__
　　like when we speak out, and it often comes as a shock when we __3__
　　firstly hear a recording of ourselves. It is not a voice we recognize at once, __4__
　　whereas our own handwriting is something which we almost always know. We __5__
　　begin the ‘natural’ learning of pronunciation long before we start learning to
6 K6 E( I# U/ O. b/ ]　　read or write, and in our early years we went on unconsciously imitating and __6__
　　practicing the pronunciation of those around us for many more hours per every __7__
8 H5 ]2 q' Q- O5 B# p　　day than we ever have to spend learning even our difficult English spelling.
　　This is ‘ natural’, therefore, that our speech-sounds should be those of our im- __8__
; h9 G6 s3 A' N! r* H　　mediate circle; after all, as we have seen, speech operates a means of holding a
4 z& p; x$ Y2 p　　community and to give a sense of ‘belonging’. We learn quite early to recognize a __9__
+ z! O# K5 f9 b: v* i" V4 x- |　　‘stranger’, someone who speaks with an accent of a different community—perhaps
% q: W' Q' f+ N+ n1 I" m# t　　only a few miles far. __10__
5 @4 }' V1 W* s& c, e7 |　　参考答案及解析:
7 ?8 |3 U! u# T  s9 g( F7 X2 u/ q　　1. 将and改为whereas/but/yet
2 B- ^/ ]. Z" G) r+ `( X　　2. 将with改为of
　　unconscious of 是固定搭配。
　　3. 删掉out
　　speak out 意思为“大胆地说”，“大声地说”，与此处意思不符。
　　4. 将firstly改为first
　　5. 将which改为that或者将which删掉。限制性定语从句前面的先行词是something，因此要用that引导定语从句。也可以将which删掉，不用任何引导词。
( T! U  W" z1 @$ V) o　　6. 将went改为go
　　7. 删掉per或者every
　　8. 将This改为It
* p" N+ c$ \. Q' D) {6 I- H! m; g　　It在此处做形式主语，后面的that从句是真正的主语。
8 `6 I+ n  L: e! P　　9. 在community后面加together
# d% _* B6 B! `( h' w  @　　此处的大意为“语音是把社区团结在一起的工具”。
　　10. 将far改为away
　　“只有几英里远”应是 a few miles away。