八级改错练习题及答案解析(17)

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　　The grammatical words which play so large a part in English grammar are for
+ d5 d: R+ X1 }- b- q, f　　the most part sharply and obviously different from the lexical words. A rough
; T7 T* b: u/ O- R1 U　　and ready difference which may seem the most obvious is that grammatical __1__
　　words have “less meaning”, but in fact some grammarians have called them __2__
* |- s5 C; c7 f$ e) n# H% J　　“empty” words as opposed in the “full” words of vocabulary. But this is a rather __3__
　　misled way of expressing the distinction. Although a word like the is not the name __4__
　　of something as man is, it is very far away from being meaningless; there is a __5__
　　sharp difference in meaning between “man is vile” and “the man is vile”, yet the
　　is the single vehicle of this difference in meaning. Moreover, grammatical words __6__
/ T4 C4 i3 X& L) y　　differ considerably among themselves as the amount of meaning they have even in __7__
　　the lexical sense. Another name for the grammatical words has been “little words.”
, Y# B. v& I2 f$ j2 s' s3 ?　　But size is by no mean a good criterion for distinguishing the grammatical words.” __8__
. T  }0 y; e+ M0 }2 g　　of English, when we consider that we have lexical words as go, man, say, car. __9__
　　Apart from this, however, there is a good deal of truth in what some people say:
" E. m5 K$ g" r) j3 h　　we certainly do create a great number of obscurity when we omit them. This is __10__
8 j5 I9 e7 T4 M. x　　illustrated not only in the poetry of Robert Browning but in the prose of telegrams
, @. u  O. o) c0 E　　and newspaper headlines.
" k' `5 T2 f, s/ G4 F. Q5 U& q: Y1 C　　参考答案及解析:
　　1 删掉the
9 l: E8 X4 Z3 {7 n　　此处的most并不表示obvious的最高级，而是用作副词修饰obvious，表示程度很高，因此前面不能加the。
2 h. m1 S  Y. Q4 m　　2 将but改为and
2 @$ i1 }3 j  h4 ]7 T6 x　　根据文章的意思，这里要用并列关系的and。
　　3 将in改为to
- ?' }* D2 j* l4 S/ I　　as apposed to 是固定搭配，意思是“与……相比”。
　　4 将misled改为misleading
$ o) ^- l% x# P( h# {+ O　　5删掉away
, w+ _* u2 N3 l* r　　此处考查固定用法。 far from being...意思为“远非”“远远不怎么样”，符合这里的意思。而far away from 表示离某处很远。
　　6 将single改为only或者sole
! ~- q, l* A1 \. W　　这里要表达“唯一的”。
　　7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in
# ~4 `, ^' D5 Z6 @　　联系上下文，此处的意思是“grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异，”as to 有“关于”或者“在某某方面的意思”；将as改为in，用differ from something in…也可表达这个意思。
. j  T( P9 Y* ?3 }8 G. g  r　　8 将mean改为means
6 U% Z8 L, w* X+ \$ x5 r2 R& T& g1 C5 r　　9 将as改为like，或者在as前面加such
9 M  X4 ~# r0 h* e) I4 H) X7 h2 t- D　　10 将number改为deal或者amount
# r/ f4 I- y! g9 J　　obscurity是不可数名词，不能用a number of 来修饰。