改错篇 ：专八模拟考题（四）

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’Home， sweet home" is a phrase that express an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet， the cherished ideal of home _____1 has great importance for many people.
5 x9 R1 `  W* E/ }* F0 ~/ {This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream， dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West， was to find a piece of place， build a house _____2
1 T; N, y9 h+ F$ z$ q% D! E9 H3 sfor one’s family， and started a farm. These small households were _____3
portraits of independence: the entire family- mother， father， children，even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4
! y0 _# M, k/ T4 Wsupport each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5
& f% k) Z- |# yof family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms， but the ideal of home ownership _____6
# a& S# W$ P- y+ Iis just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
, |/ ]! H, }5 v% Q$ t9 YWhen U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ， for example， _____7
" E' b' z5 T. K: L$ U: qthey dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8
3 b2 o' Q& A1 ?1 x3 r& ua tremendous boom in home building. The new houses， typically in the suburbs， were often small and more or less identical， but it satisfied _____9
a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10
1. 将 no 改为 not
6 T9 p7 H% V6 b" @( Y2 }2. 将 place 改为 land
; D" H, ?' Z0 T+ ^/ t& ^4 C5 Dplace是可数名词，作“地方”讲，而land意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。例如:
Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
当你偶尔光顾时，独处是一个美妙的境地，但是如果久留，它却是一个糟糕的地方。
2 h* N% ?' u* p+ S# V6 D' }6 BThere is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
3. 将 started 改为 start
( d3 J( u" {7 F1 ], qstart应使用不定式，以和前面的find， build一致。
4. 将 working 改为 work
work应该用第三人称复数，和 live一致。另外，family在这里作“家人”讲，是复数。
5 将 anyone 改为 everyone
3 E& z! @5 b" S# o2 r9 D这里是要用 everyone 指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
6. 将 but 删除
7. 将 before 改为 after
, {1 v5 g2 H) v5 j3 i! ^1 T' H根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
5 N" r, X6 e1 e8 ~: ~: d8. 将 But 改为 And
7 B0 K  F3 |+ _* x: O/ E根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
# b4 ^* Z, M6 C# g4 @When I do good， I feel good. When I do bad， I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
' n- K2 q3 Q0 r3 U7 L  _2 j当我行善事，我感到坦然;当我行恶时，我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。
9 将 it 改为 they
10 在house the中间加入介词 as
regard...as 作“把……当作……”讲。