英语 专业八级的改错练习1

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About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1____pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking ____2____University.
　　The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal
　　Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3____within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4____families to moderate size.
' B# w. P; @, b( J( l　　This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5____the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high ____6____risk categories.
! q: N! T3 G8 U8 S. n! B　　The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7____maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8_____pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9____mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than ____10____two years apart.
　　答案：1 将had used 改为 used。
( W; u1 W* n" H# i　　因为此句是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反，故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如：
' }* ?- a5 N- z  i; S　　Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人－如果他们不自以为聪明的话。
　　2 将publishing改为published
4 L6 _2 J7 a7 A　　report和publish时逻辑动宾关系，故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如：
! C0 j3 X2 b3 f# T# W% `# @! I( m　　Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现，不管多么微不足道，都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。
: b+ R- W0 D( R2 c# R- o　　3 将theirs改为their
　　4 将among改为between
　　在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间，故用between。
　　5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。
　　excluding意为“不包括…”
　　6 将respectably改为respectively
# o4 M5 f+ ]! ?　　respectively 意为 “分别地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为 “可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。
　　7将evidences改为evidence。
5 f) J4 o' D1 l, ]# j　　evidence是不可数名词。
  W5 W) c$ L) i0 p; O- ^5 t　　8将ill改为illness。
: m' y+ U2 \4 b+ g　　9将year改为years。
9 c- r1 z. O, @. \- I  I; [　　10将lesser改为less