专八模拟考题辅导：改错篇4

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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
, x0 v% J1 v) n$ H" c: chas great importance for many people.
$ f: M9 R; Y! L4 E1 i/ A' Y% yThis 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
for 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
support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5
# P+ j: n0 {9 s0 j5 i1 Kof family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms， but the ideal of home ownership _____6
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
1 U& h( R" V; l7 ?8 n( bWhen U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ， for example， _____7
they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8
  x% S4 V) m( q8 ha 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
5 v( S0 ?- C. Y' V* w4 R, p1. 将 no 改为 not
2. 将 place 改为 land
place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.
; s7 k5 V8 m1 _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。
. K- i0 v1 j) s% D* d; sThere is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
3 Z0 Z4 U  W2 }% c" W5 M8 ?2 j- j3. 将 started 改为 start
start应使用不定式，以和前面的find， build一致。
4. 将 working 改为 work
0 a0 n- ^6 x+ B3 Ywork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
( V$ `' v) [( ^  A! W9 A8 v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
2 q! |3 O; R1 u5 O7 P. E根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
3 P" ?) L) T. z1 S8. 将 But 改为 And
- L( U+ Z) _9 V. K根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
* _# g. K, _# {+ n. EWhen I do good， I feel good. When I do bad， I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
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。