英语专业八级的改错练习 2

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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.
* R% M& `& N% u# r　　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_____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_____of 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.
9 M0 O- X' _' {3 R% p! N　　 When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7_____they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was _____8_____a 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 _____10_____way of life.
5 x' {; g: K+ D/ N+ _　　答案：1 将no改为 not
5 D, U" L+ Y" O2 D　　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.
　　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。
0 E1 E* G, ~1 M5 q9 @　　There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
& b# L/ {# r5 t& N! n: z　　3 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。
% J$ i9 e6 a+ R　　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。
* I7 D4 a+ a8 j9 u7 J　　5 将anyone改为everyone
　　这里是要用everyone指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
0 i  K5 J! h) n. G& e8 x" q　　6 将but删除
3 s8 ^6 ~4 m1 ^' i' H: E' [6 N　　7将before改为after
　　根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
　　8 将But改为 And
　　根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
　　When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
/ Y- M3 N  }; x　　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。
6 [$ @( U1 y1 S# |6 U　　9 将it改为they
) l& D" \! A8 k　　10 在house the中间加入介词as
! h2 |8 a& |( G" k! V) ?　　regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。