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.
- c" R/ B! z* ?- a$ O　　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.
　　 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.
( L% ?$ `3 E, i5 p' H3 X& r　　答案：1 将no改为 not
. x7 ~2 Z% y0 i+ W( O; W+ Y; s2 {　　2 将place改为land
5 X" s$ d. k4 x1 l; E. i% [; j　　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。
　　There is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
( c- o+ c- `2 [" p  m( [% s7 t　　3 将started改为start
. ]/ u1 {' V$ f　　start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
　　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
. N& b* j$ _0 l! ]# K( [　　根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
: V! M4 [  J! Y　　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：
. h! E7 j; Y, E9 u; q. B" x　　When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And that’s my religion.
; I3 B; N4 ~0 S: R4 `　　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
+ K# V. R; J: I0 J9 U　　10 在house the中间加入介词as
　　regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。