英语专八改错突击练习（22）

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　　Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect, __1__while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence __2__of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact __3__the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.
0 i0 G* @$ e- PFrom their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through __4__the eighteenth and nineteenth century, becoming enormously popular in __5__ the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially, this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and __6__magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his __7__portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was __8__close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the __9__string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended __10__by amiable attacks.
参考答案及解析:
) X- b+ d& n" t9 |1. 将affect改为effectaffect是动词。effect是名词。
* t6 |' k; }  d! i2. 将suggests改为 suggesting这是一个以while引导的从句，其中suggest应该与capturing并列。
7 Q# _2 r1 R4 P1 L* A3.在fact后面加上that因为引导同位语从句的关系词不可以省略。
4. 将their改为its这里its指代单数名词caricature5. 将century改为复数形式6. 将was省略appear是不及物动词，不应用于被动语态。
. }2 e& `$ O" b- Z' E7. 将his改为their这里指代复数名词 the caricaturists8. 将primary改为primarilyprimarily在这里做状语，修饰不定式短语9. 将close改为比较级形式closer从后面的连词than，可以看出，这里使用了比较状语从句10. 将amusing改为 amused主语subject（受攻击的人）和amuse的逻辑关系是动宾关系，应使用过去分词形式。