09专八改错题目 Proofreading & Error Correction:
! W G1 r$ C3 g# { 题目及参考答案,仅供参考。
, T" P- g9 @0 n' I4 q: w5 \, ~$ w The previous section has shown how quickly a rhyme passes
1 x0 x6 V' o. I; B Z( N) ? from one school child to the next and illustrates the further difference (1)_____6 O9 T! f7 x( A" { L. ?6 ^' B
between shcool lore and nursery lore. In nursery lore a verse, learnt( p, O* h# W7 t
in early childhood, is not usually passed on again when the little listener (2)_____
& _5 j5 I/ P( y h- i# a2 M4 j) p* z has grown up, and has children of their own, or even grandchildren. (3)_____! v$ H' a+ ^( ~: r
The period between learning a nursery rhyme and transmitting
1 e% Z, B0 }; }2 Z It may be something from twenty to seventy years. With the playground (4)_____# N b* s8 [% M: e
lore, therefore, a rhyme may be excitedly passed on whtin the very hour (5)_____9 V( J5 T1 h Q4 T
it is learnt; and in the general, it passes between children of the (6)_____
+ }+ p0 V1 r( _# n4 A! x+ ? same age, or nearly so, since it is uncommon for the difference in age
% b2 h0 ^1 _0 ^$ o; D+ H between playmates to be more than five years. If therefore, a playground
1 U6 Q) e- D9 }- n# l rhyme can be shown to have been currently for a hundred years, or (7)_____
& C8 T: _4 ~: z' \) C even just for fifty, it follows that it has been retransmitting over
) ?& v3 Y3 f# D9 A8 ^ and over; very possibly it has passed along a chain of two or three (8)_____
3 S" S3 w( a& q4 k2 W2 V hundred young hearers and tellers, and the wonder is that it remains live (9)_____
1 L0 S# f0 d6 I* X9 p: S after so much handling, to let alone that it bears resemblance to the (10)____; x( o+ O. B, u; y
original wording., ]: R- s# ~- {4 x% t+ n
09专八改错参考答案,仅供参考,欢迎指正。
6 e2 d1 m6 y& K+ P; ^: W (1)illustrated,承接has shown and illustrated...4 A$ ]2 @: Q/ l8 P
版本二:the改为a6 Q# ]1 V8 V2 ?2 L7 N& J
(2) the little listener改为a little listener,因为是不确指
2 c! K1 {' T: Z: I: s* @ 版本二:when改为until
$ g2 ^) F6 ]/ w/ w5 x7 j (3)their改为his以于上文匹配( F# L/ G. r& I% o1 H5 ~
(4)something 改为somewhere,前者少指时间之长短- g5 ?! I' D2 P/ f0 ?- K
版本二:something改为anything9 w$ f) F) P" @% M' V& Q3 N [
(5)therefore显然应为however
4 h$ i1 K3 X9 x4 s" u0 u8 H8 S (6) in the general去掉the$ T: A6 y/ |+ u2 T; C5 z9 R1 Y
(7) currently 改为current
8 e5 g5 P6 x; ] (8) it has passed along 改为 it has been passed
' s7 O9 {1 p( {- h5 p$ s8 _ 版本二:over and over 后面加again
) b4 Z2 J1 V9 G/ M0 g: w+ k (9) live 改为 alive/ S$ S* [0 d* d# Q# j
(10) to let alone去掉to 改为 let alone |