2012年英语专业八级真题(word版)改错部分

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　　PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
　　 The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proof-read the passage and correct it in the following way:
% O* }! R; ?7 D) Q$ v/ R3 I/ {  R) l& g　　For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank
9 n3 b/ |+ t5 c) x$ _　　 provided at the end of the line.
　　For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "L" sign and write the
9 T( u2 D# h* G6 G) ^" n* j　　 word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the
* n" Y6 ~7 g6 }# P8 K; L  M" ^# x　　 line.
　　For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash "/" and put the word in the
　　 blank provided at the end of the line.
　　EXAMPLE
3 c$ S' u) a- W+ y0 f　　When A art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an
　　it never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
　　them on the wall. When a natural history museum
　　wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit
6 _. u7 I2 j# ~　　Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.
- q7 m$ u3 H/ q$ w& q　　The central problem of translating has always been whether to translate literally or freely. The argument has been going since at least the first (1) ______
　　century B.C. Up to the beginning of the 19th century, many writers
3 F2 e$ R+ j+ ^# W# Z( t9 d3 |6 N　　favoured certain kind of “free” translation: the spirit, not the letter; the (2) _______
7 _% E2 u: u) P$ o) f: z  x  H　　sense not the word; the message rather the form; the matter not (3) _______
　　the manner. This is the often revolutionary slogan of writers who (4) _______
　　wanted the truth to be read and understood. Then in the turn of 19th (5) _______
1 `" T$ g5 q9 |; Z& |5 K- _　　century, when the study of cultural anthropology suggested that
6 D5 a( I+ @& W　　the linguistic barriers were insuperable and that the language (6) _______
) E& i* `# L7 @* V( _　　was entirely the product of culture, the view translation was impossible (7) _______
　　gained some currency, and with it that, if was attempted at all, it must be as (8) _______
' N% r. L. x, {% c8 V　　literal as possible. This view culminated the statement of the (9) _______
　　extreme “literalists” Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nobokov.
0 u$ w8 g! ~5 V, U　　The argument was theoretical: the purpose of the translation, the
　　nature of the readership, the type of the text, was not discussed. Too
% j/ i! Q$ x' {- {' D: ]　　often, writer, translator and reader were implicitly identified with
' j  J# P& `+ T0 w　　each other. Now, the context has changed, and the basic problem remains. (10) _____