专八改错练习及答案解析百篇1

For the last fifteen or twenty years the fashion in criticism or appreciation
of the arts have been to deny the existence of any valid criteria and to make the __1__
words “good” or “bad” irrelevant, immaterial, and inapplicable. There is no such
thing, we are told, like a set of standards first acquired through experience and __2__
knowledge and late imposed on the subject under discussion. This has been a __3__
popular approach, for it relieves the critic of the responsibility of judgment and the
public by the necessity of knowledge. It pleases those resentful of disciplines, it __4__
flatters the empty-minded by calling him open-minded, it comforts the __5__
confused. Under the banner of democracy and the kind of quality which our
forefathers did no mean, it says, in effect, “Who are you to tell us what is good
or bad?” This is same cry used so long and so effectively by the producers of mass __6__
media who insist that it is the public, not they, who decide what it wants to hear __7__
and to see, and that for a critic to say that this program is bad and that program
is good is pure a reflection of personal taste. Nobody recently has expressed this __8__
philosophy most succinctly than Dr. Frank Stanton, the highly intelligent __9__
president of CBS television. At a hearing before the Federal Communications
Commission, this phrase escaped from him under questioning: “One man’s mediocrity __10__
is another man’s good program”.



参考答案及解析:
1. 将have改为has
该句的主语 the fashion是单数.

2. 将like改为as
such as 是固定搭配.

3. 将late改为later
later和上文first对应.

4. 将by改为of或者from
relieve sb of/ from sth 是固定搭配, 意思为 “减轻某人(的负担等)”

5. 将him改为them
因为其先行词为 the empty-minded,而 “the+adj/p.p” 表示一类人时,通常表示复数概念.

6. 在same前加the
the same 表示 “唯一,独一无二”的概念,因此必须加定冠词.

7. 将decide改为decides
该句的主语 the public 表示的是单数概念.,这一点从后面的代词it 可以看得出来.

8. 将pure改为purely
在这里purely作状语,修饰谓语动词,因此应使用副词.

9. 将most改为more
more than 搭配,引导出比较状语从句.

10. 将from去掉
escape在作 “被某人情不自禁地说出来”讲时,是及物动词,而只在作 “逃跑”讲时,才时不及物动词.

talking about good and bad manners you immediately start
meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We asked a
lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the __1__
way they occupied the space around them—for example, when such a person
walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of others. Such people never __2__
bump into other people.
However, a second person thought that this was more a question of
civilized behavior as good manner

s. Instead, this other person told us a story, __3__
it he said was quite well-known, about an American who had been invited __4__
to an Arab meal at one of the countries of the Middle East. The American __5__
hasn’t been told very much about the kind of food he might expect. If he had __6__
known about American food, he might have behaved better. __7__
Immediately before him was a very flat piece of bread that looked, to
him, very much as a napkin. Picking it up, he put it into his collar, so that __8__
it falls across his shirt. His Arab host, who had been watching, __9__
said of nothing, but immediately copied the action of his guest. __10__
And that, said this second person, was a fine example of good manners.


参考答案及解析:

1.将on改为by。
“by the way”作“根据……方式”讲。

2. 将unaware改为aware
根据下文中的“Such a person never bump into other people”判断，这种人不会“目中无人”。

3. 将as改为than
“more + adj/of + n + than”是固定搭配。


4. 将it改为which
which在此引导一个非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语，需要注意的是，在从句中he said是插入语。

5. 将at改为in
名词the country前要用介词in。

6. 将hasn’t改为hadn’t
根据上下文我们可以看出这里需要使用过去完成时。

7. 将American改为Arab。根据上文，我们可以看出，这里讲述的是赴“阿拉伯”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事，而不是赴“美国”传统宴会的“美国人”的故事。

8. 将as 改为like
介词as意思为“作为”，like意思为“像”。

9. 将falls改为fell
这里要使用一般过去时。

10. 将第一个of删掉。
say作为及物动词，后面可直接跟名词作宾语

great many cities are experiencing difficulties which are nothing
new in the history of cities, except in their scale. Some cities have lost their
original purpose and have not found new one. And any large or rich city is __1__
going to attract poor immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes of __2__
prosperity which are then often disappointing. There are backward towns on the
edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though there were on the edge of __3__
seventeenth-century London or early nineteenth-century Paris. This is new is __4__
the scale. Descriptions written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor of
Mexico City, and the enormous contrasts that was to be found there, are very __5__
dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico City today—the poor can still be numbered __6__
in millions.
The whole monstrous growth rests on economic prosperity, but behind it lies __7__
two myths; the myth of the city as a promised land, that attracts immigrants __8__
from rural poverty and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth of the __9__
country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, sends them flood __10__
-ing out again to the s

uburbs.



参考答案及解析:

1. 在new one前加a
这里one指代上下文中的可数名词purpose，因此该词前要有限定词。

2. 将filling改为filled
在这里，非谓语动词fill与句子的who（poor immigrants）之间是逻辑动宾关系，因此要使用过去分词来表示被动意义。

3. 去掉though

4. 将this改为what
根据句子结构，我们可以看出这里需要一个关系代词，它既能引导主语从句，同时也可以在从句中作主语，这个关系代词就是what。如：
What I like in a good author is not what he says，but what he whispers。

5. 将was改为were
that引导定语从句，其先行词是descriptions…and the enormous contrasts,因此谓语动词be要用复数。

6. 将dissimilar 改为 similar
这里要表示的是“共同，相似”之处。

7.将lies 改为lie
behind it lie two myths 是个倒装句，主语为two myths，可见谓语动词要使用复数。

8. 将that改为which
这里是一个非限制性定语从句，因此不可用that，而要用which。

9. 将it改为them
复数名词immigrants的代词，所以要用复数形式。

10. 将late改为later

behavior can give subtle messages which
people pick up in their daily life. It tells more than
words can. Meeting or failing to meet another person's
eyes produce a particular effect.When two Americans __1__
look searchingly at each other's eye, emotions are __2__
heightened and the relationship becomes closer. How-
ever, Americans are careful about where and when to __3__
meet other's eye. In our normal conversation, each
eye-contract lasts only a few seconds before one or
both individuals look away, because the longer meeting
of the eyes is rare, and, after it happens, can generate __4__
a special kind of human-to-human awareness. For instance,
by simple using his eyes, a man can make a woman aware
of him comfortably or uncomfortably; a long and steady
gaze from a policeman or judge intimidates accused. __5__
In the U.S., proper street behavior requires a nice
balance of attention and inattention. You are supposed
to look at a passer-by just enough to show that you
are being aware of his presence. If you look too little, __6__
you appear haughty; too much, inquisitive. Much eye
behavior is such subtle that our reaction to it is __7__
largely instinctive. Besides, the codes of eye behavior
vary dramatically from one culture to other. In the __8__
Middle East, it is impolite to look at the other person
all the time during a conversation; in England, the
polite listener fixes the speaker with an inattentive __9__
stare and blinks eye occasionally as a sign of interest
and attention. In America, eye behavior functions as
a kind of conversational traffic signal control the __10__
talking pace and time, and to indicate a change of topic.


参考答案及解析:
1.把produce改为produces
本句中两个主语meeting和failing to

meet another person's eye 用or连接，这时谓语动词应该采取就近原则，与最相邻的主语一致。

2.把at改为into
此处的动作应该是look into（注视），而不是一般的“看”（look at）。

3.把where改为how
上下文介绍的是目光交流的方式方法。

4.把after改为when/if

5.在accused前面加上the
intimidate（胁迫）是一个及物动词，后面不能只接形容词，此处应该加上定冠词，与accused构成名词短语，表示一类人，即“被告”。本句的意思是：
例如，只要运用目光，男人就可以让女人很自在或者不舒服地感觉到他的存在；而警察或法官的长时间的注视可以威吓被告。

6.删除being

7.把such改为so

8.把other改为another
表示不定指代的“一个或者另一个”应该用one and/or another。

9.把inattentive改为attentive

10.在control前面加上to
control the talking pace and time 应该和to indicate a change of topic并列，作为conversational traffic signal 的定语，也要用动词不定式。

In department stores and closets all over the world, they are
waiting. Their outward appearance seems rather appealing since __1__
they come in a variety of styles, textures, and colors.
And they are ultimately the biggest deception that exists in the __2__
fashionable industry today. What are they? They are high heels __3__
--woman’s worst enemy ( whether she knows it or not). High heel __4__
shoes are the downfall of modern society. Fashion myths have led
women to believe that they are more beautiful or sophisticating __5__
for wearing heels, but in reality, heels succeed on posing short as __6__
as well as long term hardships. Women should fight the high hell
industry by refusing to use or purchase them in order to save the
world of unnecessary physical and psychological suffering. __7__
For the sake of fairness, it must be noted that there is a positive
side to high heels. First, heels are excellent for aerating lawns.
Anyone who has ever worn heels on grass know what I am talking __8__
about. A simple trip around the yard on a pair of those babies __9__
eliminates all needs to call for a lawn care specialist, and provides __10__
the perfect-sized holes to give any lawn oxygen without all those
messy chunks of dirt lying around.



参考答案：
1.since改为because或者for
当since表示原因时，它往往出现在句子的开头而非中间。

2.And改为But
从与上一段的关系看来，这里是转折而不是承接。

3.fashionable改为fashion
fashionable是形容词表示“时尚的，时髦的”，而这里所指的是“时尚产业”，所以应该用它的名词形式。

4.woman前加上a或者woman改为women
可数名词单数形式前面必须加冠词，因此这里须加上a，或者将woman变成服侍形式表类指。

5.sophisticating改为sophisticated

6.on改为in
succeed 与介词in

连用，后面加动词ing形式。如：
We have already succeeded in working out ground rules with the Department of Defense.

7.of 改为from
save sb from doing sth 表示“避免某人做某事”。

8.know改为knows
主语和谓语在形式上须一致，anyone在语义上表达的是单数含义。

9.on改为in
英语表示穿戴往往用介词in。

10.needs改为need
尽管need前用了all来限定，但need所指的是“叫来草坪护理专家”这单一的含义，因此应该用单数，all在这里只是起到强调的作用

true that in this country we have more overweighted people __1__
than ever before, and that, in many cases, being over weight
correlates an increased risk of heart and blood vessel disease. __2__
These diseases, therefore, may have as much to do with our __3__
way of life and our high-fat diets as with excessive weight. And __4__
the associate risk of cancer in the digestive system may be more __5__
about a dietary problem—too much fat and a lack of fiber than a __6__
weight problem.
The real concern, then, is not that we weigh too much, but
that we neither exercise enough or eat well. Exercise is necessary __7__
for strong bones and both heart and lung health. A balanced diet
without a lot of fat can also help the body avoid many diseases.
We should surely stop paying so much attention on weight. __8__
Simply being thin is not enough. It is actually hazardy if those who __9__
get(or already are) thin think they are automatically healthy and
thus free from paying attention to their overall life-style. Thinness
can be purely vainglory. __10__


答案及解析：
1.overweighted改为overweight
overweight本身就可以做形容词修饰people，不需要加ed。

2.correlates后加with
Correlate应与with连用，表示“A与B有关联”。

3.therefore改为however
从上下文来看，这里是转折而不是因果。

4.excessive改为excess
excess往往指数量上超过所需，多余。
excessive 往往有不赞同，否定的含义在里面，另外，excessive除了可以表示数量以外还可以表示程度，表达抽象概念。比如
After cooking fish, pour off the excess fat.
The government says that local authority spending is excessive.

5.associate 改为associated
associated 表示“关联的，相关的”。

6.about改为of
这里的意思是“与之相关的消化系统患癌症的危险实际上是饮食问题引起的，而非体重问题” ，about意思为“相关的”，这里应该为of，表性质。

7.or改为nor
neither应和nor连用表示两者皆否定，而not才和or连用。

8.on改为to

9.hazardy改为hazardous
hazard的形容词是hazardous而不是hazardy。

10.purely改为pure

Times Company is one newspaper firm that
has recognized the need for change and done something about
it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity
of the communities for which they provi

de information. It must __1__
reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk losing
their readers’ interest and their advertisers’ support. Operating
within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial minorities, the __2__
paper has put into place polices and procedures for hiring
and maintain a diverse workforce. The underlying reason for __3__
the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, and
subjective, it should be reported by the same kind of population __4__
that reads it.
A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
photographers meets regularly to evaluate The Seattle Times’ __5__
content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content __6__
audit that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation
of woman and people of color in photographs. Early audits __7__
showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and
were pictured with a disproportionate number of negative articles.
The audit results from improvement in the frequency of __8__
majority, representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive __9__
situations. And, with a result, The Seattle Times has improved __10__
as a newspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped
The Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal Optima’s
Award for excellence in managing change.


答案及解析:
1 将it改为they
这里先行词为复数名词papers,故应用复数代词they

2 percents改为percent
在表示分数时,percent总是用单数.

3 将maintain改为maintaining
这里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介词for的宾语.

4 将subjective改为objective
根据上下文,此处应该表示 “客观的”之意.

5 将meets改为meet
committee为集合名词,如果看作一个整体,谓语动词要用复数.

6 删除an
固定短语 in addition 作 “另外”解.

7 将woman改为women

8 将from改为in
result in 作 “导致引起”讲.

9 将majority改为minority

10 with改为as
固定搭配 as a result 作“因此,结果”讲.

The violence within a society is controlled through institutions
of law. The most developed a legal system becomes, the more __1__
societies takes responsibility for the discovery, control, and punishment __2__
of violent acts. In most tribal societies the only means to dealing with __3__
an act of violence is revenge. Each family group may have the
responsibility for personal carrying out judgment and punishment __4__
upon the person who did the offense. __5__
But in legal systems, the responsibility for revenge becomes
personalized and diffused. The society assumes the responsibility for __6__
protecting individuals from violence. In cases where he cannot be __7__
protected, the society is responsible for committing punishment. __8__
In a state controlling legal system, individuals are removed __9__
from the circle of revenge mot

ivated by acts of violence, and the __10__
state assumes responsibility for their protection.



答案及解析:
1.most改为more
这句话实际上使用了the more…the more…结果，表示"一个法律制度越完善，社会在其中所负的责任越大"。

2.societies改为society
society 这里应选择单数因为原句的意思是"一个国家的法律制度越完善，社会在发现，控制，和惩治暴力行为中所承担的责任就越大"，含义是单数的，所以应该使用单数形式。

3.dealing改为deal
the means to 词组里的to是不定式的to，因此后面应接动词原型。

4.personal改为personally
这里personally修饰carrying out judgment…，因此是使用副词。

5.did改为committed
offense经常与commit，cause，take，give搭配，这里用commit the offense 表示"犯罪"。

6.personalized改为depersonalized
前面一句话指明在部族社会"惩恶扬善"是家族或个人的事，而在法制社会里，"复仇"这一任务不再由个人担当，而是交给社会，因此这里不应使用personalized，而应使用depersonalized，表示"非个人化"。

7.he改为they
这里代词he与前面它所指代的名词individuals不一致，应为they。

mitting改为imposing
commit的意思是"犯（错误），干（坏事），把…交拖给，答应负责"，在这里不适合，应改为impose。

9.controlling改为controlled
中心词legal system和control的关系是被动的，法律制度是被国家控制的。

10.circle改为cycle
circle和cycle的区别在于circle表示"圈子"，如：a circle of friends
而cycle表示"循环，周期"，如： the cycle of birth

personality of an organization, or simply as “how things are
done around here.” It guides what employees think, act, and feel. __2__
Corporate culture is a wide term used to define the unique personality __3__
or character of a particular company or organization, and include __4__
such elements as core values and beliefs, corporate ethics, and
rules of behavior. Corporate culture can be expressed in the company’s
mission statement and other communications, in the architectural
style or interior decoration, by what people wear to work, by
how people address to each other, and in the titles given to various __5__
employees. How do you uncover the corporate culture of a potential
employer? The truth is that you will never really know the corporate
culture after you have worked at the company for a number of months, __6__
but you can get close to it through research and observation. Under
-standing culture is a two-step process, starting with the research before __7__
the interview and ending with observation at the interview. The bottom
line is that you are going to spend a lot of time on the work environment- __8__
and to be happy, successful, and productive, you will want to be in
a place where you fit for the culture, a place where you ca

n have __9__
voice, be respected, and have opportunities for growth. __10__


答案及解析:
1.like改为as
as 作为连词可以用在形容词前，和动词regard或describe搭配，表示“看作，描述成”。

2.what改为how
这里要表达的是“怎样想”，而不是“想什么”，联系前一句“how things are done around here”也可以帮助发现错误。

3.wide改为broad
wide和broad容易错用。表示宽度时既可用broad，wide，wide更常用，如：a wide river；a broad river。但是表示具体的物件时只用wide，如 a wide bed，一般不说 a broad bed。 表示生理，概念或范围时，要用broad，如：a broad smile、broad shoulders、a broad meaning。

4.include 改为includes
include 的主语是主句主语 corporate culture，所以应该是第三人称的单数形式。

5.去掉to
address解释为“对某人说话”时是及物动词，无需加介词。

6.after改为until
根据上下文的逻辑，文章是说，只有当求职者真正在公司工作了几个月后，才能了解它的文化。

7.去掉the
前文没有提及，这里research是类指，而非特指。

8.on改为in
这里的介词并不是和动词spend搭配，而是和名词词组work environment一起作状语。

9.去掉for
fit作为动词时，如果是及物动词，可以说fit something/somewhere。如果作为形容词，可以说 be fit for something，但是没有fit for 的用法。

10.voice前面a
have a voice in something 的意思是“有权利对某事发表看法”。这个词组中的不定冠词不能省略

is to be strong, or effective, or competent.) It does not
need someone in the throes of feminist awareness to perceive that __2__
the way women are taught to be involved in beauty encourages __3__
narcissism, reinforces independence and immaturity. Everybody knows __4__
that. For it is “everybody”, a whole society, which has identified __5__
being feminine with caring about how one looks. Giving these __6__
stereotypes, it is no wonder that beauty enjoys, at best, a rather mixed
reputation.
It is not, of course, the desire to be beautiful is wrong but the __7__
obligation to be. Women are taught to see their bodies in parts, and
to assess each part separately. Breasts, feet, hips, waistline, neck, __8__
eyes, nose, complexion, hair, and so on – each by turn is submitted __9__
to an anxious scrutiny. Even if some pass the scrutiny, some will
always be found wanted. Nothing less than perfection will do. __10__


参考答案及解析:
1.by改为 to/with
词组 in contrast to/ with 表示“与……相比”，不能用其他介词。

2. need改为take
虽然need的汉语意思是“需要”，但英语中It takes 往往作为一个固定搭配，表示“做某事需要某物或者某种品质”。

3.in改为with
be involved in 表示“介入，参与”，后面一般跟事。
而 be involved with 则表示

“和……有关系，有关联”，后面一般跟人。
如： He was involved in a car accident.
I never wanted to get emotionally involved with him.

4.independence改为dependence。

5.which改为that
句子的主干是 it is…that…表示强调。

6.giving改为given
given 一词后面接名词词组可表示“考虑到，鉴于…”。

7.beautiful 后面加that
此句同样也是一个强调句型，后面须跟that引导的从句。

8.assess改为evaluate
assess往往指对某物在金钱上的价值进行权威的评估。
如： We should assess an apartment on the amount for which it is likely to be rented.
本句话指每一个平常的女性对自己身体的每一部分进行评判，评价，应该用evaluate，因为该词表示对事物的本质或价值进行判断，如：
Teachers evaluate a student’s thesis for content and organization.

9.by改为in
by turns 表示“交替地，轮番地 ”。 in turn 表示一系列动作按照一定顺序发生，或者某人先后做某事。根据题意，这里要用in turn。

10. wanted改为wanting
to find something or somebody wanting 表示“（某物或某人）缺乏应有的素质，不够格”。
wanted往往指“被通缉”或者“被爱，被照顾的”。

but, if properly handling, it may become a driving force. When __1__
the United States entered just such a glowing period after the end of
the Second World War, it had a market eight times larger than any other
competitor, given its industries unparalleled economies of scale. Its __2__
scientists were the world’s best, its workers the most skilled. America
and Americans were prosperous beyond the dreams of the Europeans
and Asians whose economies that the war had destroyed. __3__
It was inevitable that this primacy should have narrowed as
other countries grew richer. Just as inevitably, the retreat from
predominance proved painful. By the mid-1980s Americans found __4__
themselves at a loss over their fading industrial competition. Some __5__
huge American industries, such as consumer electronic, had shrunk __6__
or vanished in the face of foreign competition. Foreign-made cars
and textiles were sweeping into the domestic market and America’s
machine-tool industry was on the rope. For a while it looked as __7__
though the making of semiconductors, which America had sat at the __8__
heart of the new computer age, was going to be the next casualty.
All of this caused a crisis of confidence. Americans stopped talking
prosperity for grant. They began to believe that their way of doing __9__
business was failing, and that their incomes would therefore shortly
begin to fall as well. The mid-1980 brought one inquiry after __10__
another into the causes of America’s industrial decline. Their sometimes
sensational findings were filled with warnings about growing competition
from overseas


答案及解析:
1.handling改为handled
这里handle和

主句的主语it是被动关系。

2.given改为giving
动词give的主语是前面整个分句“it had a market eight times larger than any competitor”，它和give的关系是主动的，所以用giving。

3.去掉that
whose在这里引导关系从句修饰the Europeans and Asians，因此这里不能再出现一个关系代词that了。

4.found前加上had
by引导的时间状语出现在一个句子里，它的主句动词往往是完成体。

petition改为competitiveness
fading在这里表示“日益丧失的”，后面的名词短语应该表示“ 工业竞争力”，而competition表示“竞争”，并不表示“竞争能力”。

6.electronic改为electronics
electronic是形容词表示“电子的”，这里应该用electronics，表示“ 电子装置和组件”

7.rope改为ropes
on the ropes 表示“濒于失败或崩溃”，其中rope是以复数形式出现的，所以应该为ropes。
在另一个短语 the end of one’s rope，rope则是单数，表示“某人耐心，耐力的限度”。

8.had后面加上which/that
这句话里面有两个关系从句，而且一个之中套另一个：which America had 是第一层关系从句，which sat at the heart of the new computer age 是第二层，它们所修饰的都是semiconductors，所以如果看不出两层关系从句就很难找出错误来。

9.grant改为granted
take for granted 是一个短语表示“ 想当然”。

10.mid-1980 改为 mid-1980s