英语专业八级改错模拟题(10)

If you can accept the fact that the war against many of our most devastating diseases is, at best, a holding operation more than an inevitable triumph, __6__

they will do a great deal to ease your own life as well as that of your doctor. __7__

Too many patients exert great pressure on doctors to describe for every symptom, __8__

even when suchtreatment is unwarranted or dangerous. Unfortunately, the medical profession is guilty of taking part, to a certain extent, in the wrongful action. The patient who demands a short of penicillin for every sniffle and sneeze may be given an injection __9__

by a reluctant physician because he is certain that if he does not ,

the patient will not search until he finds a doctor who will. __10__

答案：

1. it——them

them指代上文的drugs

2. 在think和is之间加of或about

此处为不及物动词，一般在后面跟of或about

3. treat——cure

cure特别用以指病后通过治疗得以恢复健康；treat则只强调治疗本身

4. 在wonder前加no

根据上下文意义，医生没有治愈上文提及的各种疾病的特效药

5. many——much

用much指代―期望‖这一抽象的概念性的东西

6. more——rather

此处不是比较概念，考试大而是否定概念―不是‖

7. they——it

it指代上文的the fact that the war against many of our most devastating

diseases is, at best, a holding operation more than an inevitable triumph.

8. describe——prescrible

根据上下文意义和语法，应为―医生为每一种症状开药‖

9. an——the

此处的injection特指上文的a short of penicillin