英语专业八级改错模拟题(18)

pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9____ mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than ____10____ two years apart.

参考答案及解析:

1 将had used 改为 used。

因为此句是虚拟语气，表示与现在事实相反，故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。例如： Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人－如果他们不自以为聪明的话。

2 将publishing改为published

report和publish时逻辑动宾关系，故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。例如：

Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现，不管多么微不足道，都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。

3 将theirs改为their

4 将among改为between

在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间，故用between。

5 将过去分词excluded改为介词excluding。

excluding意为―不包括…‖

6 将respectably改为respectively

respectively 意为 ―分别地 ‖，符合句子的意思。而respectably意为 ―可敬的，值得尊敬地 ‖。

7将evidences改为evidence。

evidence是不可数名词。

8将ill改为illness。

9将year改为years。

10将lesser改为less

改错题：(2007)

From what has been said, it must be clear that no one can

make very positive statements about how language originated.

There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (1) and→or

records of ancient languages show us language in a new and ? (2) show→showing? emerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language ? (3) the

originated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the (4) and→but?

necessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote