英语专业八级改错模拟题(21)

6 将single改为only或者sole

这里要表达―唯一的‖。

7 在as后面加to或者将as 改为in

联系上下文，此处的意思是―grammatical words 本身在某某方面也有相当的差异，‖as to 有―关于‖或者―在某某方面的意思‖；将as改为in，用differ from something in…也可表达这个意思。

8 将mean改为means

9 将as改为like，或者在as前面加such

10 将number改为deal或者amount

obscurity是不可数名词，不能用a number of 来修饰。

2008年英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析

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When a human infant is born into any community in any part of the

world it has two things in common with any infant, provided neither of them __1__ have been damaged in any way either before or during birth. Firstly, and most __2__ obviously, new born children are completely helpless. Apart from a powerful

capacity to pay attention to their helplessness by using sound, there is nothing __3__ the new born child can do to ensure his own survival. Without care from some

other human being or beings, be it mother, grandmother, or human group, a

child is very unlikely to survive. This helplessness of human infants is in marked

contrast with the capacity of many new born animals to get on their feet within __4__ minutes of birth and run with the herd within a few hours. Although young

animals are certainly in risk, sometimes for weeks or even months after birth, __5__ compared with the human infant, they very quickly develop the capacity to