专八改错历届真题与答案.docx

1、专八改错历届真题与答案.以下答案以上外教师给出的答案为参考答案PART IV PROOFREADING&ERRORCORRECTION 15 MINThe passage contains TENerrors. Each indicated line contains a maximumof ONEerror.In each case, only ONEword is involved. You should proofread the passage and correctit in the following way:For a wrong word, underline the wron

2、g word and write the correct one in the blank providedat the end of the line.For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a sign and write the wordyou believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line.For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash

3、 / and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.EXAMPLEWhen art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) anIt never buys things in finished form and hangs (2) neverthem on the wall. When a natural history museumwants an exhibition it must often build it. (3) exhibit2012 年专八完整真题，可到上海外语教育出版社四八

4、级在线网站观看。Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.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 writersfavored certai

5、n kind of “free ” translation: the spirit, not the letter; the (2) _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 19 th (5) _century, when the

6、 study of cultural anthropology suggested thatthe linguistic barriers were insuperable and that the language (6) _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) _literal as possible. Thi

7、s view culminated the statement of the (9) _extreme “literalists ” Walter Benjamin and Vladimir Nobokov. The argument was theoretical: the purpose of the translation, the nature of the readership, the type of the text, was not discussed. Too often, writer, translator and reader were implicitly ident

8、ified witheach other. Now, the context has changed, and the basic problem remains. (10) _.参考答案：1going since 加入 on题解： go on 的意思是“继续”，符合句子表达的含义“争论一直在继续” 。2certain 改为 a certain题解：此处要表达的意思是“很多作家喜欢一种自由的翻译方法” ，第一次出现这种方法应该加上不定冠词。3rather 改为 not题解：根据原句的句子结构， rather 应改为 not 。4is 改为 was题解：此句应该为过去时。5in 改为 at题解：

9、 at the turn of 19 th century “十九世纪之初”，是固定搭配。6the 删去第二个 the题解：这里并没有特指某种语言，所以不用定冠词。7view translation 加入 that题解：在 view 和 translation 之间加上 that ，可将“ translation was impossible ”看成 view 的同位语。8was删去 was题解：条件状语从句常可以省略主语和系动词。9culminated the 加入 in题解： culminate in 是“以 . 告终”的意思，符合上下文含义。10and 改为 but题解：根据原句意思“现

10、在背景变化了，但是基本问题依然存在” ，两句话之间应该是转折关系。2011 年专八真题改错部分From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knewthat when I grew I should be a writer. Between the ages of about1_seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did sowith the conscience that I was outraging my true nature an

11、d that2_soon or later I should have to settle down and write books.3_I was the child of three, but there was a gap of five years4_on either side, and I barely saw my father before I was eight. Forthis and other reasons I was somewhat lonely, and I soon developeddisagreeing mannerisms which made me u

12、npopular throughout my5_schooldays. I had the lonely childs habit of making up stories andholding conversations with imaginative persons, and I think from 6_the very start my literal ambitions were mixed up with the feeling of7_being isolated and undervalued. I knew that I had a facility with wordsa

13、nd a power of facing in unpleasant facts, and I felt that this created8_a sort of private world which I could get my own back for my failure9_in everyday life. Therefore, the volume of serious i.e. seriously 10_intended writing which I produced all through my childhood andboyhood would not amount to

14、 half a dozen pages. I wrote my firstpoem at the age of four or five, my mother taking it down to dictation.1，在 grow 后加 up,考固定短语2， 改 consience 为 consciousness考词语区别， consience翻译为“良心， 道德心” , consiousness翻译为“意识”3，改 soon 为 sooner ，sooner or later是固定短语4，在 child前加 middle,考上下文理解。 作者是三个孩子句中的那位5，改 disagreein

15、g为 disagreeable， disagreeing只能作动名词， 不能作形容词。 disagreeablemannernisms 令人讨厌的习惯6，改 imaginative为 imaginary,考词语区别 imaginative翻译为“有想象力的”， imaginary翻译为“想象的，虚构的”7，改 literal为 literary,考词义区别， literal翻译为“字面的”， literary翻译为“文学方面的”8，去掉 face 后的 in ，face接宾语时是及物动词。考动词的基本用法9，在 world后加 in或者改 which 为 where, 考定语从句10，改 Th

16、erefore为 However 或者 Nevertheness,考语境。感悟： 11 专八改错相对前几年专八改错要简单一点。本人认为词义区别考得过多了。2010 年专八真题改错部分So far as we can tell, all human languages are equallycomplete and perfect as instruments of communication: that is,every language appears to be well equipped as any other to say 1_the things their speakers wa

17、ntsay. 2_There may or may not be appropriate to talk about primitive 3_peoples or cultures, but that is another matter. Certainly, not allgroups of people are equally competent in nuclear physics orpsychology or the cultivation of rice . Whereas this is not the 4_fault of their language. The Eskimos

18、 , it is said, can speak aboutsnow with further more precision and subtlety than we can in 5_English, but this is not because the Eskimo language (one of thosesometimes miscalled primitive) is inherently more precise andsubtle than English. This example does not come to light a defect 6_in English,

19、a show of unexpected primitiveness. The position issimply and obviously that the Eskimos and the English live in similar 7_environments. The English language will be just as rich in terms 8_for different kinds of snow, presumably, if the environments in whichEnglishwas habitually used made such dist

20、inction as important. 9_Similarly, we have no reason to doubt that the Eskimo languagecould be as precise and subtle on the subject of motor manufactureor cricket if these topics formed the part of the Eskimos life. 10_2010 年专八真题改错参考答案以及分词1 be 后插入 as; asas 引导的比较级2 their 改为 its; its 代替 every language

21、3 There 改为 It; It 此处作为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式4 Whereas 改为 But ； 语境需要表示转折的连词， whereas 表示对比5 further 改为 much further 不能修饰比较级6 come 改为 bring; (sth)come to light , bring sth to lightbring to light the defect of English =bring the defect of english to lightto揭示英语的缺陷7 similar 改为 different;8 will 改为 would;根据语境应该

22、用虚拟语气different9 as important10 the part去掉去掉 theas;或者改the为abe/become/form (a) part of是固定短语9 专八改错原题The previous section has shown how quickly a rhyme passesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)_between school lore and nursery lore. In nursery lore a verse,learntinearlychildh

23、ood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthe(2)_littlelistenerhasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,oreven(3)_grandchildren. The period between learning a nursery rhyme andtransmitting itmay be something fromtwentytoseventyyears.With(4)_theplayground lore,therefore,a rhyme may be excitedlypassed(5)_onwithinth

24、everyhour itislearnt;andinthegeneral,itpasses(6)_between children of the same age, or nearly so, since it is uncommonfor the difference in age between playmates to be more than fiveyears. If ,therefore, a playground rhyme can be shown to have beencurrentlyforahundredyears,or evenjustforfifty,itfollo

25、wsthatit(7)_has been retransmitted overand over; very possiblyithas passed(8)_along a chain of two or three hundred young hearers and tellers, andthewonderisthatitremainslive aftersomuchhandling,(9)_toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe(10)_答案分析：(1) the further difference改为 a further difference（此次应该

26、用不定冠词表示泛指）(2)改 when为 until,结构 not.until翻译为“直到才”(3)their改为 his （代词与前文a little listener在单复数上保持一致）(4)something改为 anything此处指二十到七十的任何时段(5)therefore改为 however （根据上下文逻辑关系）(6) in the general去掉 the（习惯用法 in general表示总的来说，一般不用冠词）(7) currently改为 current （这里起的是表语的作用，需要形容词而不是副词）(8) it has passed 改为 it has been passed （与分号前的被动保持一致）(9) live 改为 alive alive 翻译为“鲜活的”，一般作补语； live 翻译为“现场转播的；活的”，一般作定语(10) to let alone改为let alone (let alone为习惯搭配，意思是“更不用说2008 年专八真题短文改错The desire to use language a