专八改错历届真题及答案.docx

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专八改错历届真题及答案

2000年-2011年专八短文改错试题，参考答案以及答案分析

2011年专八真题改错部分

　Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,Iknew

 thatwhenIgrewIshouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofabout        1__________

seventeenandtwenty-fourItriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidso

 withtheconsciencethatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthat        2___________

soonorlaterIshouldhavetosettledownandwritebooks.                3___________

 Iwasthechildofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyears      4__________

oneitherside,andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.For

thisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondeveloped

disagreeingmannerismswhichmademeunpopularthroughoutmy   5_____________

schooldays.Ihadthelonelychild'shabitofmakingupstoriesand

 holdingconversationswithimaginativepersons,andIthinkfrom   6_________

 theverystartmyliteralambitionsweremixedupwiththefeelingof 7________

beingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwords

andapoweroffacinginunpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreated  8________

asortofprivateworldwhichIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailure  9________

 ineverydaylife.Therefore,thevolumeofserious—i.e.seriously   10________

intended—writingwhichIproducedallthroughmychildhoodand

boyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirst

 poemattheageoffourorfive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.

2010年专八真题改错部分

Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequally

completeandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:

thatis,

everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay         1________________

thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay.                                                  2________________

Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitive                3________________

 peoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notall

groupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsor

psychologyorthecultivationofrice.Whereasthisisnotthe            4_____________

 faultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimos,itissaid,canspeakabout

 snowwithfurthermoreprecisionandsubtletythanwecanin          5______________

 English,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage（oneofthose

sometimesmiscalled'primitive'）isinherentlymorepreciseand

subtlethanEnglish.Thisexampledoesnotcometolightadefect      6______________

inEnglish,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.Thepositionis

 simplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilar  7____________

environments.TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichinterms       8____________

fordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhich

 Englishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportant.          9_____________

 Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguage

couldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufacture

orcricketifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.           10____________

09专八改错原题

Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepasses

fromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference        

（1）___________

betweenschoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,       

learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthe              

（2）___________

 littlelistener hasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,oreven        （3）____________

grandchildren. Theperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeand

 transmitting itmaybesomethingfromtwentytoseventyyears.With      （4）_____________

theplayground lore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassed           （5）___________

 onwithintheveryhour itislearnt;andinthegeneral,itpasses            （6）_____________

 betweenchildrenofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommon

forthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfive

years.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeen

 currentlyforahundredyears,or evenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatit       （7）__________

hasbeenretransmittedoverandover;verypossiblyithaspassed        （8）___________

alongachainoftwoorthree hundredyounghearersandtellers,and

 thewonderisthatitremainslive aftersomuchhandling,                      （9）____________

toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe                                      （10）____________

2008年专八真题 短文改错 

Thedesiretouselanguageasasignofnationalidentityisa

verynaturalone,andinresultlanguagehasplayedaprominent      ____1____

partinnationalmoves.Menhaveoftenfelttheneedtocultivate      ____2____

agivenlanguagetoshowthattheyaredistinctivefromanother      ____3____

racewhosehegemonytheyresent.AtthetimetheUnitedStates      ____4____

splitofffromBritain,forexample,therewereproposalsthat

independenceshouldbelinguisticallyacceptedbytheuseofa        ____5____

differentlanguagefromthoseofBritain.Therewasevenone        ____6____

proposalthatAmericansshouldadoptHebrew.Othersfavoured

theadoptionofGreek,though,asonemanputit,thingswould

certainlybesimplerforAmericansiftheystuckontoEnglish      ____7____

andmadetheBritishlearnGreek.Attheend,aseveryone        ____8____

knows,thetwocountriesadoptedthepracticalandsatisfactory

solutionofcarryingwiththesamelanguageasbefore.            ____9____

Sincenearlytwohundredyearsnow,theyhaveshowntheworld    ____10____

thatpoliticalindependenceandnationalidentitycanbecomplete

withoutsacrificingtheenormousmutualadvantagesofacommon

language.

07专八真题短文改错

Fromwhathasbeensaid,itmustbeclearthatnoonecan

makeverypositivestatementsabouthowlanguageoriginated.

Thereisnomaterialinanylanguagetodayandintheearliest        1__________

recordsofancientlanguagesshowuslanguageinanewand         2__________

emergingstate.Itisoftensaid,ofcourse,thatthelanguage          3_________

originatedincriesofanger,fear,painandpleasure,andthe          4__________

necessaryevidenceisentirelylacking:

therearenoremote　　

tribes,noancientrecords,providingevidenceof

alanguagewithalargeproportionofsuchcries　　　　　　     5__________

thanwefindinEnglish.Itistruethattheabsence　　　　

ofsuchevidencedoesnotdisprovethetheory,butin　　         6__________

othergroundstoothetheoryisnotveryattractive.

　　Peopleofallracesandlanguagesmakerathersimilar

noisesinreturntopainorpleasure.Thefactthat　　           7___________

suchnoisesaresimilaronthelipsofFrenchmen

andMalaysianswhoselanguagesareutterlydifferent,

servestoemphasizeonthefundamentaldifference　　　　      8___________

betweenthesenoisesandlanguageproper.Wemay

saythatthecriesofpainorchortlesofamusement

arelargelyreflexactions,instinctivetolargeextent,             9____________

whereaslanguageproperdoesnotconsistofsigns

butofthesethathavetobelearntandthatare                10___________

whollyconventional.

2006专八短文改错

Weuselanguageprimarilyasameansofcommunicationwith

otherhumanbeings.Eachofusshareswiththecommunityinwhichwe

liveastoreofwordsandmeaningsaswellasagreeingconventionsas       1_______

tothewayinwhichwordsshouldbearrangedtoconveyaparticular        2_______

message:

theEnglishspeakerhasinhisdisposalvocabularyanda       3_______

setofgrammaticalruleswhichenableshimtocommunicatehis            4_______

thoughtsandfeelings,inavarietyofstyles,totheotherEnglish            5_______

speakers.Hisvocabulary,inparticular,boththatwhichheusesactive-

lyandthatwhichherecognises,increasesinsizeashegrows

oldasaresultofeducationandexperience.                                  6_________

But,whetherthelanguagestoreisrelativelysmallorlarge,thesystem

remainsnomorethanapsychologicalrealityfortheindividual,unless

hehasameansofexpressingitintermsabletobeseenbyanother       7_________

memberofhislinguisticcommunity;hebastogivethesystema

concretetransmissionform.Wetakeitforgrantedthetwomost         8____________

commonformsoftransmission-bymeansofsoundsproducedbyour

vocalorgans（speech）orbyvisualsigns（writing）.Andtheseare        9_____________

amongmoststrikingofhumanachievements.                             10____________

 2005年专八真题短文改错        

TheUniversityasBusines

Anumberofcollegesanduniversitieshaveannouncedsteep

tuitionincreasesfornextyearmuchsteeperthanthecurrent,

verylowrateofinflation.Theysaytheincreasesareneededbecause

ofalossinvalueofuniversityendowmentsheavilyinvestingincommon             1 ________    

stock.Iamskeptical.Abusinessfirmchoosesthepricethatmaximizes

itsnetrevenues,irrespectivefluctuationsinincome;andincreasinglythe         2 _________    

outlookofuniversitiesintheUnitedStatesisindistinguishablefromthoseof     3 ___________   

businessfirms.Theriseintuitionsmayreflectthefacteconomicuncertainty   4__________       

increasesthedemandforeducation.Thebiggestcostofbeing

intheschoolisforegoingincomefromajob（thisisprimarilyafactorin          5 __________      

graduateandprofessional-schooltuition）;thepoorone'sjobprospects,         6  ___________     

themoresenseitmakesto