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1、英语专业八级改错(1)Itisdifficulttothinkofanationasanabstractcollectionofpeoplelivingonapatchofterritory.Itiseasiertothink ofasaperson.ThisiswhywesometimescallGreatBritain__1__"Britannia"andtheUnitedStates"Columbia",andthinkofitasstatelywomen.Wealsousemasculinesymbo
2、lsinour__2__personificationofnations.In1712JohnArbuthont,aScot,wroteapoliticalsatireinthatthecharactersweresupposed__3__tobetypicalmembersofdifferentnationalities.TheEnglishmanwasJohnBull.Thisname,whichwassufficientflatteringtobe__4__adoptedgenerally,combin
3、edthemostcommonEnglishfirstnamewithalastnameindicatedstrength.JohnBullisusually__5__picturedasapartlybusinessmanwithaUnionJackonhishatband. AftertheAmericanWarofIndependencebeganin1783,theUnited__6__Stateswasknownfor"BrotherJonathan".Jonathanwasabiblical__
4、7__nameassociatedwithsimplepeoplefromruralareas,anditseemedfittingsincetheUnitedStatesisruralandunsophiscated,andsince__8__Americanconsideredtheirtypeofsimplicityavirtuecomparedto__9__thewickednessofEuropeancities.Itispossible,however,thatthenamewasoriginat
5、edwithPresidentGeorgeWashington,whowould__10__oftensay,whenfacedwithahardproblem,"LetusconsultBrotherJonathan",referringtohissecrectary,JohnathanTrumbull. 英语专业八级(1)答案和解析: 1.of和as之间加上it.代替前文的anation 2.it—both.指代上文的US和GreatBritain 3.that—which 4.sufficie
6、nt—sufficiently.修饰形容词用副词 5.indicated—indicating 来源:考试大 6.began—ended.根据历史知识,美国独立战争开始于1776年7月4日(《独立宣言》发表),直到1783年英国正式承认美国独立才结束。 7.for—as.beknownfor意为“因......而众所周知” 8.is—was.美国过去曾是一个ruralandunsophisticated的国家 9.to—with.compareto意为“把......比作.......”compar
7、ewith意为“与......比较,与.......匹敌,与......竞争” 10.删掉name和originated之间的was英语专业八级改错(2)Abouthalfoftheinfantandmaternaldeathsindevelopingcountriescouldbeavoidedifwomenhadusedfamilyplanningmethodstopreventhighrisk____1 pregnancies,accordingtoareportpublishingrecently
8、bytheJohnsHopkingUniversity.____2 Thereportindicatesthat5.6millioninfantdeathsand2,000,000maternalDeathscouldbepreventedthisyearifwomenchosetohavetheirschildren____3 withinthesafestyearswithadequate