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1、2010年专八真题改错原文Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobeaswellequippedasanyothertosaythethingsitsspeakerswanttosay.Itmayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcult
2、ures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.Butthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscanspeakaboutsnowwithagreatdealmoreprecisionandsubt
3、letythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled’primitive’)isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.ThisexampledoesnotbringtolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected’primitiveness’.Thepositionissimplyandobvious
4、lythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveindifferentenvironments.TheEnglishlanguagewouldbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionimportant.Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEski
5、molanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsformedpartoftheEskimos’life.Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthenineteenthcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:cars
6、werenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhenwearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash
7、,atilbury,acarriole,aphaeton,andaclarence?2010年专八真题改错参考答案1be后插入as;2their改为its;3There改为It;4Whereas改为But5further改为much6come改为bring;7similar改为different;8will改为would;9asimportant去掉as;10thepart去掉the2009年专八真题改错原文Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepasse
8、sfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)_____betweenshcoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthelittlelistener(2)_____hasgrownup,andhaschildrenofthe
