2012专八改错模拟题1-5

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1、专八模拟改错(1)Ancientmanattemptedtochangetheweatherbyusingmagic.Whileexperiencetaughthimthiswasimpossible,__1__ hetriedtoforecastweatherconditions.Evenearlierin__2__1000B.C.therewereweatherseersinBabylon----andpriestscleverenoughtodenounceasfraudsthosepredict

2、ed__3__theweatherayearintheadvance.Someforecastersused__4__methodsthatseemedtotakenoconnectionwiththeactual__5__factorscontrolledtheweather.Chickensandotheranimals__6__weresacrificedandtheirintestinespokedtofindsignsindicatingrainanddrought.Somewhatmores

3、cientificwere__7__predictionsbasedonvegetation:"Onion'sskinverythin,mildweathercomingin.Onion'sskinthickandtough,comingweatheriscoldandrough."Insectsandanimalswerealso__8__favoriteweatherclues:"Beforetheglowwormlightshis__9__lamp,thentheairisalwaysdamp."

4、"Ifspiderstheircobwebsforsake,theweatherwillforcertainbreak.""Iffrogsremainedinpools,theweatherwillbefine.Iftheywereseenonrocks,__10__rainandcoldweredue."It'sdifficulttosaywhetherthisrhymeshouldbetakenseriously:"Hark,Iheartheassesbray.Methinkswe'llhaveso

5、meraintoday."答案1.While—When或After.本句的this指代的是tochangetheweatherbyusingmagic.when/after引导时间状语2.in—than.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than3.those之后加who.who引导定语从句4.删除advance前的the.inadvance为习语5.take—have.haveconnectionwith为习语6.controlled—controlling或在controlled前加tha

6、t/which.controllingtheweather或that/whichcontrolledtheweather做定语修饰theactualfactors7.and—or.rain和draught只能是二者之一8.删除is.与上文平衡，均为省略句9.before—when/if.条件句10.will—would.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时专八模拟改错(2)Itisdifficulttothinkofanationasanabstractcollectionofpeople

7、livingonapatchofterritory.Itiseasiertothinkofasaperson.ThisiswhywesometimescallGreatBritain__1__"Britannia"andtheUnitedStates"Columbia",andthinkofitasstatelywomen.Wealsousemasculinesymbolsinour__2__personificationofnations.In1712JohnArbuthont,aScot,wrote

8、apoliticalsatireinthatthecharactersweresupposed__3__tobetypicalmembersofdifferentnationalities.TheEnglishmanwasJohnBull.Thisname,whichwassufficientflatteringtobe__4__adoptedgenerally,combinedthemostcommonEnglishfirstnamewi