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1、专业英语八级分类模拟题改错（二）PROOFREADING&ERRORCORRECTIONEachofthefollowingpassagecontainsTENerrorswitheachindicatedlinecontainsamaximumofOneerror.Ineachcase,onlyOnewordisinvolved.Youshouldproof-readthepassagesandcorrecttheminthefollowingway.Fora[wrong]word,underlinethewrongwordandwrit
2、ethecorrectoneintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.Fora[missing]word,markthepositionofthemissingwordwithaHAnsignandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline・Foranunnecessaryword,crossouttheunnecessarywordwithaslashandputthewordintheblankprovidedat
3、theendoftheline.ExerciseOneIngeneralztheancientRomanswerepracticalpeople.TheycaredlittleaboutphilosophyandpuremathematicsthandotheGreeks.TheRomanswerethebestoftheancientengineersandarchitects.TheywerebrilliantstudentsofGreekgeometryandtrigonometry,andtheyappliedtheirknowle
4、dgeintheconstructionoffinebridges,roadaqueducts,andpublicbuildings.Theyusedtheirontheyproducedmainlyforspears,swords,andshieldsratherforbuildingconstruction.AlthoughtheRomansaccomplishedpracticalwonders,buttheydidverylittletheoreticalandscientificthinking.Becauseoftheirfre
5、quentwars,muchoftheirinventionswerenomorethanimprovementsinthedesignofGreekweaponstowhichtheywerefamiliar.TherearetworeasonsfortheRomanneglectofphilosophyandmathematics.Firsttheyweretoobusyconquestingnearbynations.Secondly,theyarehandicappedbytherigidityoftheirnumericalsys
6、temwhichencouragedthestudyofpuremathematics.12345678910ExerciseTwoCitiescanbefrightenedplaces.Themajorityofthepopulationliveinnoisymassivetowerblocks.Thesenseofbelongingtoacommunitytendstoappearwhenyoulivethirtyfloorsupinaskyscraper.Strangeenough,whereasinthepasttheinhabit
7、antsofonestreetallkneweachother,nowadayspeopleonthesamefloorinhighbuildingsevensayhellotoeachother.Countrylife,ontheotherhand,differsfromthiskindofisolatedexistenceinthatasenseofcommunitygenerallykeeptheinhabitantsofsmallvillagestogether.Peoplehavetheadvantageofknowingthat
8、thereisalwayssomeonetoturntowhentheyneedhelp.Socountrylifehasdisadvantagestoo.Forexample,
