1、.2010年专八真题改错部分 So far as we can tell, all human languages are equally complete and perfect as instruments of communication: that is, every language appears to be well equipped as any other to say 1________________ the things their speakers want to say.
2、 2________________ There may or may not be appropriate to talk about primitive 3________________ peoples or cultures, but that is another matter. Certainly, not all groups of people are equally competent in nuclear physics or psychology or the cultivation of rice
3、 . Whereas this is not the 4_____________ fault of their language. The Eskimos , it is said, can speak about snow with further more precision and subtlety than we can in 5______________ English, but this is not because the Eskimo language (one of those sometimes miscall
4、ed 'primitive') is inherently more precise and subtle than English. This example does not come to light a defect 6______________ in English, a show of unexpected 'primitiveness'. The position is simply and obviously that the Eskimos and the English live in similar 7____________ environm
5、ents. The English language will be just as rich in terms 8____________ for different kinds of snow, presumably, if the environments in which Englishwas habitually used made such distinction as important. 9_____________ Similarly, we have no reason to doubt that the Eskimo lan
6、guage could be as precise and subtle on the subject of motor manufacture or cricket if these topics formed the part of the Eskimos' life. 10____________ 2010年专八真题改错参考答案以及分词 1 be后插入 as; as…as引导的比较级 2 their改为its; its代替every language 3 There改为It; It此处作为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式 4
7、Whereas改为But ； 语境需要表示转折的连词，whereas表示对比 5 further 改为much further不能修饰比较级 6 come改为bring; (sth)come to light , bring sth to light bring to light the defect of English =bring the defect of english to light 揭示英语的缺陷
