2000-2010英语专八真题改错

2010年专八真题改错原文Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobeaswellequippedasanyothertosaythethingsitsspeakerswanttosay.Itmayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.Butthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscanspeakaboutsnowwithagreatdealmoreprecisionandsubtletythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled’primitive’)isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.ThisexampledoesnotbringtolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected’primitiveness’.ThepositionissimplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveindifferentenvironments.TheEnglishlanguagewouldbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionimportant.Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsformedpartoftheEskimos’life.Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthenineteenthcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:carswerenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhenwearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash,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Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)_____betweenshcoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthelittlelistener(2)_____hasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,orevengrandchildren.(3)_____TheperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingItmaybesomethingfromtwentytoseventyyears.Withtheplayground(4)_____lore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassedonwhtintheveryhour(5)_____itislearnt;andinthegeneral,itpassesbetweenchildrenofthe(6)_____sameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.Iftherefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,or(7)_____evenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatithasbeenretransmittingoverandover;verypossiblyithaspassedalongachainoftwoorthree(8)_____hundredyounghearersandtellers,andthewonderisthatitremainslive(9)_____aftersomuchhandling,toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe(10)____originalwording.09年英语专八改错参考答案(1)illustrated，承接hasshownandillustrated；(2)thelittlelistener改为alittlelistener，因为是不确指；(3)their改为his以于上文匹配；(4)something改为somewhere，前者少指时间之长短；(5)therefore显然应为however；(6)inthegeneral去掉the；(7)currently改为current；(8)ithaspassedalong改为ithasbeenpassed；(9)live改为alive；(10)toletalone去掉to改为letalone。07年英语专业八级考试改错参考答案Fromwhathasbeensaid,itmustbeclearthatnoonecanmakeverypositivestatementsabouthowlanguageoriginated.Thereisnomaterialinanylanguagetodayandintheearliest(1)and→orrecordsofancientlanguagesshowuslanguageinanewand(2)show→showingemergingstate.Itisoftensaid,ofcourse,thatthelanguage(3)theoriginatedincriesofanger,fear,painandpleasure,andthe(4)and→butnecessaryevidenceisentirelylacking:therearenoremotetribes,noancientrecords,providingevidenceofalanguagewithalargeproportionofsuchcries(5)large→lagerthanwefindinEnglish.Itistruethattheabsenceofsuchevidencedoesnotdisprovethetheory,butin(6)in→onothergroundstoothetheoryisnotveryattractive.Peopleofallracesandlanguagesmakerathersimilarnoisesinreturntopainorpleasure.Thefactthat(7)return→responsesuchnoisesaresimilaronthelipsofFrenchmenandMalaysianswhoselanguagesareutterlydifferent,servestoemphasizeonthefundamentaldifference（8）onbetweenthesenoisesandlanguageproper.Wemaysaythatthecriesofpainorchortlesofamusementarelargelyreflexactions,instinctiveto∧largeextent,(9)∧awhereaslanguageproperdoesnotconsistofsignsbutofthesethathavetobelearntandthatare(10)these→those2006英语专八真题改错部分与答案Weuselanguageprimarilyasameansofcommunicationwithotherhumanbeings.Eachofusshareswiththecommunityinwhichweliveastoreofwordsandmeaningsaswellasagreeingconventionsas(1)tothewayinwhichwordsshouldbearrangedtoconveyaparticular(2)message:theEnglishspeakerhasiiihisdisposalatvocabularyanda(3)setofgrammaticalruleswhichenableshimtocommunicatehis(4)thoughtsandfeelings,illavarietyofstyles,totheotherEnglish(5)speakers.Hisvocabulary,inparticular,boththatwhichheusesactive-[yandthatwhichherecognises,increasesillsizeashegrowsoldasaresultofeducationandexperience.(6)But,whetherthelanguagestoreisrelativelysmallorlarge,thesystemremainsnomore,thanapsychologicalrealityfortikeinpidual,unlesshehasameansofexpressingitintermsabletobeseenbyanother(7)memberofhislinguisticcommunity;hebastogivetilesystemaconcretetransmissionform.Wetakeitforgrantedrice’twom