英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析40
many of the home electric goods which are advertised as liberating
the modern women tend to have the opposite effect, so they simply __1__
change the nature of work instead of eliminting it. machines have
a certain novelty value, as toys for adults. it is certainly less __2__
tired to put clothes in a washing machine, but the time saved does __3__
not really amount too much: the machine has to be watched, the __4__
clothes have to be carefully sorted out, stains removed by hand,
water changed, clothes taken out, aired and ironed. it would be
more liberal to pack it all off to a laundary and not necessarily __5__
more expensive, since no capital investment is required.
nevertheless, if you really want to save time you do not make __6__
cakes with an electric mixer, you buy one in a shop. if one compares
the image of the woman in the women's magazine to the goods advertised __7__
by those periodicals, one realizes how useful a projected image
can be commercially.
a careful balance has to be struck: if you show a labor-saving
device, follow it up with a complex recipe on the next page; on __8__
any account hint at the notion that a woman could get herself a __9__
job, but instead foster her sense of her own usefulness, emphasize __10__
the creative aspect of her funtion as a housewife.
答案和解析:
1.so--because
第一句话里两个分句之间的关系应该是主句为结果，从句为原因，所以so改为because。
2.as--like
当as做介词使用时往往表示“作为，当作”，而这里的意思是“像……”，所以应改为like，因为当like作介词用时，表示“像……”。
3.tired--tiring
tired形容人，表示“累了”，如果说某物使人累，应用tiring。
4.too--to
这里amount应和介词to组成词组表示“达到（多少）”，如：that plan will never amount to anything.
5.liberal--liberating
liberal的含义是“自由的，解放的，大方的”，含义不贴切，应换成liberating，意思是“将（某人）解放了的”。
6.nevertheless--similary/likewise
这里上下句的关系式并列的，平行的，不能用nevertheless引导，应换成similarly或者likewise。
7.to--with
compare...to...的意思是“将……比作……”，有比喻的含义，人这里是“把……和……相比较”。
8.complex--complicated
complex的意思是“（由于有许多关联部分组成，所以某结构）很复杂”。
9.any--no
由于后面有but，所以这里应把any换成no，表示“无论如何不能……”。
10.^emphasize--and; emphasize--emphasizing
emphasize分句和foster分句如果是并列的话，应该加上一个连词，不能仅用逗号连接，或者把emphasize变成-ing形式构成分句修饰foster分句。