英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析62
his vision would help creating a middle class in the u.s., __1__
one marked by urbanization, rising wages and some free time in
which to spend it. when ford left the family farm at age 16 and __2__
walked eight miles to his first job in detroit machine shop ,only 2 __3__
out of 8 americans live in the cities. by world war ii that figure __4__
would double, and the affordable model t was one reason of it. __5__
people flocked to detroit for jobs, and unless they worked in one of __6__
henry’s factories, they could afford one of his cars— it is a virtuous
circle, and he was the ringmaster. by the time production
ceased for the model t in 1927, more than 15 million cars have __7__
been sold— or half the world’s output.
nobody was more of an inspiration to ford to the great inventor __8__
thomas edison. at the turning of the century edison had blessed __9__
ford’s pursuit of an efficient, gas-powering car during a chance __10__
meeting at detroit’s edison illuminating co., where ford was
chief engineer.
答案:
1.将creating改为create
help 后面一般接（to）do sth
2.将it改为them
spend的宾语实际上是rising wages，为复数，所以应该用代词them。
3.detroit前加a
shop是可数名词，所以前面要有限定词。
4.将live改为lived
讲述的是福特16岁的时候的事情。
5.将of 改为for
the reason for…是 固定搭配，表示……的原因。
6.将unless改为if
通过逻辑分析，句子意思是，如果他们能在福特的工厂工作，他们就能买得起他的汽车—这是一个良性循环。
7.将have改为had
“到1927年截止”，这里必须是用过去完成时。
8.将第二个to改为than
这是一个“more…than”的结构。意思是“没有人比爱迪生给福特的激励更大”。
9.将turning改为turn，或者在turning后加上point
10.powering改为powered
power 作为动词，意思是“给……提供动力”，所以这里应该用被动的过去分词。