英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析114
“home, sweet home” is a phrase that express an essential
attitude in the united states. whether the reality of life in the
family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1_____
has great importance for many people.
this ideal is a vital part of the american dream. this dream,
dramatized in the history of nineteenth century european settlers
of american west, was to find a piece of place, build a house _____2_____
for one’s family, and started a farm. these small households were _____3_____
portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,
even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to _____4_____
support each other. anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5_____
of family cooperation and hard work. although most people in the
united states no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6_____
is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.
when u.s soldiers came home before world warⅡ, for example, _____7_____
they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. but there was _____8_____
a tremendous boom in home building. the new houses, typically in
the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9_____
a deep need. many regarded the single-family house the basis of their _____10_____
way of life.
参考答案及解析:
1 将no改为 not
2 将place改为land
place是可数名词，作“地方”讲，而land意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。例如：
solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay.
当你偶尔光顾时，独处是一个美妙的境地，但是如果久留，它却是一个糟糕的地方。
there is a vacant piece of land near the house; we can build there.
3 将started改为start
start应使用不定式，以和前面的find，build一致。
4 将working改为work。
work应该用第三人称复数，和live一致。另外，family在这里作“家人”讲，是复数。
5 将anyone改为everyone
这里是要用everyone指每个人，而不是要用anyone泛指。
6 将but删除
7将before改为after
根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。
8 将but改为 and
根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：
when i do good, i feel good. when i do bad, i feel bad. and that’s my religion.
当我行善事，我感到坦然；当我行恶时，我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。
9 将it改为they
10 在house the中间加入介词as
regard…as 作“把……当作……”讲。