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1999年英语专业八级考试全真试题(2)


  part Ⅱ proofreading and error correction (15 min)

  the following passage contains ten errors. each line contains a maximum of one error. in each case, only one word is involved. you should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. for a wrong word, underline the wrong word and wri te the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. for a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. for an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/' and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

  example

  when∧art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an
  it never/ buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
  them on the wall. when a natural history museum 
  wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit

  the hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric 1.___
  human ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing 2.___
  with animal foods. an analysis of 58 societies of modem hunter-
  gatherers, including the kung of southern africa, revealed that one 
  half emphasize gathering plant foods, one-third concentrate on fishing
  and only one-sixth are primarily hunters. overall, two-thirds
  and more of the hunter-gatherer's calories come from plants. detailed 3.___
  studies of the kung by the food scientists at the university of
  london, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food
  than is hunting. an hour of hunting yields in average about 100 4.___
  edible calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. 5.___
  plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the kung 6.___
  diet, and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails. interestingly, if
  they escape fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary
  aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence of medical care. 7.___
  they experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental
  decay, no high blood pressure, on heart disease, and their blood
  cholesterol levels are very low( about half of the average american 8.___
  adult), if no one is suggesting what we return to an aboriginal life 9.___
  style, we certainly could use their eating habits as a model for 10.___
  healthier diet.