专业八级英语改错突击练习8_专业八级

    “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。