1、专业八级-148 及答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PROOFREADDING the local headmaster, 1 Ismael Ali, told me they“ve “had a problem with dead carcasses around the school.“ Attendance has dropped sharply at the 2 beginning of the year, as many families left with the parched 3 region with their flocks, some even c
2、rossed into war-torn Somalia 4 in search of food. The drought has been mounting for a year, but it wasn“t until the crisis peaked over the summer that the news media and most international donors took notice. It“s a familiar cycle: first comes 5 the news media pictures of emaciated infants, followed
3、 by conferences on how to do better next time, visitors from top-level 6 government officials and large financial commitments from international organizations and even donors like China and the Ikea Foundation. The United States Agency for International Development and the Ad Council have even begun
4、 a celebrity public service campaign with the actors Uma Thurman and Josh Hartnett. This is good news; the assistance is badly needed. Yet the mismatch in timing rises a question that bedevils aid agencies. 7 Like earthquakes or hurricanes, droughts and food price increases 8 take time to develop, a
5、nd the resulting hunger crises are forecast well in advance. From water harvest to livestock support to cash 9 assistance, there are a plenty of steps that have moderated the 10 current crisis. Why weren“t they taken?（分数：25.00）五、Passage 4(总题数：1，分数：25.00)If you were starting a top university today, w
6、hat would it look like? You would start by gathering very best minds from 1 around the world, from every discipline. Since we“ re living in an age of abundant, not scarcely, information, you“d curate the 2 lectures carefully, with a focus on the new and original, rather than offer a course on every
7、possible topic. You“d create a sustainable economic model by focusing on technological rather than physical infrastructure, and by getting people of mean to 3 pay for a specialized experience. You“d also construct a robust network so people could access to resources whenever and from 4 wherever they
8、 like, and you“d give them the tools to collaborate beyond the lecture hall. Why not fulfill the university 5 millennium-old mission by sharing ideas freely and as widely as 6 possible? If you did all that, well, you“d have TED. Its “faculty“: A roster of speakers that run from Bill Clinton to 7 J.J
9、. Abrams, from Desmond Tutu to Isabel Allende-anyone who“s driving change across the globe. Their topics range from biophysics to graphic design, covering all what Roman 8 playwright Terentius might have had on mind when he said, 9 “Nothing human is alien to me.“ The economic model? With attendance
10、fees, advertising, and corporate sponsorships, TED ran an operating surplus of more than $2 million last year, which was reinvested into expanding its reach. That“s because like 10 fearful old-school colleges, TED is finding that the more open it is, the more it becomes the global education brand of
11、 the 21st century.（分数：25.00）专业八级-148 答案解析(总分：100.00，做题时间：90 分钟)一、PROOFREADDING the local headmaster, 1 Ismael Ali, told me they“ve “had a problem with dead carcasses around the school.“ Attendance has dropped sharply at the 2 beginning of the year, as many families left with the parched 3 region wit
12、h their flocks, some even crossed into war-torn Somalia 4 in search of food. The drought has been mounting for a year, but it wasn“t until the crisis peaked over the summer that the news media and most international donors took notice. It“s a familiar cycle: first comes 5 the news media pictures of
13、emaciated infants, followed by conferences on how to do better next time, visitors from top-level 6 government officials and large financial commitments from international organizations and even donors like China and the Ikea Foundation. The United States Agency for International Development and the
14、 Ad Council have even begun a celebrity public service campaign with the actors Uma Thurman and Josh Hartnett. This is good news; the assistance is badly needed. Yet the mismatch in timing rises a question that bedevils aid agencies. 7 Like earthquakes or hurricanes, droughts and food price increase
15、s 8 take time to develop, and the resulting hunger crises are forecast well in advance. From water harvest to livestock support to cash 9 assistance, there are a plenty of steps that have moderated the 10 current crisis. Why weren“t they taken?（分数：25.00）解析：isare解析 语法错误。livestock(牲畜，家畜)是一个集合名词，形式上是单数
16、，但却表示复数意义，所以此处谓语动词应该用复数。解析：atsince解析 词汇错误。该句使用了完成时态，完成时态通常与 since等引导的表示“一段时间”的状语连用，而不与某一时间点连用，所以用 since替换 at。解析：with with 解析 词汇错误。leave 与 with连用时，通常用在 leave.with.或者 be left with.结构中。表示“把留给(照料或处理)”，此处无论是用主动结构还是被动结构，都解释不通，此句要表达的意思是“很多家庭都带着羊群离开这个干旱的地区”，所以要删掉 with, leave后直接接地方，表“离开某处”。解析：someand 或 cross
17、edcrossing解析 语法错误。此行中前后两句都是完整、独立的句子且动词都是谓语动词形式，所以不能仅仅用逗号连接。可以用连词 and连接，或者将 crossed改为crossing，使后句中的动词变成非谓语动词形式，成为独立主格结构作状语。解析：comescome解析 语法错误。此句是倒装句，come 的主语是 the news media pictures of emaciated infants，是一个复数概念的短语，所以动词也要用复数形式。解析：visitorsvisits解析 词汇错误。从上下文来看，此处要表达的意思是“政府高层官员的来访”，而不是“来自政府高层官员的访客”，而且从
18、句子结构来看，followed by 后接的并列宾语均指物，这包括 conferences和 commitments，所以此处也应该用一个指物的宾语，故把 visitors改为 visits。解析：risesraises解析 词汇错误。rise 是不及物动词，表示“升起，上涨”；raise 是及物动词，有“提出，引起”的意思，用在此处意为“提出质疑，引起质疑”。解析：LikeUnlike解析 语篇错误。原句在意义上不符合逻辑，地震和飓风并不像旱灾和食物价格上涨一样是逐渐发展的灾难，它们是突发性的，前后并不是同类列举，所以此处应该用表示否定意义的词Unlike。解析：harvestharvest
19、ing解析 词汇错误。harvest 作名词时表示“收获，产量，结果”，用在此处解释不通，harvest 用作动词时，可表示“获得”的意思，用在此处意为“获得水资源”，所以此处应该用其动名词形式。解析：havecould解析 语法错误。从后面的反问句可以推断那些缓解灾难的措施并没有被采用，所以此处应使用虚拟语气，表达一种遗憾的语气：我们本来可以采取一些措施来缓解目前的灾难。用could+have done来表示“本来可以做而没做”。五、Passage 4(总题数：1，分数：25.00)If you were starting a top university today, what would
20、 it look like? You would start by gathering very best minds from 1 around the world, from every discipline. Since we“ re living in an age of abundant, not scarcely, information, you“d curate the 2 lectures carefully, with a focus on the new and original, rather than offer a course on every possible
21、topic. You“d create a sustainable economic model by focusing on technological rather than physical infrastructure, and by getting people of mean to 3 pay for a specialized experience. You“d also construct a robust network so people could access to resources whenever and from 4 wherever they like, an
22、d you“d give them the tools to collaborate beyond the lecture hall. Why not fulfill the university 5 millennium-old mission by sharing ideas freely and as widely as 6 possible? If you did all that, well, you“d have TED. Its “faculty“: A roster of speakers that run from Bill Clinton to 7 J.J. Abrams,
23、 from Desmond Tutu to Isabel Allende-anyone who“s driving change across the globe. Their topics range from biophysics to graphic design, covering all what Roman 8 playwright Terentius might have had on mind when he said, 9 “Nothing human is alien to me.“ The economic model? With attendance fees, adv
24、ertising, and corporate sponsorships, TED ran an operating surplus of more than $2 million last year, which was reinvested into expanding its reach. That“s because like 10 fearful old-school colleges, TED is finding that the more open it is, the more it becomes the global education brand of the 21st
25、 century.（分数：25.00）解析：verythe解析 语法错误。best minds 表示“最优秀的人才”，形容词最高级前面需加定冠词 the, very是 best的修饰词，the 应放在其前面。解析：scarcelyscarce解析 词汇错误。此处语义与 abundant相对，也作定语修饰 information，应该同样用形容词形式 scarce，表示“不足的”。解析：meanmeans解析 词汇错误。a man of means 表示“富人”，means 意为“收入，财富”，此处mean要用复数形式。解析：to to 解析 词汇错误。本题考查的是 access的用法。acce
26、ss 既可以作名词，表示“进入；通道”，也可以作及物动词，表示“接近；得到”。本句中 access作动词用时，不需要跟 to。解析：universityuniversity“s解析 语法错误。此处 university与 millennium-old一样，修饰mission，故应该用所有格形式 university“s。解析：freelyas解析 词汇错误。本句的意思是“为什么不通过尽可能自由和广泛地分享想法来履行大学千年来的使命?”此处是 as.as possible的结构，表示“尽可能”，故应采用 as freely的形式，与 as widely并列。解析：runruns解析 语法错误。句
27、中主语是 faculty, a roster of speakers是同位语。谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式，run 要改成 runs。解析：whatthat解析 语法错误。此处是定语从句，修饰先行词 all的定语从句只能用 that引导。直接删掉 all、用 what引导名词性从句作 covering的宾语也符合语法规则，但是句意会有所改变。上文提到话题广泛，此处用 all that更贴近。解析：onin解析 词汇错误。have sth. in mind 是固定搭配，表示“记住某事”，介词 on应改为in。解析：likeunlike解析 语篇错误。上文一直在讲开放式教育，此处提到的 old-school colleges指的是传统教育，下文的 the more open就明显表明开放式教育与传统教育的不同了，此处应该将 like换成 unlike。
