1、专业八级-186 及答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、PROOFREADDING so many movements have to be made, so many pieces produce each 29 hour. Result: the factory worker is compelled to know time in its smallest fractions. In the hand-work age there was no such a compulsion to be aware of minutes and seconds. 30 (分数:3
2、0.00)专业八级-186 答案解析(总分:100.00,做题时间:90 分钟)一、PROOFREADDING so many movements have to be made, so many pieces produce each 29 hour. Result: the factory worker is compelled to know time in its smallest fractions. In the hand-work age there was no such a compulsion to be aware of minutes and seconds. 30 (
3、分数:30.00)解析:analogyanalogue解析 analogy 的意思是“类似;相似;类推;类比”,表抽象含义,如:There is an analogy between the way water moves in waves and the way light travels. 这里最好变为 analogue表示“相似物,类似情况,对等物”,是具体的,如:Surimi is marketed as an analogue of crabmeat.解析:chronologicallychronically解析 chronologically 表示“按年代顺序地,按时间顺序地”,如
4、:The exhibition is organized chronologically. 而此处选用的词应表示“习惯性地,长期地”,所以应使用 chronically,又如:Research and technology are said to be chronically underfunded.解析:factionsfractions解析 faction 表示“派别,小集团”,而这里应使用 fraction表示“小部分,微量”,如:She spends only a fraction of her earnings. 要注意形近词的区别。解析:bigacute解析 当 conscious
5、ness表示“意识”时,通常与 full,growing 这样的词连用,不能使用 big。由于在此处表示“我们对最小的时间单位的意识非常强”,因此可使用 acute。解析:happensit解析 在 if后应加入代词 it作条件句的主语。解析:withwithout 或 withlittle解析 从文章的意思上来看,“我们的先人并不会认为那么小的时间单位如分很重要”,所以这里应该为 without significance或 with little significance。解析:emphasizedemphasizing解析 这里 time-emphasized所修饰的名词 entity和动
6、词 emphasize的关系是主动的,所以应使用-ing 形式,而不是-ed 形式,如:rain-making machine。解析:quantityquantities解析 certain 如果跟可数名词,要么使用 a/an,要么用复数,所以这里应使用 quantity的复数形式。解析:produceproduced解析 produce 这里应使用-ed 分词形式,因为这句话是省略句,它的完整形式是:so many pieces have to be produced each hour,因此可省略与前句形同的部分 have to be,但动词还应保留原来的形式。解析:a/解析 no 和 not在使用形式上的不同在于 no后面可直接接名词的单数或复数,而 not则需加上 any/a(如果名词是可数的)。所以这里应把 a删掉,直接说 no such compulsion。