1、专业英语八级（改错）-试卷170及答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、LANGUAGE USAGE(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.PART III LANGUAGE USAGE（分数：20.00）_Positive for Youth aims to place teenagers and young peopleat its heart. There is the accurate expectation teenagers themselves 1have the responsibility to improve their local communities.
2、 The government pioneered the idea that young people are capable ofaccessing the quality of their local services. Another 2government-funding scheme created by the NCB, this time with 3the British Youth Council and disabled childrens charity KIDS, isYoung Inspectors, which train some of the most dis
3、advantaged 4young people from poorer communities to inspect and report onlocal services. The Young Inspectors scheme, so far, helped change 5the lives of more than 1,400 young people and improved more than 600 local services. It is the illegal requirement across public services to listen to 6 the vi
4、ews of service users. There is a business case for commercial suppliers to listen to consumers. Teenagers use many public services such as police stations, clinics, clubs and libraries; andalso spend as many as 12bn in shopping and travel up to age 19 7via the commercial sector. They want to see ser
5、vices improved, not just for themselves but for their families and neighbours too.Involving young people as Young Inspectors makes a business 8sense, and is a means of developing young peoples self-esteem, their ability to analyse and communicate, and many other skillsthat are critical to employers.
6、 At the NCB we are pleased with Positive For Youths holisticapproach to give young people more opportunities and better 9support, and we will be eagerly watching to see what the policies 10take shape.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_Evelyn Coke spent 20 years as
7、a home care aide helping theelderly and the sick, but she did not live and see fair labor laws 1applied to her work. In a case that it went to the Supreme Court in 2007, Ms. 2Coke, who died in 2009, sued her employer with years of unpaid 3overtime work. This month, the president invoked Ms. Cokes me
8、mory when he announced that the Labor Department hadproposed changes to the provisions which the court had based its 4decision. At issue in Ms. Cokes case is a 1975 labor rule that defined 5home care aides as companions, a class of workers that do not 6qualify for federal minimum wage and overtime p
9、rotections. Ms. Cokes lawyer, Craig Becker, argued that the rule was supposed to apply only to occasional domestic workers, like baby sitters, not home care aidesone of the nations fastest-growing occupations and one whose duties often include feeding, bathing and dressingclients. And the justices s
10、aid that only Congress or the Labor 7Department could change the rule, not the court The new proposal states clearly that home care aides who are employed by third-party agencies are entitled to the nunimum wage andovertime payment. Aides hired directly by families are also 8covered if they are enga
11、ging in housekeeping or spend more than 920 percent of their time on activities other than companionship. The Labor Department will finalize the proposal after a 60-day public comment period. Some home care agencies are sure to complain, but the Labor Department should stand firmly. 10（分数：20.00）填空项1
12、:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_The fact that the worlds cities are getting more and more crowded is a well-documented demographic fact. Cities such as Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Bombay and Shanghai are now considered mega-cities, reflecting their enormous size and huge populations, w
13、hich in many cases is around the twenty million-mark. There are two main reasons why these and other cities are becoming so crowded: one economic and other socio-cultural. 1 Undoubtedly, the primary cause for cities becoming socrowded is economic. With a country develops, its cities become 2the engi
14、nes of development. Furthermore, many jobs are available 3in these areas. Tokyo, for example, is the motor for Japans rapid 4economic development in the 1960 s and 70 s; as a result, its population increased rapidly. People moved to Tokyo so that theycould find jobs and establish economic security t
15、hemselves and 5their families. A further factor in the huge increase in urban populations isthe socio-cultural factor. Thousands of people migrating to the 6cities not only for jobs but also for educational and personnel 7reasons. The better universities are always located in big cities and this att
16、racts tens of thousands of students every year. Thesestudents usually stay up and work in the city after they graduate. 8Moreover, young people will move to the city as if the villages and 9rural areas are often governed by custom and tradition, which they believe is an obstacle to their private fre
17、edom. In conclusion, we can say that amongst the many causesbehind urban population density, the economic or cultural are the 10most significant. People always move to the areas which provide opportunity and the freedom they desire. It is now the responsibility of municipal councils to make sure the
18、se people are housed, clothed, fed and educated.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_Christmas is the time to make the beloved ones feel special. A hug and a kiss would probably be more than enough but gifts are the ornaments of mutual love and respect. Choosing the
19、right gift for the right person may either be a pleasure or a pain in the chest.Failure would result from misery on your part even if the recipient 1doesnt tell you the truth and pretend to be unhappy about the item, 2which might actually be a complete disappointment on his/herpart. However, many pe
20、ople believe that a guide on choosing 3the right Christmas gift might be great help. 4 The primary factor when choosing a Christinas gift is of course the degree of your relationship with the receiver. It mainlydetermines the value and type of the gift. Age is proved to be 5another important factor
21、in buying not only Christmas gifts but gifts for any type of occasion. Particularly men tend to be lesscareful and caring when bought gifts for the same sex. Women, on 6the other hand, are less careful though they may act with a sense of 7revenge if the receiver has been disappointed her in the prev
22、ious 8exchange. Buying gifts for colleagues or for other people at theworkplace is a difficult story. Rank and status can sometimes be 9more important than the degree of friendship. Just as a form ofsocial contract people holding more or less familiar ranks are 10expected to buy gifts roughly the sa
23、me value for each other.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_填空项1:_专业英语八级（改错）-试卷170答案解析 (总分：100.00，做题时间：90分钟)一、LANGUAGE USAGE(总题数：5，分数：100.00)1.PART III LANGUAGE USAGE（分数：20.00）_解析：Positive for Youth aims to place teenagers and young peopleat its heart. There is the accura
24、te expectation teenagers themselves 1have the responsibility to improve their local communities. The government pioneered the idea that young people are capable ofaccessing the quality of their local services. Another 2government-funding scheme created by the NCB, this time with 3the British Youth C
25、ouncil and disabled childrens charity KIDS, isYoung Inspectors, which train some of the most disadvantaged 4young people from poorer communities to inspect and report onlocal services. The Young Inspectors scheme, so far, helped change 5the lives of more than 1,400 young people and improved more tha
26、n 600 local services. It is the illegal requirement across public services to listen to 6 the views of service users. There is a business case for commercial suppliers to listen to consumers. Teenagers use many public services such as police stations, clinics, clubs and libraries; andalso spend as m
27、any as 12bn in shopping and travel up to age 19 7via the commercial sector. They want to see services improved, not just for themselves but for their families and neighbours too.Involving young people as Young Inspectors makes a business 8sense, and is a means of developing young peoples self-esteem
28、, their ability to analyse and communicate, and many other skillsthat are critical to employers. At the NCB we are pleased with Positive For Youths holisticapproach to give young people more opportunities and better 9support, and we will be eagerly watching to see what the policies 10take shape.（分数：
29、20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：teenagersthat）填空项1:_（正确答案：accessing一assessing）填空项1:_（正确答案：government-funding一government-funded）填空项1:_（正确答案：train一trains）填空项1:_（正确答案：scheme一has）填空项1:_（正确答案：illegal一legal）填空项1:_（正确答案：many一much）填空项1:_（正确答案：a一）填空项1:_（正确答案：give一giving）填空项1:_（正确答案：what一how）解析：解析：语法错误。在what，引导的从句中，what既不是
30、作主语，也不能直接作take shape(形成)的宾语，放在这里句子从语法和意义上都解释不通。此处应改为how，句子意为“我们正热切关注这些政策将如何形成”。Evelyn Coke spent 20 years as a home care aide helping theelderly and the sick, but she did not live and see fair labor laws 1applied to her work. In a case that it went to the Supreme Court in 2007, Ms. 2Coke, who died i
31、n 2009, sued her employer with years of unpaid 3overtime work. This month, the president invoked Ms. Cokes memory when he announced that the Labor Department hadproposed changes to the provisions which the court had based its 4decision. At issue in Ms. Cokes case is a 1975 labor rule that defined 5h
32、ome care aides as companions, a class of workers that do not 6qualify for federal minimum wage and overtime protections. Ms. Cokes lawyer, Craig Becker, argued that the rule was supposed to apply only to occasional domestic workers, like baby sitters, not home care aidesone of the nations fastest-gr
33、owing occupations and one whose duties often include feeding, bathing and dressingclients. And the justices said that only Congress or the Labor 7Department could change the rule, not the court The new proposal states clearly that home care aides who are employed by third-party agencies are entitled
34、 to the nunimum wage andovertime payment. Aides hired directly by families are also 8covered if they are engaging in housekeeping or spend more than 920 percent of their time on activities other than companionship. The Labor Department will finalize the proposal after a 60-day public comment period.
35、 Some home care agencies are sure to complain, but the Labor Department should stand firmly. 10（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：and(see)一to）填空项1:_（正确答案：it一去掉it）填空项1:_（正确答案：with一for）填空项1:_（正确答案：whichon）填空项1:_（正确答案：is一was）填空项1:_（正确答案：do一does）填空项1:_（正确答案：And一But）填空项1:_（正确答案：payment一pay）填空项1:_（正确答案：engaging一engage
36、d）填空项1:_（正确答案：firmly一firm）解析：解析：语法错误。从上下文分析，此处stand应该用作系动词，表示“处于某种状态”，因此其后应接形容词，构成系表结构，stand firm在此处意为“保持坚定立场”。The fact that the worlds cities are getting more and more crowded is a well-documented demographic fact. Cities such as Tokyo, Sao Paolo, Bombay and Shanghai are now considered mega-cities,
37、 reflecting their enormous size and huge populations, which in many cases is around the twenty million-mark. There are two main reasons why these and other cities are becoming so crowded: one economic and other socio-cultural. 1 Undoubtedly, the primary cause for cities becoming socrowded is economi
38、c. With a country develops, its cities become 2the engines of development. Furthermore, many jobs are available 3in these areas. Tokyo, for example, is the motor for Japans rapid 4economic development in the 1960 s and 70 s; as a result, its population increased rapidly. People moved to Tokyo so tha
39、t theycould find jobs and establish economic security themselves and 5their families. A further factor in the huge increase in urban populations isthe socio-cultural factor. Thousands of people migrating to the 6cities not only for jobs but also for educational and personnel 7reasons. The better uni
40、versities are always located in big cities and this attracts tens of thousands of students every year. Thesestudents usually stay up and work in the city after they graduate. 8Moreover, young people will move to the city as if the villages and 9rural areas are often governed by custom and tradition,
41、 which they believe is an obstacle to their private freedom. In conclusion, we can say that amongst the many causesbehind urban population density, the economic or cultural are the 10most significant. People always move to the areas which provide opportunity and the freedom they desire. It is now th
42、e responsibility of municipal councils to make sure these people are housed, clothed, fed and educated.（分数：20.00）填空项1:_（正确答案：other一the）填空项1:_（正确答案：WithAs）填空项1:_（正确答案：Furthermore一Therefore）填空项1:_（正确答案：iswas）填空项1:_（正确答案：themselves一for）填空项1:_（正确答案：migrating一migrate）填空项1:_（正确答案：personnel一personal）填空项1:_
43、（正确答案：up一on）填空项1:_（正确答案：if去掉if）填空项1:_（正确答案：or一and）解析：解析：词汇错误。此句为文章的总结，说明导致城市人口密集的两大重要原因分别是经济和文化原因。经济和文化两者是并列关系而不是选择关系，这一点也与第一段结尾处的economic以及socio-cultural相呼应，所以要将or改为and。Christmas is the time to make the beloved ones feel special. A hug and a kiss would probably be more than enough but gifts are the
44、 ornaments of mutual love and respect. Choosing the right gift for the right person may either be a pleasure or a pain in the chest.Failure would result from misery on your part even if the recipient 1doesnt tell you the truth and pretend to be unhappy about the item, 2which might actually be a complete disappointment on his/herpart. However, many people believe that a guide on choosing 3the right Christmas gift might be great help. 4 The primary factor when choosing
