1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 36及答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING their marriages remained intact to a greater extent than did mat of (8)_ couples who married in earlier as well as later decades. Since the United States (9)_ maintained its dubious distinction of having the highest divorce rate in the world, the tempo
2、rary decline in divorce did not occur in the same extent in Europe. (10)_ Contrary to fears of the experts, the role of breadwinner and homemaker was not abandoned. 11 (1) 12 (2) 13 (3) 14 (4) 15 (5) 16 (6) 17 (7) 18 (8) 19 (9) 20 (10) 20 Whenever you see an old film, even one made as little as ten
3、years before, you cant help being strucked by the (1)_ appearance of the women taking part. Their hair styles and make-up look date; their skirts look either too long or too (2)_ short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicrous. The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recogniz
4、able. (3)_ There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created (4)_ by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men (5)_ have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their (6)_ style of dress. The same
5、cannot be said for women. Each year, a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down (7)_ on the law and women around the world run to obey. The (8)_ decrees of the designers are unpredictable and dictatorial. Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and (9)_ waists w
6、ill be height; hips are in and buttons are out. (10)_ 21 (1) 22 (2) 23 (3) 24 (4) 25 (5) 26 (6) 27 (7) 28 (8) 29 (9) 30 (10) 30 It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as a person. This is why we sometimes call
7、 Great Britain (1)_ “Britannia“ and the United States “Columbia“, and think of it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our (2)_ personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, a Scot, wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed (3)_ to be typical members of differ
8、ent nationalities. The Englishman was John Bull. This name, which was sufficient flattering to be (4)_ adopted generally, combined the most common English first name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually (5)_ pictured as a partly businessman with a union Jack on his hatband. Afte
9、r the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United (6)_ States was known for “Brother Jonathan“. Jonathan was a biblical (7)_ name associated with simple people from rural areas, and it seemed fitting since the United States is rural and unsophisticated, and since (8)_ American considered
10、their type of simplicity a virtue compared to (9)_ the wickedness of European cities. It is possible, however, that the name was originated with President George Washington, who would (10)_ often say, when faced with a hard problem, “Let us consult Brother Jonathan“, referring to his secretary, Jona
11、than Trumbull. 31 (1) 32 (2) 33 (3) 34 (4) 35 (5) 36 (6) 37 (7) 38 (8) 39 (9) 40 (10) 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 36答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case
12、, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way: (1)For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and wr
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