[外语类试卷]专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷11及答案与解析.doc

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1、专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 11及答案与解析 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, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the f

2、ollowing 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 write t 0 Few people realize that getting pregnant can mean losing your job. Imagine a

3、woman who, seven months into her pregnancy, is fired from her position as a cashier because she needed a few extra bathroom break. 1._ Or imagine another pregnant employee who was fired from her retail job after giving her supervisors a doctors note requesting she was allowed to 2._ refrain over hea

4、vy lifting and climbing ladders during the month and a half 3._ before her maternity leave: thats what happened to Patricia Leahy. In 2008 a federal judge in Brooklyn ruled that her firing was unfair because her 4. _ employers were not obligated to accommodate her needs. We can see this kind of case

5、 in our legal clinic all time. It really 5._ happens some day to pregnant women in the United States, and it happens 6. thanks to a gap between discrimination laws and disability laws. Federal and state laws banned discrimination against pregnant women 7._ in the workplace. And amendments to the Ame

6、ricans With Disabilities Act require employers to provide reasonable accommodations to disabled employers (including most employees with medical complications arising 8._ from pregnancies) who need them to do their jobs. But because pregnancy itself is not considered a disability, employers are not

7、obligated to accommodate most pregnant workers in any way. As a result, thousands of pregnant women are pushed out of jobs that they are perfectly capable of performing either put on unpaid leave or simply fired when they request an accommodation to help obtain 9._ a healthy pregnancy. Many are sing

8、le mothers or a familys primary breadwinner. They are disproportionately low-income women, often in mentally demanding jobs with little flexibility. 10._ 10 Facebook, the vast online social network, is poised to file for a public stock offering that it will ultimately value the company at $75 billio

9、n to , 1. _ $100 billion, cashing in on the fuel that powers the engine of Internet commerce: personal data. The company has been busily collecting that data for seven years, compiling the information that its more than 800 million users free share 2. _ about and their desires. Facebooks value will

10、be determined by whether 3. _ it can leverage this commodity to attract advertisers, and how deftly the company can handle privacy concerns risen by its users and government 4. _ regulators worldwide. As the biggest offering of a social networking company, the sale is the clearest evidence but that

11、investors believe there is a lot of money to be made 5. _ from the social Web. Facebooks dominance in this field has left Google, a Web king from an earlier era less than a decade ago race to catch up. 6. _ Facebook is considered so valuable because it is more than the sum of its users. More than wo

12、rlds largest social network, it is a fast-churning data 7. _ machine that captures and processes every click and interaction with its platform. 8. _ Every time a person shares a link, listens to a song, clicks on one of Facebooks ubiquitous “like“ buttons, or change a relationship status to “engaged

13、“, a morsel 9. _ of data is added to Facebooks vast library. It is a siren to advertisers hoping to leverage that information to match their aids with the right audience. 10._ 专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷 11答案与解析 一、 PART IV PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN) Directions: Proofread the given passage. The pass

14、age contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, 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

15、 line. (2)For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “ “ sign and write t 【知识模块】 改错 1 【正确答案】 break breaks 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用。 break用作名词，表示 “休息 ”，是可数的。前置定语中有 a few，必须和复数形式搭配使用。 【知识模块】 改错 2 【正确答案】 was be 【试题解析】 本题为虚拟语气误用。 request表示 “要求 ”，它所引导的 that从句中必须使用虚拟语气，助动词为 should，可以省略。 【知识模块】

16、 改错 3 【正确答案】 over from 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。 refrain from sth是同定搭配，表示 “避免发生某事 ”。 【知识模块】 改错 4 【正确答案】 unfair fair 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。根据后面的原因状语从句，因为该女雇员的老板们没有义务要满足她的需求，所以法官裁定解雇她是公平的。 【知识模块】 改错 5 【正确答案】 time the 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。 all the time是固定搭配，表示 “一直、始终 ”，不能使用零冠词。 【知识模块】 改错 6 【正确答案】 some every 【试题解析】 本题为形容词误用。文

17、中介绍在美国，怀孕的妇女受歧视，天天有人为此被解雇，而不是某天发生的事情。 【知识模块】 改错 7 【正确答案】 banned ban 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。根据句子的意思，联邦及州法律都严禁歧视怀孕的女性。这是一个客观事实 ，应该使用一般现在时。 【知识模块】 改错 8 【正确答案】 employers employees 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用。 employer表示 “雇主 ”， employee表示 “雇员 ”。句子提到雇主要给残疾雇员提供合理的生活补助，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错 9 【正确答案】 obtain maintain 【试题解析】 本题为动词误用。 ob

18、tain表示 “得到、获得 ”， maintain表示 “维持、保持 ”。句中指她们要在孕期保持良好的健康状态，故用后者。 【知 识模块】 改错 10 【正确答案】 mentally physically 【试题解析】 本题为逻辑错误。根据句子的意思，那些怀孕的女性收入偏低，虽然行动不便，还要去干繁重的体力活。可见 physically更符合原文。 【知识模块】 改错 【知识模块】 改错 11 【正确答案】 it 【试题解析】 本题为从句误用。 that引导此限制性定语从句，并且充当从句中的主语，无需用 it，重复累赘。 【知识模块】 改错 12 【正确答案】 free freely 【试题解

19、析】 本题为形容词误用。修饰动词 share应该用副词，非形容词。 【知识模块】 改错 13 【正确答案】 and themselves 【试题解析】 本题为缺词错误。根据句子的意思， Facebook的用户们之间相互分享资源，应该使用反身代词。 【知识模块】 改错 14 【正确答案】 risen raised 【试题解析】 本题为动词误用。 rise是不及物动词，不能用作被动态，而 raise是及物动词，可以用作被动态。 【知识模块】 改错 15 【正确答案 】 but yet或 but一 【试题解析】 本题为连词误用。 that引导的是 evidence的同位语从句，两者间无需使用连词 b

20、ut，但可以用副词 yet表示转折。 【知识模块】 改错 16 【正确答案】 race racing 【试题解析】 本题为非谓语动词误用。 leave sb doing sth是固定搭配，需用动词的现在分词。 【知识模块】 改错 17 【正确答案】 worlds the 【试题解析】 本题为冠词误用。本句中有形容词的最高级 largest，需 用定冠词搭配使用，不能省略。 【知识模块】 改错 18 【正确答案】 with on 【试题解析】 本题为介词误用。和 platform搭配使用的介词是 on，表示在平台上，不是 with。 【知识模块】 改错 19 【正确答案】 change changes 【试题解析】 本题为时态误用。本句陈述客观事实，需用一般现在时。主语是person，所以用动词的单数形式。 【知识模块】 改错 20 【正确答案】 aids ads 【试题解析】 本题为名词误用。两个都 是名词的复数形式，但是形似义异。 aids表示帮助、协助， ads表示广告。根据句子的意思，那些数据会吸引广告商用来制作符合潜在消费者需求的广告，故用后者。 【知识模块】 改错