[外语类试卷]专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷58及答案与解析.doc
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1、专业英语八级(改错)模拟试卷 58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 Some social scientists have claimed that divorce harms children for the rest
3、of their lives leading them to form marriages as happy as their parents. But other recent studies say marital【 M1】 _ breakups have mixed long-term effects, foster growth in some【 M2】 _ children and the resolve to build happier marriages of their own. In support of the second viewpoint, a recent Pew
4、Research Center study suggests that when divorced parents remarry, the【 M3】 _ kids own marriages may benefit from the example of a parents second, happier union. Indeed, some 60% of children who grow up in stepfamilies say their marriages are closer than that of their own【 M4】 _ biological parents,
5、says the Pew survey of 2,691 adults, conduct【 M5】 _ last October. Also, some 70% of people with step-relatives say they are very satisfied with their family lives, the Pew study shows. The study indicates that the stepkids may be benefiting【 M6】 _ from a parents positive bond with a stepparent. Stil
6、l, blood is thicker than water. The 42% of Americans who have at least one step-relative typically feel a strong sense of【 M7】 _ obligation to their biological parent, child or sibling than their【 M8】 _ step-relatives, the Pew survey says. Significantly higher percentages of correspondents said they
7、 would feel obligated to【 M9】 _ provide financial help or care with a biological relative who was in【 M10】 _ trouble, compared with those who would help a step-relative who was in trouble. 1 【 M1】 2 【 M2】 3 【 M3】 4 【 M4】 5 【 M5】 6 【 M6】 7 【 M7】 8 【 M8】 9 【 M9】 10 【 M10】 10 People learn languages all
8、 the time, and for all kinds of reasons. For example, you probably have various reasons to study【 M1】 _ English than your classmates. But have you ever thought about creating entirely new language from scratch? Theres been a boom【 M2】 _ in made-up languages recently, driving by the epic “Lord of the
9、【 M3】 _ Rings“ and other fantasy movies and books. The trend has also fueled as more and more people venture online. There are【 M4】 _ websites, discussion boards, and chat rooms that teach how to build a language, others that share new languages, and some that seek collaborators. Made-up languages a
10、rent restricted on Star【 M5】 _ Trek fans and Esperanto speakers. It spends time and determination to create a new language. A【 M6】 _ creator needs to do more than substitute existing words with invented ones. Theres rhythm and intonation to consider how does the language sound when spoken? If its in
11、vented for humans【 M7】 _ in a movie or book, how does biology change the sound? How does it represent the culture of the people who speak it? Then there are grammar rules, such as masculine and feminine nouns or verbs, word order, or the use of irregular verbs. Even if a simple language【 M8】 _ can t
12、ake years to develop. Yet the new languages dont have the same sticking power as real languages like English. As for the made-up languages of today, there are an infinite number of reason behind their creation.【 M9】 _ Some people do it as a hobby, another as a way to relax. Some just【 M10】 _ like th
13、e challenge. 11 【 M1】 12 【 M2】 13 【 M3】 14 【 M4】 15 【 M5】 16 【 M6】 17 【 M7】 18 【 M8】 19 【 M9】 20 【 M10】 20 Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a relative threat to childrens health that isnt as easy to get rid of
14、:【 M1】 _ third-hand smoke. Thats the term being used to describe the invisible yet toxic mixture of gas and particles clinging to【 M2】 _ smokers hair and clothing, not mention cushions and carpeting,【 M3】 _ that linger long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room.【 M4】 _ The reminder include
15、s heavy metals and radioactive materials that【 M5】 _ young children can get on their hands and ingest, especially if theyre crawling or playing on the floor. Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined the term “third-hand smoke“ to describe these chemicals in a new study that fo
16、cused on the risks they pose to infants and children. The study was published in latest issue of the journal【 M6】 _ Pediatrics. “Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad, but they dont know about this,“ said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the leaded author of the study and an assistant professor of【
17、 M7】 _ pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. “When your kids are out of【 M8】 _ the house, they might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and smoke, and they think its okay so the second-hand smoke isnt【 M9】 _ getting to their kids,“
18、 Dr. Winickoff continued. “We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that arent invisible.“【 M10】 _ 21 【 M1】 22 【 M2】 23 【 M3】 24 【 M4】 25 【 M5】 26 【 M6】 27 【 M7】 28 【 M8】 29 【 M9】 30 【 M10】 30 Today women earn almost 60 percent of all bachelors degrees and more than half of masters and Ph.D
19、.s. Many people believe that, as this may be good for women as income earners, it【 M1】 _ foreshadows ill for their marital prospects. As Kate Bolick wrote in a much-discussed article in The Atlantic last fall, American women face “a radical shrinking pool【 M2】 _ of what are traditionally considered
20、to be marriageable men those who are better educated and earn more than they do.“ Educated women worry that they are scaring potential partners,【 M3】 _ and experts claim that those who do marry will end up with satisfactory matches. They point to outdated studies suggesting【 M4】 _ that women with hi
21、gh earnings than their husbands do more【 M5】 _ housework to compensate for the threat to their mates egos. Is this really the fate facing with educated women: either no【 M6】 _ marriage at all or the marriage with more housework? Nonsense.【 M7】 _ That may have been the case in the past, but no longer
22、. By 1996, intelligence and education moved up to No. 5 on mens ranking of【 M8】 _ desirable qualities in a mate. The desire for a good cook and housekeeper had dropped to 14th place, near the bottom of the 18-point scale. The sociologist Christine B. Whelan reports that by 2008, mens interest in a w
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