专业英语八级考试改错模拟试题及答案

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专业英语八级考试改错模拟试题及答案

　　Psychologically there are two dangers to be guarded against in old age. One of these is due absorption in the past. It does not __1__work to live in memories, in regrets for the good old days, or in __2__sadness about friends who are dead. One's thoughts must be directed to the future, and to things which there is something to be done. __3__This is not always easy; one's own past is a gradually increasing weight. It is easy to think for oneself that ont's emotions __4__

　　are used to be more vivid than they are, and one's mind more __5__keen. If this is true it should be forgotten, and if it is forgotten it will probably not be true.

　　The other thing to be avoided is clinging to youth in hope of __6__sucking vigour from its vitality. When your children are growing up __7__they want to live their own lives, and if you continue to be as interested in them as you were when they were young, you are likely to become a burden to them, except they are unusually callous. I do not __8__mean that one should be without interest in them, but one's interest should be contemplatory and, if possible, philanthropic, but not __9__unduly emotional. Animals become indifferent to their young as soon as their young can look after themselves, but human beings, owing to the length of infantry, find this difficult. __10__

　　答案及解析:

　　1.due-undue

　　如果是due absoption，就没有必要说two dangers to guarded against，所以这里犯了语义颠倒的错误。

　　2.work-do

　　work在这里用得不好，应该为do，表示“能……”，work往往表示“行不行得通”，如：It does not work to employ two people. We need at least 5.

　　3.^which-about

　　这里缺少了介词about，使先行词things 和something to be done无法连接。

　　4.for-to

　　to think for oneself表示“为自己着想”，这这里显然不是这个意思，应改为to oneself 表示“自己想……”，类似于to say to oneself。

　　5.are(used)-/

　　be used to 表示“习惯于……”，而这里的.意思是“过去曾经……”，所以应改为used to do。

　　6.^hope-the