2010年专八真题改错部分Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay1________________thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay.2________________Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitive3________________peoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofrice.Whereasthisisnotthe4_____________faultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimos,itissaid,canspeakaboutsnowwithfurthermoreprecisionandsubtletythanwecanin5______________English,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled'primitive')isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.Thisexampledoesnotcometolightadefect6______________inEnglish,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.ThepositionissimplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilar7____________environments.TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichinterms8____________fordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportant.9_____________Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.10____________2010年专八真题改错参考答案以及分词1be后插入as;as…as引导的比较级2their改为its;its代替everylanguage3There改为It;It此处作为形式主语,真正的主语是后面的不定式4Whereas改为But;语境需要表示转折的连词,whereas表示对比5further改为muchfurther不能修饰比较级6come改为bring;(sth)cometolight,bringsthtolightbringtolightthedefectofEnglish=bringthedefectofenglishtolight揭示英语的缺陷7similar改为different;根据语境应该用different8will改为would;虚拟语气9asimportant去掉as;10thepart去掉the或者改the为abe/become/form(a)partof是固定短语09专八改错原题Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)___________betweenschoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthe(2)___________littlelistenerhasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,oreven(3)____________grandchildren.Theperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingitmaybesomethingfromtwentytoseventyyears.With(4)_____________theplaygroundlore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassed(5)___________onwithintheveryhouritislearnt;andinthegeneral,itpasses(6)_____________betweenchildrenofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,orevenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatit(7)__________hasbeenretransmittedoverandover;verypossiblyithaspassed(8)___________alongach...