英语专业八级改错（1）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 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 different 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.After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United __6__States was knownfor "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 unsophiscated, and since __8__American considered 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 secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull.英语专业八级（1）答案和解析:1. of和as之间加上it.代替前文的a nation2. it—both.指代上文的US和Great Britain3. that—which4.sufficient—sufficiently.修饰形容词用副词5. indicated—indicating来源：考试大6. began—ended.根据历史知识，美国独立战争开始于1776年7月4日(《独立宣言》发表)，直到1783年英国正式承认美国独立才结束。
7. for—as.be known for意为“因......而众所周知”8. is—was.美国过去曾是一个rural and unsophisticated的国家9. to—pare to 意为“把......比作.......”compare with意为“与......比较，与.......匹敌，与......竞争”10.删掉name和originated之间的was英语专业八级改错（2）About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking University. ____2The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and2,000,000 maternal Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4families to moderate size.This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high risk categories. ____6 The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than two years apart.____10英语专业八级（2）答案和解析:1.将had used 改为used。
因为此句是虚拟语气,表示与现在事实相反,故条件从句中应使用一般过去时。
例如:Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 许多人原本会成为聪明人-如果他们不自以为聪明的话。
2. 将publishing 改为publishedreport和publish时逻辑动宾关系,故应使用publish的过去分词短语来修饰report。
例如:Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的发现,不管多么微不足道,都将成为知识宝库中的一部分。
3. 将theirs 改为their4.将among 改为between在两次怀孕期间留出足够的间隔时间,故用between。
5. 将过去分词excluded 改为介词excludingexcluding意为“不包括……”6. 将respectably 改为respectivelyrespectively 意为“分别地”，符合句子的意思。
而respectably意为“可敬的，值得尊敬地”。
7.将evidences 改为evidence。
evidence是不可数名词。
8.将ill改为illness9.将year 改为years10.将lesser 改为less英语专业八级改错（3）From what has been said, it must be clear that no one canmake very positive statements about how language originated. There is no material in any language today and in the earliest (1)and→orrecords of ancient languages show us language in a new and(2) show→showingemerging state. It is often said, of course, that the language (3)theoriginated in cries of anger, fear, pain and pleasure, and the (4) and→butnecessary evidence is entirely lacking: there are no remote tribes, no ancient records, providing evidence ofa language with a large proportion of such cries ( 5) large→lagerthan we find in English. It is true that the absenceof such evidence does not disprove the theory, but in (6)in→onother grounds too the theory is not very attractive.People of all races and languages make rather similar noises in return to pain or pleasure. The fact that (7) retur n→responsesuch noises are similar on the lips of Frenchmenand Malaysians whose languages are utterly different,serves to emphasize on the fundamental difference （8）onbetween these noises and language proper. We maysay that the cries of pain or chortles of amusementare largely reflex actions, instinctive to∧large extent, (9)∧awhereas language proper does not consist of signsbut of these that have to be learnt and that are……(10) these→thoes英语专业八级改错（4）Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. While experience taught him this was impossible, __1__ he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier in __2__ 1000B.C.there were weather seers in Babylon----and priests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted __3__ the weather a year in the advance. Some forecasters used __4__ methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual __5__ factors controlled the weather. Chickens and other animals __6__ were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. Somewhat more scientific predictions were __7__ based on vegetation:"Onion’s skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onion’s skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough." Insects and animals were also __8__ favorite weather clues: "Before the glowworm lights his __9__ lamp ,then the air is always damp ." "If spiders their forsake cobwebs, the weather will for certain break ." "If frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, __10__ rain and cold were due." It’s difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : " Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks we’ll have some rain today ."英语专业八级（4）答案和解析:1. While—When或After.本句的this指代的是to change theweather by using magic. when/after 引导时间状语2. in—than.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than3. those之后加who.who引导定语从句4.删除advance前的the.in advance为习语5. take—have.have connection with 为习语6. controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语修饰the actual factors7. and—or.rain和draught只能是二者之一8.删除is.与上文平衡，均为省略句9. before—when/if.条件句10. will—would.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时英语专业八级改错（5）"Home, sweet home" is a phrase that express an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in thefamily house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home _____1has great importance for many people.This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house_____2for one’s family, and started a farm. These small households were _____3portraits of independence: the entire family- mother, father, children,even grandparents-live in a small house and working together to ___4support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance _____5of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership _____6is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the nineteenth.When U.S soldiers came home before World WarⅡ, for example, _____7they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. Butthere was _____8a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied _____9a deep need. Many regarded the single-family house the basis of their way of life._____10英语专业八级（5）答案和解析:1.将 no 改为 not2.将 place 改为 landplace是可数名词，作“地方”讲,而land意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。