1999年英语专八真题及答案

1999年英语专八真题及答案

　　2015年专八考试还有3个月即将到来，新东方在线为同学们整理了1999年英语专八真题及答案，供各位考生参考练习。

　　Part Ⅱ Proofreadin

　　Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction (15 min)

　　The following passage contains TEN errors. Each 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. For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and wri te the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word cross out the unnecessary word with a slash "/' and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line.

　　Example

　　When∧art museum wants a new exhibit, (1) an

　　it never/ buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never

　　them on the wall. When a natural history museum 

　　wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit

　　

　　The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric 1.___

　　human ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing 2.___

　　with animal foods. An analysis of 58 societies of modem hunter-

　　gatherers, including the Kung of southern Africa, revealed that one 

　　half emphasize gathering plant foods, one-third concentrate on fishing

　　and only one-sixth are primarily hunters. Overall, two-thirds

　　and more of the hunter-gatherer's calories come from plants. Detailed 3.___

　　studies of the Kung by the food scientists at the University of

　　London, showed that gathering is a more productive source of food

　　than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100 4.___

　　edible calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240. 5.___

　　Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung 6.___

　　diet, and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if

　　they escape fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary

　　aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence of medical care. 7.___

　　They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental

　　decay, no high blood pressure, on heart disease, and their blood

　　cholesterol levels are very low( about half of the average American 8.___

　　adult), if no one is suggesting what we return to an aboriginal life 9.___

　　style, we certainly could use their eating habits as a model for 10.___

　　healthier diet.

　　答案与详解

　　1.答案：as→like

　　【详细解答】as our prehistoric human ancestors意为"作为人类史前的祖先那样"，但是 根据上下文，此处应表达的意思是"像人类史前的祖先那样"，故应该将as改为介词like。

　　2.答案：supplementing→supplemented 

　　【详细解答】本句中的分词短语supplementing with animal foods 是定语，修饰 vegetable diet，根据上下文，此处是指"素食被肉食补充"，故应该用过去分词表被动。

　　3.答案：and→or 

　　【详细解答】根据上下文，这里的意思只能是三分之二或多于三分之二，所以不能用表示并列 关系的and，而应该用表示选择关系的or。

　　4.答案：in→on 

　　【详细解答】on average为固定搭配，意为"平均"。

　　5.答案：as→whereas/while 

　　【详细解答】根据上下文意思，这两句话表示的是一种对比关系。故应该改用连词whereas或w hile，引出相反或不同的事实。

　　6.答案：for 

　　【详细解答】provide是及物动词，可以直接连宾语，不需要任何介词。

　　7.答案：of

　　【详细解答】despite是一介词，其后可直接接名词。

　　8.答案：half∧→that 

　　【详细解答】在这里加上that，用来指代前面的blood cholesterol levels，句子结构才完整。

　　9.答案：if→though 

　　【详细解答】根据上下文，这里的主从句关系不是条件，而是让步关系，即"尽管没有人建议 我们回到土著人的生活方式，…"。

　　10.答案：for ∧→a 

　　【详细解答】本句中的a healthier diet表示一种更加健康的饮食。冠词a泛指"一种或一类"。

　　Part Ⅲ Reading Comprehension (40 min)

　　SECTION A READING COMPREHENSION (30 min )

　　In this section there are four reading passages followed by a total of fifteen m ultiple-choice questions. Read the passages carefully and then mark your answers on your Coloured Answer Sheet.

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