专八改错练习（9）

专八改错练习（9）

　　专八改错题需要同学们运用语法、修辞、结构等知识识别短文内的语病并作出改正，很考验考生的语法能力，新东方在线整理了专八改错练习，希望考生们多加练习。

　　One of the most important non-legislative functionsof the U.S Congress is the power to investigate.

　　The power is usually delegated to committees—eitherstanding committees, special

　　committees set for a specific purpose, or jointcommittees __1__

　　consisted of members of both houses. Investigations__2__

　　are held to gather information on the need for future

　　legislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performance of

　　members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, __3__

　　to lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently,

　　committees rely outside experts to assist in conducting __4__

　　investigative hearings and to make out detailed studies of issues. __5__

　　There are important corollaries to the investigative power.

　　One is the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most __6__

　　committee hearings are open to public and are reported widely __7__

　　in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless __8__

　　represent one important tool available to lawmakers to inform

　　the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, __9__

　　Congressional committees also have the power to compel

　　testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt

　　of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury

　　these who give false testimony. __10__

　　参考答案及解析:

　　1 在set和for中间加上up

　　短语set up表示“设立”，这里用作过去分词，修饰前面的committees。

　　2 consisted改为 consisting

　　joint committee 是consist of 的逻辑主语，所以要用现在分词。

　　3 in改为on

　　与occasion搭配的介词应该为on。

　　4 rely和outside中间加上on

　　rely 后面要用介词on。

　　5 out去掉

　　make studies 表示“进行研究”，这里没有必要用out。

　　6 its 改为 their

　　这里代词指代的是复数名词investigations，所以也要用复数形式。

　　7 to 和public中间加上the

　　表示“大众，公众”时，前面要加定冠词。

　　8 nevertheless 改为thus ,therefore

　　作者前面说国会有向社会公开调查信息的权利，本句说调查是立法者向公众传达消息的工具，这两句话之间应该是因果关系，而不是转折关系。

　　9 interests改为interest

　　作者此处要表达的是“激起公众的兴趣：，应该用”interest。interests一般表示“利益”。

　　10 these改为those

　　用代词指代一群人，后面在加定语从句修饰时，代词一般要用those。

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