1、专业英语八级改错练习题及答案解析(2)“Home, sweet home” is a phrase that expresses an essential attitude in the United States. Whether the reality of life in the family house is sweet or no sweet, the cherished ideal of home has great importance for many people. This ideal is a vital part of the American dream. This
2、dream, dramatized in the history of nineteenth century European settlers of American West, was to find a piece of place, build a house for ones family, and started a farm. These small households were portraits of independence: the entire family - mother, father, children, even grandparents-live in a
3、 small house and working together to support each other. Anyone understood the life-and-death importance of family cooperation and hard work. Although most people in the United States no longer live on farms, but the ideal of home ownership is just as strong in the twentieth century as it was in the
4、 nineteenth. When U.S soldiers came home before World War, for example, they dreamed of buying houses and starting families. But there was a tremendous boom in home building. The new houses, typically in the suburbs, were often small and more or less identical, but it satisfied a deep need. Many reg
5、arded the single-family house the basis of their way of life.1 _2 _3 _4 _5 _6 _7 _8 _9 _10 _参考答案及解析：1. 将 no 改为 not。 2. 将 place 改为 land。place 是可数名词，作“地方”讲，而 land 意为“土地，田地”是不可数名词。例如：Solitude is a good place to visit but a poor place to stay. 当你偶尔光顾时，独处是一个美妙的境地，但是如果久留，它却是一个糟糕的地方。There is a vacant piece
6、 of land near the house; we can build there.3. 将 started 改为 start。start 应使用不定式，以和前面的 find，build 一致。4. 将 working 改为 work。work 应该用第三人称复数，和 live 一致。另外，family 在这里作 “家人”讲，是复数。5. 将 anyone 改为 everyone。这里是要用 everyone 指每个人，而不是要用anyone 泛指。6. 将 but 删除。7. 将 before 改为 after。根据上下文判断，这里要表达的是二战之后。8. 将 But 改为 And。根据语意，这里要表达的是递进关系，而不是转折关系。例如：When I do good, I feel good. When I do bad, I feel bad. And thats my religion.当我行善事，我感到坦然；当我行恶时，我感到内疚。这就是我的人生之道。9. 将 it 改为 they。10.在 house the 中间加入介词 as。regardas 作“把 当作” 讲。
