专八改错题及答案

12012年3月专八真题：改错部分Thecentralproblemoftranslatinghasalwaysbeenwhethertotranslateliterallyorfreely．Theargumenthasbeengoingsinceatleastthefirst(1)______centuryB.C．Uptothebeginningofthe19thcentury,manywritersfavouredcertainkindof“free”translation:thespirit,nottheletter;the(2)_______sensenottheword;themessagerathertheform;thematternot(3)_______themanner．Thisistheoftenrevolutionarysloganofwriterswho(4)_______wantedthetruthtobereadandunderstood．Thenintheturnofthe19th(5)____century,whenthestudyofculturalanthropologysuggestedthatthelinguisticbarrierswereinsuperableandthatthelanguage(6)_______wasentirelytheproductofculture,theviewtranslationwasimpossible(7)_____gainedsomecurrency,andwithitthat,ifwasattemptedatall,itmustbeas(8)__literalaspossible．Thisviewculminatedthestatementofthe(9)_______extreme“literalists”WalterBenjaminandVladimirNobokov.Theargumentwastheoretical:thepurposeofthetranslation,thenatureofthereadership,thetypeofthetext,wasnotdiscussed．Toooften,writer,translatorandreaderwereimplicitlyidentifiedwitheachother．Now,thecontexthaschanged,andthebasicproblemremains．(10)_____参考答案：1．going后加on2．certain改为acertain3．rather改为not4．is改为was5．in改为at26．去掉第二个the7．view后面加that8．去掉was9．culminated后面加in10．and改为but2011年3月专八真题：改错部分Fromaveryearlyage,perhapstheageoffiveorsix,IknewthatwhenIgrewIshouldbeawriter.Betweentheagesofaboutseventeenandtwenty-four(1)Itriedtoabandonthisidea,butIdidsowiththeconscience(2)thatIwasoutragingmytruenatureandthatsoonorlaterIshouldhaveto(3)settledownandwritebooks.Iwasthechildofthree,buttherewasagapoffiveyearsoneitherside(4)andIbarelysawmyfatherbeforeIwaseight.ForthisandotherreasonsIwassomewhatlonely,andIsoondevelopeddisagreeingmannerismswhich(5)mademeunpopularthroughoutmyschooldays.Ihadthelonelychild’shabitofmakingupstoriesandholdingconversationswithimaginativepersons,and(6)Ithinkfromtheverystartmyliteralambitionsweremixedupwith(7)thefeelingofbeingisolatedandundervalued.IknewthatIhadafacilitywithwordsandapoweroffacinginunpleasantfacts,andIfeltthatthiscreated(8)asortofprivateworldwhichIcouldgetmyownbackformyfailureineverydaylife(9)Therefore,thevolumeofserious—i.e.seriouslyintended—writingwhichIproduced(10)allthroughmychildhoodandboyhoodwouldnotamounttohalfadozenpages.Iwrotemyfirstpoemattheageoffive,mymothertakingitdowntodictation.1.grew后加up2.conscience改成consciousness3.soon改成sooner4.the和child之间加middle5.disagreeing改成disagreeable6.imaginative改成imaginary7.literal改成literary38.in去掉9.which前加in10.Therefore,改成Nevertheless改错题出自：GeorgeOrwell的《WhyIWrite》的前两段第1个错误出现在grew.解析：grow表成长，如人和动植物的成长。如果要表“长大”就要用短语：growup。2.句中conscience有如下的释义：1.良心，良知2.良知1.良心2.第三类法庭而consciousness表示1.意识到,知道.2.意识，觉悟3.意识状态4.清醒句子的意思是：我意识到这是在违背我的本性。3.第三句考固定搭配：soonerorlater迟早。难点：outrage违背做动词。4.按句子意思作者排行老二家里上面和下面都有个小孩因此加上middle5.disagreeing为disagree的ing,意思是“不同意不认同”。改为：disagreeable表1.不合意的;不愉快的;讨厌的2.难相处的,脾气坏的6.imaginative改成imaginary，解析：imaginative表示人富有想像力的;富于想像的;有创造力的。而imaginary表示想像中的;虚构的;幻想的如：animaginaryfriend想像中的朋友7.literal表“文字的”改成literary指文学作者的文学的志向与野心8.facesth.直面某个事实.不用接介词in9.定语从句，修饰world，有介词要用在which前，不能省略10.Therefore,改成Nevertheless句子有转折的意思，作者说他一直沉溺在自己的内心世界，然而童年时代所写的东西数目不多。而非因此，童年所写的东西不多。2010年3月专八真题：改错部分Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,(1)everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay(2)thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay.(3)Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitivepeoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofriceortheengravingofBenaresbrass.(4)Whereasthisisnotthefaultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimoscan(5)speakaboutsnowwithagreatdealfurtherprecisionandsubtletythanwecaninEnglish,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalled'primitive')isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.(6)ThisexampledoesnotcometolightadefectinEnglish,ashowofunexpected'primitiveness'.Thepositionissimplyandobviouslythat(7)theEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilarenvironments.TheEnglishlanguage(8)willbejustasrichintermsfordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironments(9)inwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportant.Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricket(10)ifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimos'life.4Forobvioushistoricalreasons,Englishmeninthe19thcenturycouldnottalkaboutmotorcarswiththeminutediscriminationwhichispossibletoday:carswerenotapartoftheirculture.Buttheyhadahostoftermsforhorse-drawnvehicleswhichsendus,puzzled,toahistoricaldictionarywhenwearereadingScottorDickens.Howmanyofuscoulddistinguishbetweenachaise,alandau,avictoria,abrougham,acoupe,agig,adiligence,awhisky,acalash,atilbury,acarriole,aphaeton,andaclarence?1be后插入as;2their改为its;3There改为It;4Whereas改为But5further改为more6come改为bring;7similar改为different;8will改为would;9asimportant去掉as10thepart去掉the2009年3月专八真题参考答案：改错部分Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)betweenschoolloreandnurserylore