英语专八改错突击练习题英语专八改错突击练习题Weuselanguageeveryday.Weliveinaworldofwords.Hardlyanymomentpasseswithsomeonetalking,writingorreading.Indeed,__1__languagesismostessentialtomankind.Ourlivesincreasinglydependonfastandsuccessfuluseoflanguage.Strangelyenough,weknow__2__moreaboutthingsaroundusthanonourselves.Forexample,language__3__isspeciesspecific,thatis,itislanguagethatdiffershumanfrom__4__animals.However,wedonotknowyethowexactlyweinquirelanguage__5__andhowitispossibleforustoperceivethroughlanguage;norwe__6__understandpreciselythecombinationsbetweenlanguageandthought,__7__languageandlogic,orlanguageandculture;stillless,howandwhenlanguagestarted.Onereasonforthisinadequateknowledgeoflanguageisthatwe,likelanguageusers,taketoomanythingsforgranted.__8__Languagecomestoeverynormalpersonsonaturallythatafew__9__ofusstoptoquestionwhatlanguageis,muchlessdowefeelthenecessitytostudyit.Languageisfarmorecomplexthanmostpeoplehaveprobablyimaginedandthenecessitytostudyitisfargreaterthansomepeoplemayhaveassured.Linguisticisabranchofsciencewhich__10__takeslanguageasitsobjectofinvestigation.参考答案及解析:1.with改为without。”hardyanymomentpasseswithoutsomeone…”,两个否定:without和hardly，意思是“每一时刻有人……”。2.fast前面加the因为fastandsuccessfuluse这个词组后边有一个前置词短语oflanguage修饰use，所以被修饰的词前面加定冠词。3.thanonourselves改为thanthingsonourselves。在这里比较的是两件事：thingsaroundusandthingsonourselves(我们周围的事物和我们自身的东西)。第二个things不能省略，否则引起误解。4.differs改为distinguishes。语言区分人与动物，differ是不及物动词，后面不能带宾语，只能用介词，如：Mandiffersfromanimalsinthatmanpossesseslanguage。5.inquire改为acquire“习得语言”应该是acquirelanguage，名词短语是languageacquisition。Inquire是“询问”的意思。6.we前面加上do副词nor放在句首表示强调，应用倒装句，一般现在时强调句是在主语前面加助动词do。7.combination改为relationships.语言和思维的.关系，不是结合；语言和思维的关系是当代语言学研究的重要领域。8.like改为as。根据上下文，要表达的意思是“作为语言的使用者”，不是“像语言的使用者”。9.a去掉这里是否定的意思：“我们没有多少人……”而不是“我们一些人.….”。10.assured改为assumed.这句的后半部分意思是“研究语言的必要性比我们想象的要大得多”。Assure译为“确保”；assume译为“假设”或者“想象”的意思。