英語專八改錯練習（一）

【練習】

About half of the infant and maternal deaths in developing countries could be avoided if women had used family planning methods to prevent high risk ____1

pregnancies, according to a report publishing recently by the Johns Hopking University. ____2

The report indicates that 5.6 million infant deaths and 2,000,000 maternal Deaths could be prevented this year if women chose to have theirs children ____3

within the safest years with adequate intervals among births and limited their ____4

families to moderate size.

This amounts to about half of the 9.8 million infant and 370.000 maternal deaths in developing countries, excluded China, estimated for this year by ____5

the United Nation’s Children’s Fund and the US Centers for Disease Control respectably. China was excluded because very few births occur in the high risk categories. ____6

The report says that evidences from around the world shows the risk of ____7

maternal or infant ill and death is the highest in four specific types of ____8

pregnancy; pregnancies before the mother is 18 year old; those after the ____9

mother is 35 years old; pregnancies after four births; and those lesser than two years apart.____10
 

【答案】

1. 將 had used 改為 used。

因為此句是虛擬語氣,表示與現在事實相反,故條件從句中應使用一般過去時。例如:

Many would be wise if they did not think themselves wise. 許多人原本會成為聰明人-如果他們不自以為聰明的話。

2. 將 publishing 改為 published

report和publish時邏輯動賓關系,故應使用publish的過去分詞短語來修飾report。例如:

Any discovery that we may make, however small, will remain acquired knowledge. 任何可能的發(fā)現,不管多么微不足道,都將成為知識寶庫中的一部分。

3. 將 theirs 改為 their

4. 將 among 改為 between

在兩次懷孕期間留出足夠的間隔時間,故用between。

5. 將過去分詞 excluded 改為介詞 excluding

excluding意為“不包括……”

6. 將 respectably 改為 respectively

respectively 意為 “分別地 ”，符合句子的意思。而respectably意為“可敬的，值得尊敬地 ”。

7. 將 evidences 改為 evidence

evidence是不可數名詞。

8. 將ill改為illness

9. 將 year 改為 years

10. 將 lesser 改為 less