2001年英语业八级考试全真试卷.docVIP

2001年英语专业八级考试全真试卷 改错Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction? (15? min) ??The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following way. For a wrong word,? ? ? underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word,? ? ? ? mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word? ? ? cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. Example When∧art museum wants a new exhibit,? ? ? ? ? (1) an it never／? buys things in finished form and hangs? ? ? ? (2) never them on the wall. When a natural history museum? ? ? wants an exhibition, it must often build it.? ? ? ? ? ? (3) exhibit ????? During the early years of this century, wheat was seen as the very lifeblood of Western Canada. People on city streets watched the yields and the price of wheat in almost as much feeling as if? 1.___ they were growers. The marketing of wheat became an increasing? 2.___ favorite topic of conversation. ??? War set the stage for the most dramatic events in marketing the western crop. For years, farmers mistrusted speculative grain selling as carried on through the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. Wheat prices were generally low in the autumn, so farmers could? 3.___ not wait for markets to improve. It had happened too often that they sold their wheat soon shortly after harvest when farm debts? 4.___ were coming due, just to see prices rising and speculators getting rich.? 5.___ On various occasions, producer groups, asked firmer control,? 6.___ but the government had no wish to become involving, at? 7.___ least not until wartime when wheat prices threatened to run wild. ??? Anxious to check in