专八改错_历届(2000年-2013年)真题及答案分析.doc

PART IV PROOFREADINGERRORCORRECTION [15 MIN] The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated 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 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 2013年 Psycholinguistics is the name given to the study of the psychological processes involved in language. Psycholinguistics study understanding, production and remembering language, and hence are concerned with (1) listening, reading, speaking, writing, and the memory for language. One reason why we take the language for granted is that it usually (2) happens so effortlessly, and most of time, so accurately. (3) Indeed, when you listen to someone speaking, looking at this page, (4) You normally cannot help but understand it. It is only in exceptional circumstances we might become aware of the complexity. (5) involved: if we are searching for a word but cannot remember it; if a relative or colleague has had a stroke which has influenced (6) their language; if we observe a child acquire language; if (7) we try to learn a second language ourselves as an adult; or if we are visually impaired or hearing- impaired or if we meet anyone else who is. A