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专八模拟改错() Ancient man attempted to change the weather by using magic. While experience taught him this was impossible, __1__?he tried to forecast weather conditions. Even earlier in __2__1000 B.C. there were weather seers in Babylon----and priests clever enough to denounce as frauds those predicted __3__the weather a year in the advance. Some forecasters used __4__methods that seemed to take no connection with the actual __5__factors controlled the weather. Chickens and other animals __6__were sacrificed and their intestines poked to find signs indicating rain and drought. Somewhat more scientific were __7__predictions based on vegetation:Onions skin very thin ,mild weather coming in. Onions skin thick and tough, coming weather is cold and rough.Insects and animals were also __8__favorite weather clues: Before the glowworm lights his __9__lamp , then the air is always damp . If spiders their cobwebs forsake , the weather will for certain break. If frogs remained in pools , the weather will be fine . If they were seen on rocks, __10__rain and cold were due. Its difficult to say whether this rhyme should be taken seriously : Hark , I hear the asses bray . Me thinks well have some rain today . 答案 1.While—When或After.本句的this指代的是to change the weather by using magic. when/after 引导时间状语2.in—than.earlier是early的比较级，其后应有than3.those之后加who.who引导定语从句4. 删除advance前的the.in advance为习语5. take—have.have connection with 为习语6. controlled—controlling或在controlled前加that/which.controlling the weather 或that/which controlled the weather做定语修饰the actual factors7. and—or.rain和draught只能是二者之一8. 删除is.与上文平衡，均为省略句9. before—when/if.条件句10. will—would.if引导的是条件句用的是remained一般过去时专八模拟改错(2) It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think of as a person. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain __1__Britannia and the United States Columbia, and think of it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our