专八改错练习.pptVIP

TEM-8 Tutoring 2011-11-29 Guideline Proofreading Error Correction Analysis of the test item: general introduction, major types of errors Case study: TEM8-2009, TEM8-2010, TEM8-2011 Common problems with the test item and suggestions for improvement Supplementary exercise Analysis of the test item I General introduction TEM-8 Proofreading Error Correction: 本部分由一篇约250个单词的短文组成，短文中有10行标有题号。该10行内均含有一个语误。要求学生根据“增添”、“删除”、或“改变其中的某一单词或短语”三种方法中的一种改正语误。 本部分为主观试题，共10题。 考试时间15分钟。 测试要求： 能运用语法、词汇、修辞等语言知识识别所给短文内的语病并提出改正方法。 测试目的： 测试学生运用语言知识的能力。 与05年前相比，位置从第二部分调整到了第四部分；文章从200词增加到了250词左右。 题材:题材广泛,涉及科技、政治、经济、教育、日常生活、法律、农业、语言、环境、科普等各方面。 体裁: 以说明文为主,间或有议论文。 考点:主要考查语法、词汇、修辞等语言知识,如词的误用、搭配错误、时态错误、语态错误、非谓语动词错误、句式错误、语义衔接或语篇逻辑错误等。 Direction on the exam paper 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 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. Analysis of the test item II Major types of errors 语法错误 (1) 名词错误: 名词的单复数,可数与不可数名词,名词近义词,名词与动词、形容词等词性的转换等方面。 例1: …and brought the birth rate to a twentieth century new height after more than a hundred years of steady decline,… height ? high (高水准,高记录) e.g. The price reached a new high. 例2: Those whose jobs require a great deal of contact with others can engage in activities that are quiet and peaceful—far from the madding crowd, far from client and business associates. client ? clients 例3: These give the concentrations on three main pollutants—ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulphur dioxide… concentrations? concentration c