专业英语改错题
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专业英语挑错专项练习
1. My friend didn’t
see me for many years when I met him
last week.
A
B
C
D
2. She has died ten years ago, but she is still
remembered by all who knew her.
A
B
C
D
3. After George had returned to his house, he
was reading a book.
A
B C
D
4. When I last saw Janet, she hurried to her next
class on the other side of the
A
B
C
campus and did not have time to talk.
D
5. Industrial management is the aspect of
business management that was most
A
B
C
D
prominent in the United States for the past eighty years.
6. No sooner had the words been spoken than he
realized that he should remain silent.
A
B
C
D
7. In our society we consider opening a closed door without
knocking impolite, which
A
B
C
might have been quite all right in another society.
D
8. Mary ought to be given a chance to try yesterday
because she had been practicing
A
B
C
playing the guitar for a long time.
D
9. It is too expensive a car for me. I mustn’t
afford to buy it.
A B
C
D
10. His parents ought make him study because
his grades are poor.
A
B
C
D
11. At formal occasions, you should talk about some
world issues or social problems,
A
B
C
not about yourself or your family.
D
12. Having been robbed off economic importance, those
states are not likely to count
A
B
C
for very much in international political terms.
D
13. The social separation among whites and blacks in the
south is so great that it
A
B
cannot be easy to establish ordinary personal relations
across such a barrier.
C
D
14. Every morning, regardless to weather, the man who once
spurned exercise
A
B
goes for an eight-mile, two-hour hike through the
wooded mountain trails near
C
D
his home.
15. He is interested and capable of the work his
teacher has asked him to do.
A
B
C
D
16. Games and recreation provide a release from tension and
make people both
A
B
C
more willing and fittingly to resume their daily
routines.
D
17. Waiting for a plane to take off from an airport
can often take so long as the
A
B
C
trip itself.
D
18. A great many educations firmly believe that
English is one of the poorest taught
A
B
C
subjects in high schools today.
D
19. Formally, when he lived in his country, he was a
university professor, but now he
A
B
C
is working toward a higher degree at an
American university.
D
20. Film directors can take far great liberties in
dealing with concepts of time and
A
B
C
space than stage directors can.
D
21. It was suggested that Pedro studies the material
more thoroughly before
A
B
C
attempting to pass the exam.
D
22. The piano teacher requires that her student
practices at least forty-five minutes
A
B
C
every day in preparation for next week’s recita.
D
23. He gave orders that the horses were made ready at
once as he was pressed for
A
B
C
D
time.
24. His recommendation that the Air Force investigates the
UFO sighting was
A
B
approved by the commission and
referred to
the appropriate committee.
C
D
25. It is imperative that he will be taken to
hospital at once.
A
B
C D
26. There is, it seems, no limit to the satisfaction
to be finding in the pursuit
A B
C
of knowledge.
D
27. The teacher’s lecture on the past participle
was three hours long and Conrad
A
B
C
felt very boring.
D
28.Dorothea Dix, was known for her work to improve
mental institutions, served
A
B
C
as superintendent of nurses during the American
Civil War.
D
29. Glanced up at my tired face, she asked, in a
caressing voice, how I was feeling.
A
B
C
D
30. Unlike commercial motion pictures, educational
films are not financed by paying
A B
C
D
admissions.
31. You must be aware of that what you are
doing is quite illegal.
A
B C
D
32. Now that energy prices are rising so rapidly, future
prices are very uncertain, and
A
B
the risk of new investment depending
on them may fail is greater.
C
D
33. A student’s anxiety about his examinations frequently
conceals a fear whose
A
B
C
failure will deprive him of the economic advancement.
D
34. The reason I didn’t go to the meeting was
because I got an appointment.
A
B
C
D
35. From the chart shown on page 15, one can easily
see how large each county is and
A
B
C
how many inhabitants does it have.
D
36. We had been in Athens for not more than two days
until it became obvious that
A
B
C
we needed a guide.
D
37. Mother will be glad unless her son goes
abroad together with his wife and
A
B C
D
children.
38. However you do, you must keep in mind what
your parents told you before you
A
B
C
left home.
D
39.The cost of college education has risen as rapidly
during the past several years that
A
B
C
it is now beyond the reach of many people.
D
40. She had no sooner agreed to marry him when
she began to have serious doubts.
A
B
C
D
41.The articles in which the magazine
publishes are very scholarly.
A B
C
D
42. It is often the case with a new idea, much
preliminary activity and optimistic
A B
C
discussion produce no concrete proposals.
D
43.The resistance of a conductor depends on the kind
of substance from which it is
A
B
C
D
made.
44.The factory that we worked for practice last
term was built in 1956.
A
B
C D
45. Journalists are writers they are engaged in
gathering and presenting news.
A
B
C
D
46. The president of the college together with the
deans are planning a conference for
A
B
C
the purpose of laying down certain regulations.
D
47. The ability to retain a mental of earlier
experiences are referred to as “memory”.
A
B
C
D
48. Approximately fifty percent of the package
utilized in the United States are for
A B
foods and beverages.
C
D
49.A number of errors made by him was
surprising.
A
B
C
D
50. In order to grow well, Blue Spruce, like
other pine trees, require a temperature
A
B C
D
climate.
参考答案
1. A(hadn’t seen)
2. A(died)
3. D(read)
4. B(was
hurrying)
5. D(has been)
6. D(should have remained)
7. D(might be)
8. A(ought to have been given)
9. C(can’t)
10.A (ought
to)
11. A(On formal occasions)
12. B(of)
13. A(between whites and blacks)
14.
A(regardless of)
15. A(interested in)
16. D(fitting)
17. C(as long)
18. C(most poorly)
19. A(Formerly)
20 B(greater)
21. B(study)
22. B(practice)
23. B(be)
24.
A(investigate)
25. B(should) be taken
26. C(found)
27. D(bored)
28.
A(known)
29. A(Glancing)
30. D(paid)
31. B(that)
32. C(that)
33. C(that)
34.
C(that)
35. D(it has)
36.
C(before/when)
37. A(if)
38. A(Whatever)
39. A(so rapidly)
40. C(than)
41. A(去掉in)
42.
A(As)
43. D(of which)
44.
A(where)
45. A(who)
46. C(is)
47. D(is referred)
48.
A(packages)
49. A(The)
50. D(requires)
阅读理解专项练习
Passage 1
Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “short sleepers” had been
more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in
their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began
cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from
school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their
nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in
their daily routines.
In general, these “short sleepers” appeared ambitious, active,
energetic, cheerful, conformist(不动摇) in their opinions, and very
sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at
once, or work full or part-time while going to school. And many of
them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their
friends and associates.
When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did
poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In
similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological
problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep
busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.
The sleep patterns of the “short sleepers” were similar to, but
less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients
categorized as manic(疯人).
The “long sleepers” were quite different indeed. Baekeland and
Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since
childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were
quite concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their
desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their
dreams much better than did the “short sleepers.”
Many of the “long sleepers” were shy, anxious, introverted (内向),
inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves
(particularly in social situations). Several openly states that
sleep was an escape from their daily problems.
1. According to the report, ______.
A. many short sleepers need less sleep by nature
B. many short sleepers are obliged to reduce their nightly sleep
time because
they are busy with their work
C. long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the
day
D. many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during
their
childhood
2. Many “short sleepers” are likely to hold the view that
_____.
A. sleep is a withdrawal from the reality
B. sleep interferes with their sound judgement
C. sleep is the least expensive item on their routine
program
D. sleep is the best way to deal with psychological
troubles
3. It is stated in the third paragraph that short sleepers
_____.
A. are ideally vigorous even under the pressures of life
B. often neglect the consequences of inadequate sleep
C. do not know how to relax properly
D. are more unlikely to run into mental problems
4. When sometimes they cannot enjoy adequate sleep, the long
sleepers might
_____.
A. appear disturbed
B. become energetic
C. feel dissatisfied
D. be extremely depressed
5. Which of the following is Not included in the passage?
A. If one sleeps inadequately, his performance suffers and his
memory is
weakened
B. The sleep patterns of short sleepers are exactly the same as
those shown by
many mental patients
C. Long and short sleepers differ in their attitudes towards
sleep
D. Short sleepers would be better off with more rest
【答案及详解】
答案：DCBAB
Passage 2
Now let us look at how we read. When we read a printed text, our
eyes move across a page in short, jerky movement. We recognize
words usually when our eyes are still when they fixate. Each time
they fixate, we see a group of words. This is known as the
recognition span or the visual span. The length of time of which
the eyes stop—the duration of the fixation—varies considerably from
person to person. It also varies within any one person according to
his purpose in reading and his familiarity with the text.
Furthermore, it can be affected by such factors as lighting and
tiredness.
Unfortunately, in the past, many reading improvement courses have
concentrated too much on how our eyes move across the printed page.
As a result of this misleading emphasis on the purely visual
aspects of reading, numerous exercises have been devised to train
the eyes to see more words at one fixation. For instance, in some
exercises, words are flashed on to a screen for, say, a tenth or a
twentieth of a second. One of the exercises has required students
to fix their eyes on some central point, taking in the words on
either side. Such word patterns are often constructed in the shape
of rather steep pyramids so the reader takes in more and more words
at each successive fixation. All these exercises are very clever,
but it’s one thing to improve a person’s ability to see words and
quite another thing to improve his ability to read a text
efficiently. Reading requires the ability to understand the
relationship between words. Consequently, for these reasons, many
experts have now begun to question the usefulness of eye training,
especially since any approach which trains a person to read
isolated words and phrases would seem unlikely to help him in
reading a continuous text.
1. The time of the recognition span
can be affected by the following facts
except ________ .
A. one’s familiarity with the text
B. one’s purpose in reading
C. the length of a group of words
D. lighting and tiredness
2. The author may believe that reading ______.
A. requires a reader to take in more words at each fixation
B. requires a reader to see words more quickly
C. demands a deeply-participating mind
D. demands more mind than eyes
3. What does the author mean by saying “but it’s one thing to
improve a person’s
ability to see words and quite another thing to improve his ability
to read a
text efficiently.” in the second paragraph?
A. The ability to see words is not needed when an efficient
reading is conducted.
B. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve both the
ability to see
and to comprehend words.
C. The reading exercises mentioned can’t help to improve an
efficient reading.
D. The reading exercises mentioned has done a great job to
improve one’s ability
to see words.
4. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The visual span is a word or a group of words we see each
time.
B. Many experts began to question the efficiency of eye
training.
C. The emphasis on the purely visual aspects is misleading.
D.The eye training will help readers in reading a continuous
text.
5. The tune of the author in writing this article is
________
A. critical
B. neutral
C. pessimistic
D. optimistic
答案：CCCDA
Passage 3
Upon reaching an appropriate age (usually between 18 and 21 years),
children are encouraged, but not forced, to “leave the nest” and
begin an independent life. After children leave home they often
find social relationship and financial support outside the family.
Parents do not arrange marriages for their children, nor do
children usually ask permission of their parents to get married.
Romantic love is most often the basis for marriage in the United
States; young adults meet their future spouses (配偶) through other
friends, at jobs, and in organizations and religious institutions,
Although children choose their own spouses, they still hope their
parents will approve of their choices.
In many families, parents feel that children should make major
life decisions by themselves. A parent may try to influence a child
to follow a particular profession but the child is free to choose
another career. Sometimes children do precisely the opposite of
what their parents wish in order to assert their independence. A
son may deliberately decide not to go into his father’s business
because of a fear that he will lose his autonomy in his father’s
workplace. This independence from parents is not an indication that
parents and children do not love each other. Strong love between
parents and children is universal and this is no exception in the
American family coexisting with such love in the American family
are cultural values of self–reliance and independence.
1. The writer discusses the marriage of young adults in order to
show which of
the following?
A. They enjoy the freedom of choosing their spouses.
B. They want to win the permission of their parents.
C. They have a strong desire to become independent.
D. They want to challenge the authority of their parents.
2. Most young adults in the U.S. get married for the sake of
____.
A. love
B. financial concern
C. their parents
D. family background
3. Based on the passage, it can be assumed that ______.
A. American young adults are likely to follow the suit of their
parents
B. most American people never make major decisions for their
children
C. American young adults possess cultural values of
independence
D. once a young person steps into his twenties, he will leave his
home
permanently
4. A son is unwilling to work in his father’s business mainly
because _____.
A. he wishes to make full use of what he has learnt in
school
B. he wants to prove his independence
C. he wishes to do the opposite of what his parents approve
of
D. he wants to show his love for his parents
5. The subject matter of this selection is _____.
A. family values
B. marriage arrangements
C. the pursuit of a career
D. decision making
答案： CACBA
Passage 4
Cancer is feared by everyone. And this fear is reaching
epidemic(流行性) proportions. Not the disease itself—there is no such
thing as a cancer epidemic. Except for lung cancer, mostly caused
by cigarette smoking, the incidence rates are leveling off, and in
the case of some kinds of cancer are decreasing. But the fear of
cancer is catching, and the country stands at risk of an anxiety,
the earth itself is coming to seem like a huge carcinogen(致癌物). The
ordinary, more or less scientific statement that something between
80 and 90 percent of all cancers are due to things in the
environment is taken to mean that none of us will be safe until the
whole environment is “cleaned up”. This is not at all the
meaning.
The 80-percent calculation is based on the unthinkable
differences in the incidence of cancer in various societies around
the world—for example, the high proportion of liver cancer in
Africa and the Far East, stomach cancer in Japan, breast cancer in
Western Europe and North America, and the relatively low figures
for breast cancer in Japan and parts of Africa and for liver cancer
in America. These data indicate there may be special and specific
environmental influences, largely based on personal life-style,
that determine the incidence of various forms of cancer in
different communities—but that is all the data suggest. The overall
incidence of cancer, counting up all the cases, is probable roughly
the same everywhere.
1. Which of the following is closest to meaning to the phrase
“leveling off”?
A. Became very popular.
B. Reached its lowest level in popularity.
C. Stopped being popular.
D. Stopped increasing its popularity.
2. According to the passage, the incidence of cancer is generally
believed _____.
A. to be based on inactive life style
B. to be due to anxiety
C. to result from environmental influences
D. to be caused by heavy smoking
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the writer’s opinion
about the
relationship between cancer and environment is_____.
A. positive
B. negative
C. neutral
D. approving
4. According to the passage, the writer seems to feel
that_____.
A. cancer risk is on the rise
B. the whole earth resembles a huge carcinogen
C. the risk of catching cancer is not so great as most people
conceive
D. cancer can be cured sooner or later
5. Which of the following would be the best TITLE for the
passage?
A. Cancer and Environment
B. The Fear Caused by Cancers
C. Data on Cancer Incidence
D. Cancer and its Investigation
答案： D，C，B，C，A
Passage 5
Until the 1980s, the American homeless population comprised mainly
older males. Today, homelessness strikes much younger part of
society. In fact, a 25-city survey by the U. S. Conference of
Mayors in 1987 found that families with children make up the
fastest growing part of the homeless population. Many homeless
children gather in inner cities; this transient(变化无常的) and
frequently frightened student population creates additional
problems—both legal and educational—for already overburdened urban
school administrators and teachers.
Estimates of the number of homeless Americans range from 350,000 to
three million. Likewise, estimates of the number of homeless school
children vary radically. A U.S. Department of Education report,
based on state estimates, states that there are 220,000 homeless
school-age children, about a third of whom do not attend school on
a regular basis. But the National Coalition for the Homeless
estimates that there are at least two times as many homeless
children, and that less than half of them attend school
regularly.
One part of the homeless population that is particularly difficult
to count consists of the “throw-away” youths who have been cast of
their homes. The Elementary School Center in New York City
estimates that there are 1.5 million of them, many of whom are not
counted as children because they do not stay in family shelters and
tend to live by themselves on the streets.
Federal law, the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act of
1987, includes a section that addresses the educational needs of
homeless children. The educational provisions of the McKinney Act
are based on the belief that all homeless children have the right
to a free, appropriate education.
1. It is implied in the first paragraph that ____.
A. the writer himself is homeless, even in his eighties
B. many older homeless residents are going on strike in 25
cities
C. there is a serious shortage of academic facilities
D. homeless children are denied the opportunity of receiving free
education
2. The National Coalition for the homeless believes that the
number of homeless
children is _____.
A. 350,000
B. 1,500,000
C. 440,000
D. 110,000
3. One part of the homeless population is difficult to estimate.
The reason might
well be ____.
A. the homeless children are too young to be counted as
children
B. the homeless population is growing rapidly
C. the homeless children usually stay outside school
D. some homeless children are deserted by their families
4. The McKinney Act is mentioned in this passage in order to show
that ___.
A. the educational problems of homeless children are being
recognized
B. the estimates on homeless children are hard to determine
C. the address of grade-school children should be located
D. all homeless people are entitled to free education
5. The passage mainly deals with ____.
A. the legal problems of the homeless children
B. the educational problems of homeless children
C. the social status of older males
D. estimates on the homeless population
答案：C C D A B
