2010年专八真题改错部分Sofaraswecantell,allhumanlanguagesareequallycompleteandperfectasinstrumentsofcommunication:thatis,everylanguageappearstobewellequippedasanyothertosay1_thethingstheirspeakerswanttosay. 2_Theremayormaynotbeappropriatetotalkaboutprimitive3_peoplesorcultures,butthatisanothermatter.Certainly,notallgroupsofpeopleareequallycompetentinnuclearphysicsorpsychologyorthecultivationofrice.Whereasthisisnotthe4_faultoftheirlanguage.TheEskimos,itissaid,canspeakaboutsnowwithfurthermoreprecisionandsubtletythanwecanin5_English,butthisisnotbecausetheEskimolanguage(oneofthosesometimesmiscalledprimitive)isinherentlymorepreciseandsubtlethanEnglish.Thisexampledoesnotcometolightadefect6_inEnglish,ashowofunexpectedprimitiveness.ThepositionissimplyandobviouslythattheEskimosandtheEnglishliveinsimilar7_environments.TheEnglishlanguagewillbejustasrichinterms8_fordifferentkindsofsnow,presumably,iftheenvironmentsinwhichEnglishwashabituallyusedmadesuchdistinctionasimportant.9_Similarly,wehavenoreasontodoubtthattheEskimolanguagecouldbeaspreciseandsubtleonthesubjectofmotormanufactureorcricketifthesetopicsformedthepartoftheEskimoslife.10_2010年专八真题改错参考答案以及分词1be后插入as;asas引导的比较级2their改为its;its代替everylanguage3There改为It;It此处作为形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式4Whereas改为But；语境需要表示转折的连词，whereas表示对比5further改为muchfurther不能修饰比较级6come改为bring;(sth)cometolight,bringsthtolightbringtolightthedefectofEnglish=bringthedefectofenglishtolight揭示英语的缺陷7similar改为different;根据语境应该用different8will改为would;虚拟语气9asimportant去掉as;10thepart去掉the或者改the为abe/become/form(a)partof是固定短语09专八改错原题Theprevioussectionhasshownhowquicklyarhymepassesfromoneschoolchildtothenextandillustratesthefurtherdifference(1)_betweenschoolloreandnurserylore.Innurseryloreaverse,learntinearlychildhood,isnotusuallypassedonagainwhenthe(2)_littlelistenerhasgrownup,andhaschildrenoftheirown,oreven(3)_grandchildren.Theperiodbetweenlearninganurseryrhymeandtransmittingitmaybesomethingfromtwentytoseventyyears.With(4)_theplaygroundlore,therefore,arhymemaybeexcitedlypassed(5)_onwithintheveryhouritislearnt;andinthegeneral,itpasses(6)_betweenchildrenofthesameage,ornearlyso,sinceitisuncommonforthedifferenceinagebetweenplaymatestobemorethanfiveyears.If,therefore,aplaygroundrhymecanbeshowntohavebeencurrentlyforahundredyears,orevenjustforfifty,itfollowsthatit(7)_hasbeenretransmittedoverandover;verypossiblyithaspassed(8)_alongachainoftwoorthreehundredyounghearersandtellers,andthewonderisthatitremainsliveaftersomuchhandling,(9)_toletalonethatitbearsresemblancetothe(10)_答案分析：(1) thefurtherdifference改为afurtherdifference（此次应该用不定冠词表示泛指）(2)改when为until,结构not.until翻译为“直到才”(3)their改为his（代词与前文alittlelistener在单复数上保持一致）(4)something改为anything此处指二十到七十的任何时段(5)therefore改为however（根据上下文逻辑关系）(6)inthegeneral去掉the（习惯用法ingeneral表示总的来说，一般不用冠词）(7)currently改为current（这里起的是表语的作用，需要形容词而不是副词）(8)ithaspassed改为ithasbeenpassed（与分号前的被动保持一致）(9)live改为alivealive翻译为“鲜活的”，一般作补语；live翻译为“现场转播的；活的”，一般作定语(10)toletalone改为letalone(letalone为习惯搭配，意思是“更不用说2008年专八真题短文改错Thedesiretouselanguageasasignofnationalidentityisaverynaturalone,andinresultlanguagehasplayedaprominent_1_partinnationalmoves.Menhaveoftenfelttheneedtocultivate_2_agivenlanguagetoshowthattheyaredistinctivefromanother_3_racewhosehegemonytheyresent.AtthetimetheUnitedStates_4_splitofffromBritain,forexample,therewereproposalsthatindependenceshouldbelinguisticallyacceptedbytheuseofa_5_differentlanguagefromthoseofBritain.Therewasevenone_6_proposalthatAmericansshouldadoptHebrew.OthersfavouredtheadoptionofGreek,