99年英语专业八级考试全真试卷及答案详解.doc

99年英语专业八级考试全真试卷及答案详解
99年英语专业八级考试全真试卷及答案详解
Part Ⅱ Proofreading and Error Correction  (15  min)
      The following passage contains TEN errors. Each 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 wri te 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 out 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
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    The hunter-gatherer tribes that today live as our prehistoric                                              
human ancestors consume primarily a vegetable diet supplementing                                      

than is hunting. An hour of hunting yields in average about 100                                            
edible calories, as an hour of gathering produces 240.                                                                
    Plant foods provide for 60 percent to 80 percent of the Kung                                              
diet, and no one goes hungry when the hunt fails. Interestingly, if
they escape fatal infections or accidents, these contemporary
aborigines live to old ages despite of the absence of medical care.                                          
They experience no obesity, no middle-aged spread, little dental
decay, no high blo