專八模擬改錯(cuò)(7)

We use language every day. We live in a world of words. Hardly any
moment passes with someone talking, writing or reading. Indeed, __1__
languages is most essential to mankind. Our lives increasingly depend
on fast and successful use of language. Strangely enough, we know __2__
more about things around us than on ourselves. For example, language __3__
is species specific, that is, it is language that differs human from __4__
animals. However, we do not know yet how exactly we inquire language __5__
and how it is possible for us to perceive through language; nor we __6__
understand precisely the combinations between language and thought, __7__
language and logic, or language and culture; still less, how and when
language started. One reason for this inadequate knowledge of language
is that we, like language users, take too many things for granted. __8__
Language comes to every normal person so naturally that a few __9__
of us stop to question what language is, much less do we feel the
necessity to study it. Language is far more complex than most people
have probably imagined and the necessity to study it is far greater than
some people may have assured. Linguistic is a branch of science which __10__
takes language as its object of investigation.

參考答案(反白可見)：

1. with 改為 without。”hardy any moment passes without someone…” , 兩個(gè)否定: without 和hardly，意思是“每一時(shí)刻有人……”。
2. fast 前面加the因?yàn)閒ast and successful use 這個(gè)詞組后邊有一個(gè)前置詞短語 of language 修飾use，所以被修飾的詞前面加定冠詞。
3. than on ourselves 改為than things on ourselves。在這里比較的是兩件事：things around us and things on ourselves(我們周圍的事物和我們自身的東西)。第二個(gè)things不能省略，否則引起誤解。
4. differs 改為distinguishes。語言區(qū)分人與動(dòng)物，differ是不及物動(dòng)詞，后面不能帶賓語，只能用介詞，如：Man differs from animals in that man possesses language。
5. inquire改為acquire“習(xí)得語言”應(yīng)該是acquire language，名詞短語是language acquisition。 Inquire 是“詢問”的意思。
6. we前面加上 do 副詞nor放在句首表示強(qiáng)調(diào)，應(yīng)用倒裝句，一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)強(qiáng)調(diào)句是在主語前面加助動(dòng)詞 do。
7. combination改為relationships.語言和思維的關(guān)系，不是結(jié)合；語言和思維的關(guān)系是當(dāng)代語言學(xué)研究的重要領(lǐng)域。
8. like 改為as。根據(jù)上下文，要表達(dá)的意思是“作為語言的使用者”，不是“像語言的使用者”。
9. a 去掉 這里是否定的意思：“我們沒有多少人……”而不是“我們一些人.….”。
10. assured 改為 assumed. 這句的后半部分意思是“研究語言的必要性比我們想象的要大得多”。Assure譯為“確?！保籥ssume譯為“假設(shè)”或者“想象”的意思。?