英語專業(yè)八級改錯練習(xí)題

　　Successful aging is a psychological feat. Fear for__1__

　　death, for example, may sometimes oppress you.

　　even when this is successfully overcome, there is still

　　something for you to deal with-loneliness. Lonelinesscan

　　speed your demise no matter conscientiously __2__

　　you care for your body. “We go through lifesurrounded

　　by protective convoys of others,” says Robert Kahn, a psychologist of the Universityof Michigan

　　who studied the health effects of companionship. “People __3__

　　who manage to maintain a network of social support do best.” One study of elderlyheart-attack patients

　　found that those with two or more close associations __4__

　　enjoyed twice the one-year survival rate of those who

　　were completely alone.

　　Companionship aside, healthy oldsters seem to

　　share a knack for managing stress, poison that contributes __5__

　　measurably to heart disease, cancer and accidents.

　　Researchers have also been kinked successful aging __6__

　　to mental stimulation. An idle brain will deteriorate

　　just as sure as an unused leg, notes Dr. Gene Cohen, __7__

　　Head of the gerontology center at George Washington

　　University. But just as exercise can prevent muscle __8__

　　atrophy, mental challenges seem to preserve both the mind and the immune system.But what most impresses researchers who study the oldest old is

　　his simple drive and resilience. “People who reach 100 __9__

　　are not quitters,” says Adler of the National Centenarian

　　Awareness Project. “They share a remarkable ability to

　　renegotiate life in every turn, to accept the inevitable losses __10__

　　And move on.”

　　參考答案:

　　1.把for改為of

　　與fear搭配的介詞通常是of，表示對…的恐懼。

　　2.在no matter后面加上how

　　3.在studied前面加上has

　　本文的基調(diào)是一般現(xiàn)在時，此句的主語也是現(xiàn)在時，定語從句介紹Roberts做過的研究項目，所以用現(xiàn)在完成時比較合適。

　　4.把a(bǔ)ssociations改為associates

　　本句的意思是：一項對高齡心臟病人的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，有兩個或者兩個以上親密伙伴陪同的病人在一年危險期的幸存幾率是完全無人陪伴的病人的兩倍。

　　5.在poison前面加上a

　　不定冠詞修飾不可數(shù)名詞，該名詞后面再加上定語成分對該詞進(jìn)一步說明。

　　6.刪除been

　　7.把sure改為surely

　　8.把but改為and

　　本句與上一段最后一句在結(jié)構(gòu)(just as)上相似，在意義上是遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，不應(yīng)該用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞銜接，用and合適。

　　9.把his改為their

　　此處的代詞應(yīng)該代替the oldest old， the oldest old 表示一類人可以用單數(shù)也可以用復(fù)數(shù)，但是下文提到這些年事極高的老人都用了復(fù)數(shù)，所以此處也要改為復(fù)數(shù)，使上下文一致。

　　10.把in改為at

　　詞組at every turn意思為“ 時時，經(jīng)常”。