文档介绍：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
    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