英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(八十六)
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People eslewhere agree on what a mountain is—or do __1__
they? The fact is that definitions vary. Everyone admits
for example, that Everest is a mountain, the lowest of __2__
them all, an altitude of almost 30,000 feet. But what about__3__
Snowdon, the loftiest peak in Wales? It raises a mere 3000__4__
feet, yet it is also called a mountain. Comparison—a little
matter of relativity—is the key. To the average person
living on North America s Great Plains, Vermont s Green
Mountains look lofty indeed, but to anyone from the Rocky
Mountains, the Green Mountains seem something more__5__
than hills. Geographers generally agree that, to be a mountain
topographically, a landmass might reach an altitude of 3000__6__
feet above the level of the sea. Mount Everest, for instance, is
30,000 feet above sea level, but not only 15,000 feet above the__7__
neighboring Tibetan plateau. Geologists restrict the definition
even more, maintaining that a mountain is a mountain with__8__
virtue of its geological structure. Some rugged highlands are
not really mountains, when some flat, low-lying rock surfaces__9__
are ture mountains. They are low now because of centuries of
erosion. There are even mountains under the sea—the
Mid-Atlantic Ridge, for example. Like all ture mountains,
they are originally formed by large-scale movements of the__10__
earth s crust.
答案:
1. elsewhere—everywhere
elsewhere意为“别处”
2. lowest—highest
3. an前加with
with在此处表示“具有......”相当于having
4. raise—rises
raise为及物动词,其后常带宾语;rise为不及物动词a mere 3000 feet在此处不是raise的宾语,而是状语
5. something—nothing
nothing此处为副词,修饰more。本句意义为“对生活在北美大平原地区的一般人而言,谓语Vermont州的Green Mountains看上去真的很高了,但对于任何一个来自Rocky Mountain地区的人而言,Green Mountain看上去不过是个山丘而已”。
6. might—must
作为一种标准必须达到某个高度
7. 删除only之前的not
否则文理不通
8. with—in或by
by/in virtue of:与“by reason of,because of ”同意
9. when—while
此处while与whereas同意,表示对照比较
10. are—were
originally formed 该动作是很早以前完成或结束的