2015年英語專八改錯練習（四）
- 改錯練習
- 參考答案
What is a black hole? Well, it is difficult to answer the question,as the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon __1
are adequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is __2
a region of space which matter has fallen and from which nothing can __3
escape—not even light. But we can’t see a black hole. A black hole __4
exerts a strong gravitational pull and yet it has no matter. It is only space—or thus we think. How can this happen? __5
The theory is that some stars explode when their density increases to a particular point; they “collapse” and sometimes a supernova occurs.
The collapse of a star may produce a “White Dwarf” of a “neutronstar”—a star which matter is so dense that if continually shrinks by the force of __6
its own gravity. But if the star is very large, this process of shrinking may be so intense that a black hole results in. Imagine the earth reduced to the __7
size of a marble, but still having the same masses and a stronger __8
gravitational pull, and you have some ideas of the force of a black hole. __9
And no matter near the black hole is sucked in. __10
【答案】
1 將as 改為since或者because
在表示原因的連接詞中，只有as引導的原因狀語從句不能位于主句之后，只能位于句首。
2 將adequate 改為inadequate,或者在are后加not
從邏輯上分析，因為我們擁有的科學術語“不充足”，所以才無法回答這個問題，所以用否定形式。
3 在which 前加into
這是一個定語從句，意思是“黑洞是太空中物質可以掉進去的地方”，所以定語從句應該為into which matter has fallen
4 將but 改為so
上文已提到“連光都無法從黑洞中逃出”，所以我們根本無法看到黑洞。這里應該是因果關系,而不是轉折關系。
5 將thus改為so
這句話的意思是“那只是空間—或者我們認為它只是空間”。so做 think 的賓語，thus 只能做連詞，不能做賓語。
6 將which 改為whose
這個定語從句的意思是“它是一顆星,其密度非常大，由于自身的引力,它在不斷地收縮”。matter 屬于star 所以關系代詞應該用whose
7 去掉in
result為不及物動詞,意為“形成了”，而result in sth. 意為“導致某結果”。
8 將masses 改為mass
mass 可指“大量的物質”，而the masses特指“勞動群眾”，用在此處不妥。
9 將ideas 改為idea
idea在表達“印象”時，為不可數(shù)名詞，不可以用復數(shù)。
10 將no改為any
分析便知，任何在黑洞附近的東西都會被吸進去。
