泽熙美文Vocabulary and Grammar
Error Correction
1. It was not long before Skinners, the famous behaviorist, realized the limitations of his psychological research than another psychologist came with his forceful arguments against Skinners’ theory.
A.realized…when
B.had realized…when
C.was realizing…then
D.would realize…as
正确答案：B
[解析] Skinner这一著名的行为主义心理学家就意识到自己在心理学研究上的局限了。在表示过早发生某事或“刚刚……就……”的时间状语从句中，常用when来连接；在it was not long before…when…句式中，主句用过去完成时，从句用过去时。
2. All in all, it is now beyond doubt that in size and scope the rapid global spread of the habit to wear jeans, however it may be explained, is an accident without precedent in the history of human attire.
A.of wearing…incident
B.wearing…event
C.of wearing…event
D.to be wearing…incident
正确答案：C
[解析] “穿……的习惯”应用the habit of wearing…；incident和event都表示“事件”，但incident常用来表示一个不平常、重要的或激烈的事件；而event常用来表示某事的发生是有趣、令人振奋、或不平常、重要的。例：A spokesman said it was an isolated incident.发言人说这只是一个孤立的事件。One of the most important events in the history of mankind. 人类历史上最重要的事件之一。
3. I do not advocate building the park near a jetport, which might make people to suffer from defective heating.
A.make people suffering from defective bearing
B.make people suffer from defective hearing
C.make people suffer defective hearing
D.make people to suffer defective hearing
正确答案：B
[解析] make+名词+do使……做……(含有强制的意思)，例：She made her children wash their hands before eating. 她让孩子们吃东西前洗手。而本句表示的是：使人们听力受损；另表示：遭受损害，受……之苦的动词suffer后跟副词from。
4. Researchers all over the world have been seeking for determining how early infancy conceptual thinking is possible.
A.have been seeking about determining
B.have been seeking to determine about
C.have been seeking to determine
D.have sought to determine
正确答案：C
[解析] 因为这一研究始于过去，且仍在延续，所以用过去完成进行时；seek for/after搜寻，寻找，追求；seek to do尝试……，试图……。
5. No adults would like to admit that they are weaker than children to solve sticky and puzzling problems.
A.to solve about
B.solve
C.in solving about
D.in solving
正确答案：D
[解析] be weak at/in sth. 或be weak in doing sth. 表示：……较弱，不擅长……；或不擅长做某事。
6. Aiming to retrieve the Mars rover Opportunity, engineers are imitating Mars surface conditions in a testing laboratory.
A.copying
B.mocking
C.simulating
D.pretending
正确答案：C
[解析] A．copying复制，复印；B．mocking嘲笑，骗，挫败，嘲弄；C．simulating模拟，模仿，假装，冒充；D．pretending假装，装扮，(作为借口或理由)伪称。
7. The human beings have polluted the environment seriously. It is time the United Nations must take some measures.
A.take
B.taking
C.to take
D.took
正确答案：D
[解析] It is(about/high) time that…句型用虚拟语气，其谓语部分用一般过去时。
8. The book provides tips for Westerners who work in Japanese firms: get together outside the office, find a mentor for support and refrain for practicing Japanese with colleagues on the job.
A.of
B.to
C.off
D.from
正确答案：D
[解析] refrain(与from连用)抑制，自制，避免；例：to refrain from smoking戒烟；本句意为：这本书为在日本公司工作的西方人提供了些提示：在办公室外聚会，(遇到问题)找顾问帮忙，还有要避免在工作场合练习日语。
9. Evidence came up which specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old.
A.whose
B.what
C.that
D.with
正确答案：C
[解析] 在本句中specific speech sounds are recognized by babies as young as 6 months old是前面evidence的同位语，因此应由that引导。
10. More and more vehicles using cheap fuel, declared scientists at the conference, have left Bangkok’s children with body lead levels the world highest.
A.in the world highest
B.in the world’s highest
C.among the world’s highest
D.among the highest of world
正确答案：C
[解析] 因为the highest在本句中作宾语补足语，且曼谷不是唯一的儿童体内铅含量高的城市，因此应用among the world’s highest。
11. Your personal information is everywhere—processed and manipulated, stored and sold. But few people really know what is going on and how extensive this vacation has grown.
A.vocation
B.industry
C.profession
D.occupation
正确答案：B
[解析] vacation假期，休假，(房屋等的)腾出；A．vocation号召，召唤，天职，行业(常指赖以为生的正业)，才能；B．industry工业，产业，行业(指某一种行当)；C．profession职业，专业；D．occupation职业。
12. The winner of the Nobel Prize in physics dedicated the honor to his high school physics teacher, he had been an inspiration during his early years.
A.who
B.whom
C.which
D.that
正确答案：A
[解析] he在此不指主句主语the winner，而是指宾语teacher，逗号后面是非限定性定语从句，关系代词在从句中作主语。
13. The voters were overwhelmingly against the candidate his proposals called for higher taxes.
A.who
B.whose
C.whom
D.which
正确答案：B
[解析] 本句是主句宾语带一个非限定性定语从句，先行词是the candidate，引导定语从句的关系代词在从句中作定语。
