专业英语八级（改错）模拟试卷304
语言知识
A four-year study by sociologists at The University of
Manchester has found that women are much likely than men to【M1】______
make deep and lasting friendships. The investigation into social
networks by the University\’s Research Centre for Socio-Cultural
Change found that men are more fickle and calculating about who
they should be friends. Women, on the other hand, stand by their【M2】______
friends through thick and thin. Adding to the bad news for male
prestige, the study confirms the stereotype which men are likely to【M3】______
base their friendship on social drinking.
Of the 10,000 individuals studying who took part in the 1992【M4】______
to 2002 British Household Panel Surveys, women are much more
likely to stay with the same friends. Single people, elder people【M5】______
and white collar workers are also good at paring up. Middle class
people are more likely to cast their net of friendship far more【M6】______
wider, or the working class tend to stick to their own kind.【M7】______
Dr Gindo Tampubolon said the findings to female friendship【M8】______
were double significant because the data suggest we are much【M9】______
more likely to socialize with people from our own gender—75 per
cent of best friends were with the same sex. Dr Tampubolon, who
is based at the School of Social Sciences, said: \\
1.【M1】
∧likely—more或much一more
解析：词汇错误。此句中出现了than，故likely应该用比较级，需在前面加上more，much可以用来修饰比较级，表示程度，此处much more表示“更加”。这题也可以直接将much改成more。
2.【M2】
friends∧一with
解析：词汇错误。be friends with sb．是固定搭配，表示“和某人成为朋友”，故应加上with。此句的意思是“在择友方面．男性比女性更加易变和精明。”
3.【M3】
which—that
解析：语法错误。此处是同位语从句，解释stereotype的内容，which不能引导同位语从句，故应该改为从属连词that，同位语从句中的that通常不能省略。
4.【M4】
studying一studied
解析：语法错误。此处分词作后置定语修饰individuals，二者之间是被动关系，故应该用过去分词studied，相当于从句who were studied．意为“被调查研究的1万个人”。
5.【M5】
elder一older／elderly
解析：词汇错误。elder一般指“(两个人中)年长的”，无比较级，若作名词“长者，前辈”则通常用复数形式，且后不接people。elderly作形容词。指上了年纪的人，older是old的比较级，泛指年纪较大的人，故此处应该用elderly或older，以符合文意。
6.【M6】
(far)more一去掉more
解析：词汇错误。wide是单音节词，比较级为wider，前面不需要加more。
7.【M7】
or+whereas／while
解析：语篇错误。由上下文的语义判断，句间的逻辑关系应为对比关系．前句说到中产阶层的人更倾向有广泛的朋友关系网。后句则说工薪阶层的人倾向于和自己同一层次的人交朋友，前后形成对照，故此处应改为whereas或while。
8.【M8】
to—on
解析：词汇错误。此处表示“关于女性之问的友谊的研究发现”，findings后面通常用介词on，应把to改为on。
9.【M9】
double一doubly
解析：语法错误。double作形容词，表示“双倍的，双重的”，此处应该用副词来修饰形容词significant，故应改为doubly。
10.【M10】
similar一different
解析：语篇错误。短文开头第一段就已经表明女性之间的友谊关系更深入更持久，而男性在交朋友方面则更易变和精明，由此可知二者有着明显的区别，故应该把similar改为different。
Americans\’ circle of close confidants has shrunk dramatically
in the past two decades but the number of people who say they【M1】______
have no one with whom to discuss important matters has more
than doubled, according to a new study by sociologists at Duke
University and the University of Arizona \\
11.【M1】
but一and
解析：语篇错误。由上下文的语义判断，句间的逻辑关系应为并列关系，上一句说到在过去的20年里，美国人的密友圈大幅度缩小，下一句提到超过一倍的人说没人和他们讨论重要问题，二者在意义上属于并列关系，故此处应把表转折意义的but改为and。
12.【M2】
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