相信大多數(shù)同學(xué)都已經(jīng)迎來(lái)了期待已久的寒假，不過(guò)英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的同學(xué)可不能放松哦，等下學(xué)期一開(kāi)學(xué)，專八考試就近在眼前了，所以不如趁著寒假趕緊多復(fù)習(xí)復(fù)習(xí)，多做做題練練手，非英語(yǔ)專業(yè)的同學(xué)也可以來(lái)看看，說(shuō)不定英語(yǔ)水平能有個(gè)大提升呢。

americans' circle of close confidants has shrunk dramatically in the past two decades but the number of people who say they 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. "(1)____ the evidence shows that americans have more confidants and those ties are also more family-based than they are used to be," said lynn smith-lovin, professor of sociology at duke university and one of the study'sauthors of social, isolation in america: changes in core discussion networks over two decades.(2)____(3)____the study compared data from 1985 to 2004 and found which the mean number of people with whom americans can discuss matters important to them dropped by nearly one-third, from 2.94 people in 1985 to 2.08 in 2004.(4)____ the study paints a picture of americans' social contacts a "densely connected, close, homogeneous set of ties slowly closing in on themselves, becoming smaller, more tightly interconnected, more focusing on the very strong bonds of the nuclear family."(5)____(6)____(7)____that means less contacts created through clubs, neighbors and organizations outside the home-a phenomenon popularly known as " bowling lonely," from the 2000 book of the same title by robert d. putnam.(8)____(9)____ the researchers speculated that changes in communities and families, such as the increase in a number of hours that family members spend at work and the influence of internet communication, may contribute to the decrease in the size of close-knit circles of friends and relatives.(10)____

1．but→and語(yǔ)篇錯(cuò)誤。由上下文的語(yǔ)義判斷，句間的邏輯關(guān)系應(yīng)為并列關(guān)系，上一句說(shuō)到在過(guò)去的20年里，美國(guó)人的密友圈大幅度縮小，下一句提到超過(guò)一倍的人說(shuō)沒(méi)人和他們討論重要問(wèn)厝．二者在意義上屬于并列關(guān)系，故此處應(yīng)把表轉(zhuǎn)折意義的but改為and。
2．more (confidant)→fewer語(yǔ)篇錯(cuò)誤。前文已經(jīng)提到美國(guó)人的密友圍縮小，第二段用研究數(shù)據(jù)顯示能和自己一起討論重要問(wèn)題的朋友減少了，可見(jiàn)美國(guó)人的知己減少了，而不是增多了，故此處應(yīng)改為fewer。
3．a(chǎn)re→are詞匯錯(cuò)誤。be used to表示“習(xí)慣于”，后接名詞或動(dòng)名詞，used to表示“過(guò)去常?！?，后接動(dòng)詞原形，此句要表達(dá)的意思是“和過(guò)去相比，現(xiàn)在美國(guó)人的朋友更傾向予以家庭關(guān)系為基礎(chǔ)。”故此處用used to，符合上下文語(yǔ)義。
4．which→that或which→which劃語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。此處是賓語(yǔ)從句，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中不充當(dāng)任何成分，故應(yīng)該用從屬連詞that, 此處that也可以省略掉。
5．∧a→as詞匯錯(cuò)誤。paint...as意為“描述成……”，此句的意思是“該研究把美國(guó)人的社會(huì)交往描述為一種連接緊密的、封閉的、同類人的關(guān)系”。
6．themselves→itself語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。此赴指代的是set，故應(yīng)改為單數(shù)形式itself。of ties表所屬，用來(lái)修飾set，此處意為“關(guān)系”網(wǎng)。slowing closing in...為伴隨狀語(yǔ)對(duì)set進(jìn)行補(bǔ)充說(shuō)明。
7．focusing→focused詞匯錯(cuò)誤。此赴和前面的smaller, more tightly interconnected并列，作動(dòng)詞become的表語(yǔ)，故應(yīng)該用形容詞focused，意為“集中的”。
8．less→fewer詞匯錯(cuò)誤。less作為little的比較級(jí)，是用來(lái)修飾不可數(shù)名詞，此處后接的contacts是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故應(yīng)該用fewer。
9．lonely→alone語(yǔ)法錯(cuò)誤。lonely是形容詞，意為“孤獨(dú)的，孤單的”，此處修飾動(dòng)詞bowling應(yīng)該用副詞，故要改為alone，表示“單獨(dú)地，獨(dú)自地”。
10．a(chǎn)re→the詞匯錯(cuò)誤。a number of表示“許多”，the number of表示“……的數(shù)目”，此句要表達(dá)的是“家庭成員工作的小時(shí)數(shù)增加”，故應(yīng)該用the number of。

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