專八改錯練習第十七篇:

Industrial growth in countries had formerly beenmarkets __1__
hastened regional self-sufficiency and, in theconsequence, __2__
hastened the collapse of organized long-distance trade.This process was intensified by the spread of a newmetal, iron.
In almost 1400 B.C. new smelting techniques led to thehigh __3__
temperatures which could produce an iron superior in
strength to bronze. Probably developing in northeastern __4__
Turkey, this process spread over Europe considerately more __5__
rapidly than the art of processing bronze.This rapid
spread was due not only particularly war and the movements __6__
of people, but chiefly, to the wide occurence of iron ore as well. __7__
Iron was available for smelting in almost every land and, in
efficiency,iron forging offered almost every country the __8__
prospect of economical self-sufficiency. It was eagerly seized __9__
upon, and the bottom fell out of the bronze market and the
general economics. Trade stagnated, ships were laid up, and __10__
a recession set in.

答案及解析(反白可見):
1. had前加that/which
由that/which引導定語從句
2. 去掉the
in consequence of 為習語

4. developing—developed
過去分詞表示該工藝已經(jīng)開發(fā)完成
5. considerately—considerably
兩者為形近詞,前者意為“體諒地,體貼地”,后者則是“相當?shù)亍?br> 6. 在war前加to
此處為due not only to...but chiefly to...的結構
7. occurence—occurrence
拼寫錯誤
8. efficiency—effect
in effect為習語,相當于in fact
9. economical—economic
前者意味“節(jié)省的,經(jīng)濟的”,后者意為“經(jīng)濟狀況的,與經(jīng)濟相關的”
10. economics—economy
前者意為“經(jīng)濟學”,后者意為“經(jīng)濟?