專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第二十三篇：

It is difficult to think of a nation as an abstract collection
of people living on a patch of territory. It is easier to think
of as a person. This is why we sometimes call Great Britain__1__
"Britannia" and the United States "Columbia", and think of
it as stately women. We also use masculine symbols in our__2__
personification of nations. In 1712 John Arbuthont, a Scot,
wrote a political satire in that the characters were supposed __3__
to be typical members of different nationalities. The Englishman
was John Bull. This name, which was sufficient flattering to be __4__
adopted generally, combined the most common English first
name with a last name indicated strength. John Bull is usually __5__
pictured as a partly businessman with a union Jack on his hatband.
After the American War of Independence began in 1783, the United __6__
States was knownfor "Brother Jonathan". Jonathan was a biblical __7__
name associated with simple people from rural areas, and it seemed
fitting since the United States is rural and unsophiscated, and since __8__
American considered their type of simplicity a virtue compared to __9__
the wickedness of European cities. It is possible, however, that the
name was originated with President George Washington, who would __10__
often say, when faced with a hard problem, "Let us consult Brother
Jonathan", referring to his secrectary, Johnathan Trumbull.

答案及解析(反白可見(jiàn)):
1. of和as之間加上it
代替前文的a nation

指代上文的US和Great Britain

ient—sufficiently
修飾形容詞用副詞
5. indicated—indicating

根據(jù)歷史知識(shí)，美國(guó)獨(dú)立戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)開(kāi)始于1776年7月4日（《獨(dú)立宣言》發(fā)表），直到1783年英國(guó)正式承認(rèn)美國(guó)獨(dú)立才結(jié)束。
7. for—as
be known for意為“因......而眾所周知”
8. is—was
美國(guó)過(guò)去曾是一個(gè)rural and unsophisticated的國(guó)家

compare to 意為“把......比作.......”compare with意為“與......比較，與.......匹敵，與......競(jìng)爭(zhēng)”
10. 刪掉name和originated之間的was?