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練習題一
In 2009, Pfizer paid $301 million settle allegations by the Justice 1. ___________
Department that company representatives marketed Geodon dosage
for unapproved uses and encouraged doctors “to prescribe the drug at
substantially more higher than approved dosages.” 2. ___________
Like all psychotropic medications, Geodon has potential side effects,
as anxiety and weight gain, and far more seriously risks, including vision 3. ___________
problem. And Ms. Vargha’s sister was also taking four other psychotropic 4. ___________
drugs, each with their own potentially damaging consequences. 5. ___________
Ms. Vargha fought for years before her sister’s dosages were increased. 6. ___________
“Why on earth would we give psychotropic medications to a population that
are already vulnerable and struggling to use their brain?” she wrote in a letter 7. ___________
to the state this year. “Why do we want to numb and dumb them more?”
Three months ago, increasingly desperate, Ms. Vargha, 56, was 8. ___________
removed her sister from the group home, and took her to her house.
When a reporter visited Ms. Vargha’s home recently, her sister was
disoriented and briefly mistook the reporter for an Iran policeman. At 9. ___________
night, she walks the hallways, speaking Persian.
“She’s getting better, she’s eating now a bit, but she doesn’t sleep,” Ms.
Vargha said. She hopes to get her sister back on her feet soon and move her
into a group apartment in Rochester.
“My sister came with so much hope to this country, America, the land
of freedom,” she said. “When she became a citizen, she put both arms up and said, ‘I love this country.’ ”
She added, “I want her to experience that she believed in.” 10. __________
答案與解析
1. 答案：∧settle — to
試題分析：本題為缺詞錯誤 。
詳細解答：pay some money和不定式to do搭配表示“為了做成某事而付錢”。
2. 答案：more — much或more — /
試題分析：本題為副詞誤用 。
詳細解答：high是單音節形容詞 ，不需要和副詞more合用作為它 的比較級 ，僅用higher即可。如果需要修飾higher ，應該用副詞much 。
3. 答案：seriously — serious
試題分析：本題為副詞和形容詞誤用 。
詳細解答：修飾名詞risk不能用副詞 ，而應該使用形容詞serious ，表示“更大的威脅”。
4. 答案：problem — problems
試題分析：本題為名詞誤用 。
詳細解答：problem表示“問題” ，是可數名詞 ，句 中表示“各種眼疾”。
5. 答案：their — its
試題分析：本題為代詞誤用 。
詳細解答：物主代詞和句 中的each搭配使用 ，表示“每種藥有各 自致命 的副作用” ，故使用its。
6. 答案：increased — reduced
試題分析：本題為邏輯錯誤 。
詳細解答：根據上文的意思，該藥雖然能治療心理病，但是由於副作用較大 ，引發其他疾病，需要逐漸減少用藥量，而不是增加，故用reduced符合原文 。
7. 答案：are — is
試題分析：本題為動詞誤用 。
詳細解答：定語從句的先行詞population作為集合名詞，表示一類人 ，應該用單數謂語動詞與之搭配。
8. 答案：was — /
試題分析：本題為語態誤用 。
詳細解答：Vargha女士在絕望之餘只能把她的姐姐從醫院帶回家，作為施動者，不需要用被動態 。
9. 答案：Iran — Iranian
試題分析：本題為名詞誤用 。
詳細解答：作為名詞的前置定語 ，應該使用形容詞形式Iranian，表示一個伊朗的警察 。
10. 答案：that — what
試題分析：本題為從句誤用 。
詳細解答：句中的experience不是名詞而是動詞，需用賓語從句而非定語從句，要用what作關係代詞，表示她所相信的事情 。
練習題二
Humankind’s future safety and longevity of life on Earth largely depend on the environment which we live. Keeping the air we __1
breathe free of pollution is a major priority towards making this earth a safe place. Other areas of concern are water, land, the ozone layer, and the preservation of flora and fauna of the planet.
Every country has ecological issues to deal. In South America, __2
the rain forests are rapidly disappearing as people burn and cut down trees to make for farmland. Many Middle-Eastern and Asian countries __3
have a battle to fight with air, water, and land pollution. Lakes and swamps are spread with debris. __4