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英语专八改错练习8 三 In the United States there are， strict speaking， _strictly_1__ no national holiday， for each state must， through legislative enactment or executive proclamation，- holidays__2__ appoint the day which each holiday is celebrated. Congress and the president may establish legal holidays__加，on which3__ for the District of Columbia and for federal employees throughout the states and territories; and by long custom，days that receive nationwide observation， such as Christmas， Thanksgiving， _observance_4__ Labor Day， Independent Day， and New Year’s Day， are uniformly set _independence_5__ apart by all states as legal， or public holidays. In 1968， federal legislation established Columbia Day 6 aside____ as a legal holiday for the District of Columbia and for the federal government beginning at 1971. __in7__ The law also provided begun in 1971 federal employees would be granted__8beginning__ three-days weekends by observing Washington’s Birthday on the third Monday in February， _three-day_9__ Memorial Day on the last Monday in May， Columbus Day on the second Monday in October， and Veteran Day on the forth Monday on October. By 1971， most of the states also adopted the new dates. __had__ 答案： 1.strict改为strictly 2.holiday改为holidays。因为原句的谓语动词为复数are，所以holiday必须使用复数。另外no后面可以用复数也可以用单数。 3.which前面加上on。因为先行词the day在关系从句钟做状语，还原回去应为：each holiday is celebrated on the day，所以必须加on。 4.obsevation改为observance。observation意思为“观察，观测”，observance则表示“遵守，庆祝”。 5.Independent改为Independence。独立日的说法是“Independence Day”。 6.apart改为aside。set apart 指“使分离，使分开”，语义不同，set aside表示“留出，保留”的意思。 7.at改为in 8.begun改为beginning。9.three-days 改为three-day。 10.also前面加had。 专八模拟改错(9)：黑洞What is a black hole? Well, it is difficult to answer the question,as the terms we would normally use to describe a scientific phenomenon __1__are adequate here. Astronomers and scientists think that a black hole is __2__a region of space which matter has fallen and from which nothing can __3__escape—not even light. But we can’t