專八改錯(cuò)練習(xí)第九篇：

One of the most important non-legislative functionsof the U.S Congress is the power to investigate.
The power is usually delegated to committees—eitherstanding committees, special
committees set for a specific purpose, or jointcommittees __1__
consisted of members of both houses. Investigations__2__
are held to gather information on the need for future
legislation,to test the effectiveness of laws already passed, to inquire into thequalifications and performance of
members and officials of the other branches, and in rare occasions, __3__
to lay the groundwork for impeachment proceedings. Frequently,
committees rely outside experts to assist in conducting __4__
investigative hearings and to make out detailed studies of issues. __5__
There are important corollaries to the investigative power.
One is the power to publicize investigations and its results. Most __6__
committee hearings are open to public and are reported widely __7__
in the mass media. Congressional investigations nevertheless __8__
represent one important tool available to lawmakers to inform
the citizenry and to arouse public interests in national issues, __9__
Congressional committees also have the power to compel
testimony from unwilling witnesses, and to cite for contempt
of Congress witnesses who refuse to testify and for perjury
these who give false testimony. __10__

參考答案及解析(反白可見):
1 在set和for中間加上up
短語set up表示“設(shè)立”，這里用作過去分詞，修飾前面的committees。
2 consisted改為 consisting
joint committee 是consist of 的邏輯主語，所以要用現(xiàn)在分詞。
3 in改為on
與occasion搭配的介詞應(yīng)該為on。
4 rely和outside中間加上on
rely 后面要用介詞on。
5 out去掉
make studies 表示“進(jìn)行研究”，這里沒有必要用out。
6 its 改為 their
這里代詞指代的是復(fù)數(shù)名詞investigations，所以也要用復(fù)數(shù)形式。
7 to 和public中間加上the
表示“大眾，公眾”時(shí)，前面要加定冠詞。
8 nevertheless 改為thus ,therefore
作者前面說國會(huì)有向社會(huì)公開調(diào)查信息的權(quán)利，本句說調(diào)查是立法者向公眾傳達(dá)消息的工具，這兩句話之間應(yīng)該是因果關(guān)系，而不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。
9 interests改為interest
作者此處要表達(dá)的是“激起公眾的興趣：，應(yīng)該用”interest。interests一般表示“利益”。
10 these改為those
用代詞指代一群人，后面在加定語從句修飾時(shí)，代詞一般要用those。?