专八改错练习第十七篇：

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(反白可见):
1. had前加that/which
由that/which引导定语从句
2. 去掉the
in consequence of 为习语

4. developing—developed
过去分词表示该工艺已经开发完成
5. considerately—considerably
两者为形近词，前者意为“体谅地，体贴地”，后者则是“相当地”
6. 在war前加to
此处为due not only to...but chiefly to...的结构
7. occurence—occurrence
拼写错误
8. efficiency—effect
in effect为习语，相当于in fact
9. economical—economic
前者意味“节省的，经济的”，后者意为“经济状况的，与经济相关的”
10. economics—economy
前者意为“经济学”，后者意为“经济