【练习】

Artists use caricature to distort the human face or figure for comic affect__1

while at the same time capturing an identifiable likeness and suggests the essence __2

of the personality or character beneath the surface. The humor lies in the fact __3

the caricature is recognizable, and yet exaggerated.

From their origin in Europe as witty sketches, caricature grew through __4

the eighteenth and nineteenth century, becoming enormously popular in __5

the United States early in this century. In 1920s and 1930s especially, this lively form of illustration was appeared in newspapers and __6

magazines throughout the country. The caricaturists in this era drew his __7

portraits of important figures primary to entertain. In spirit their work was __8

close to the humor of the fast-developing comic strip and gag cartoon than to the __9

string of political satire. Their subjects were more often amusing than offended __10

by amiable attacks.

【答案】

1. 将 affect 改为 effect

affect是动词。effect是名词。

2. 将 suggests 改为 suggesting

这是一个以while引导的从句，其中suggest应该与capturing并列。

3. 在 fact 后面加上 that

因为引导同位语从句的关系词不可以省略。

4. 将 their 改为 its

这里its指代单数名词caricature

5. 将 century 改为复数形式

6. 将 was 省略

appear是不及物动词，不应用于被动语态。

7. 将 his 改为 their

这里指代复数名词 the caricaturists

8. 将 primary 改为 primarily

primarily在这里做状语，修饰不定式短语

9. 将 close 改为比较级形式 closer

从后面的连词than，可以看出，这里使用了比较状语从句

10. 将 amusing 改为 amused

主语subject（受攻击的人）和amuse的逻辑关系是动宾关系，应使用过去分词形式。