from one school child to the next and illustrates the further difference (1)_____

　　between shcool lore and nursery lore. In nursery lore a verse, learnt

　　in early childhood, is not usually passed on again when the little listener (2)_____

　　has grown up, and has children of their own, or even grandchildren. (3)_____

　　The period between learning a nursery rhyme and transmitting

　　It may be something from twenty to seventy years. With the playground (4)_____

　　lore, therefore, a rhyme may be excitedly passed on whtin the very hour (5)_____

　　it is learnt; and in the general, it passes between children of the (6)_____

　　same age, or nearly so, since it is uncommon for the difference in age

　　between playmates to be more than five years. If therefore, a playground

　　rhyme can be shown to have been currently for a hundred years, or (7)_____

　　even just for fifty, it follows that it has been retransmitting over

　　and over; very possibly it has passed along a chain of two or three (8)_____

　　hundred young hearers and tellers, and the wonder is that it remains live (9)_____

　　after so much handling, to let alone that it bears resemblance to the (10)____

　　original wording.

　　09专八改错参考答案，仅供参考，欢迎指正。

　　（1）illustrated，承接has shown and illustrated...
　　版本二：the改为a

　　(2) the little listener改为a little listener,因为是不确指
　　版本二：when改为until

　　（3）their改为his以于上文匹配

　　（4）something 改为somewhere，前者少指时间之长短
　　版本二：something改为anything

　　（5）therefore显然应为however

　　(6) in the general去掉the

　　(7) currently 改为current

　　(8) it has passed along 改为 it has been passed
　　版本二：over and over 后面加again

　　(9) live 改为 alive

　　(10) to let alone去掉to 改为 let alone