专八改错练习及详解(16)

专八改错练习第十六篇：

Whenever you see an old film, even one made aslittle as
ten years before, you can't help being strucked by the__1__
appearance of the women taking part. Their hair stylesand
make-up look date; their skirts look either too long ortoo __2__
short; their general appearance is, in fact, slightly ludicurous.
The men taking part, on other hand, are clearly recognizable. __3__
There is nothing about their appearance to suggest that
they belong to an entire different age. This illusion is created __4__
by changing fashions. Over the years, the great minority of men __5__
have successfully resisted all attempts to make it change their __6__
style of dress. The same cannot be said for women. Each year,
a fewer so-called top designers in Paris and London lay down __7__
on the law and women whole world over run to obey. The __8__
decrees of the designers are uNPRedictable and dictatorial.
Sometime they decide arbitrarily, that skirts will be short and __9__
waist will be height; hips are in and buttons are out. __10__