2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十四）
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Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a
different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel
pride when they receive the news, while others worry, wonder whether ___1___
they will be good fathers. Although there are some men who like
children and may have had considerable experience with them, but ___2___
others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with
them. Many fathers and mothers have being planning and looking ___3___
forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy
was an accident what both husband and wife have accepted willingly ___4___
or unwillingly.
What the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the ___5___
shift from the role of husband to that of father is a different task. Yet,
unfortunate, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this ___6___
resocialization process. Although numerous books have been written
on American mothers, only recently have literature focused on the role ___7___
of a father.
It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father’s role,
although difficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife
must make for the mother’s role. The mother’s role seems to require a ___8___
complete tranformation in daily routine and highly innovative（创新的）
adaption, on the other hand, the father’s role is less demanding
and in immediate. However, even as we mentione the fact that growing ___9___
numbers of women are working outside the home, the father is still
thought by many the breadwinner in the household. ___10___
答案及解析:
1. wonder -> wondering
while 此处表转折，others worry与Some feel pride相对，表示不同的两种态度；逗号后的wonder…good fathers是对worry的具体阐述，为修饰部分，二者是从属关系。现在分词可以作状语，表示伴随情况、陪衬动作、附加说明以及表示时间、原因、条件等。故将wonder改为wondering。
2. but -> /
在让步状语从句中，although/though和but不能同时运用，二者只能保留其一。所以将but去掉。
3. being -> been
4. what -> which / that
此处what引导的从句中缺宾语，what引导从句时相当于the thing which/ that，在此，the thing是accident，因此确定what用错了。定语从句中，先行词为物时，从句由which或that来引导。
5. What -> Whatever
此处Whatever引导让步状语从句。
6. unfortunate -> unfortunately
Unfortunate为形容词，不能衔接句子。一些副词可独立成句，置于句中火句尾，起强调、转折或解释作用，如ultimately/evidently/obviously等。
7. have -> has
only置于句首修饰状语时，句子要部分倒装，故have提前。本句的主语是literature，主谓在数上应保持一致，故将have改为has。
8. for -> to
transition to为固定搭配，意为“向…转变”。
9. as -> though
由however和even可推断，该句含有转折意味，而as只表示原因、时间、和伴随，且很少与even搭配。even though为固定搭配，意为“虽然，尽管”，可以引导让步状语从句，表示转折。
10. the 前加as
breadwinner意为“挣钱养家的人”；be thought as为固定用法，意为“被看作是…”。
Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and bring forth a
different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel
pride when they receive the news, while others worry, wonder whether ___1___
they will be good fathers. Although there are some men who like
children and may have had considerable experience with them, but ___2___
others do not particularly care for children and spend little time with
them. Many fathers and mothers have being planning and looking ___3___
forward to children for some time. For other couples, pregnancy
was an accident what both husband and wife have accepted willingly ___4___
or unwillingly.
What the reaction to the birth of a child, it is obvious that the ___5___
shift from the role of husband to that of father is a different task. Yet,
unfortunate, few attempts have been made to educate fathers in this ___6___
resocialization process. Although numerous books have been written
on American mothers, only recently have literature focused on the role ___7___
of a father.
It is argued by some writers that the transition to the father’s role,
although difficult, is not nearly as great as the transition the wife
must make for the mother’s role. The mother’s role seems to require a ___8___
complete tranformation in daily routine and highly innovative（创新的）
adaption, on the other hand, the father’s role is less demanding
and in immediate. However, even as we mentione the fact that growing ___9___
numbers of women are working outside the home, the father is still
thought by many the breadwinner in the household. ___10___
答案及解析:
1. wonder -> wondering
while 此处表转折，others worry与Some feel pride相对，表示不同的两种态度；逗号后的wonder…good fathers是对worry的具体阐述，为修饰部分，二者是从属关系。现在分词可以作状语，表示伴随情况、陪衬动作、附加说明以及表示时间、原因、条件等。故将wonder改为wondering。
2. but -> /
在让步状语从句中，although/though和but不能同时运用，二者只能保留其一。所以将but去掉。
3. being -> been
4. what -> which / that
此处what引导的从句中缺宾语，what引导从句时相当于the thing which/ that，在此，the thing是accident，因此确定what用错了。定语从句中，先行词为物时，从句由which或that来引导。
5. What -> Whatever
此处Whatever引导让步状语从句。
6. unfortunate -> unfortunately
Unfortunate为形容词，不能衔接句子。一些副词可独立成句，置于句中火句尾，起强调、转折或解释作用，如ultimately/evidently/obviously等。
7. have -> has
only置于句首修饰状语时，句子要部分倒装，故have提前。本句的主语是literature，主谓在数上应保持一致，故将have改为has。
8. for -> to
transition to为固定搭配，意为“向…转变”。
9. as -> though
由however和even可推断，该句含有转折意味，而as只表示原因、时间、和伴随，且很少与even搭配。even though为固定搭配，意为“虽然，尽管”，可以引导让步状语从句，表示转折。
10. the 前加as
breadwinner意为“挣钱养家的人”；be thought as为固定用法，意为“被看作是…”。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十三）
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07/12/07 09:25 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous
ages in knoeledge, there has been not corresponding increase in ___1___
wisdom. But agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define “wisdon”
and consider means of promoting them. There are several factors ___2___
that contribute to wisdon. Of there I should put first a sense of
promotion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors
in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become
more difficult than it used to owing to the extent and complexity of the ___3___
special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for
example, that you are engaging in research in scientific medicine. The ___4___
work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. You
have no time to consider the effect what your discoveries or inventions ___5___
may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as
modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lower the infant ___6___
death rate, not only in the Europe and America, but also in Asia and
___7___
Africa. This has the little entirely unintended result of making the food
supply inadequate and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the
world that has the greatest populations. ___8___
Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom
becomes less necessary, for every such increase augments（增强）our ___9___
capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity
for evil, unless our purposes are unwise.___10___
答案及解析:
1. not -> no
Not和no都有否定意义，但not强调“不是”，而no强调“没有”；no修饰名词，not则修饰形容词或情态动词或助动词。此处corresponding increase为名词性短语，所以要用no。
2. them -> it
此处的代词指代上一行的wisdom，所以要把them改为it。
3.. used to -> used to be
owning to为固定短语，意为“由于，因为”，后接名词、动名词或名词性从句；used to用于表示过去的状态或常做的动作，后接动词原形。通读全句可知，本句为含有that引导的比较状语从句的复合句。在比较状语从句中，如果从句的谓语与主句的谓语为同一动词时，从句的谓语可以省略。本句中，主句的谓语是has become而从句的谓语是used to be，因此此处的be不能省略。
4. engaging -> engaged
be engaged in sth / doing sth为习惯用法，意为“参加，忙于”，强调状态；engage in sth / doing sth同样意为“参加，忙于”，但强调动作，一般不使用现在进行时。
5. what -> that / which或 /
此处是定语从句，先行词the effect在从句中作have的宾语，所以这里要用that或which。而what只引导名词性从句。
6. lower -> lowering
此处是suceed in sth / doing sth，这里要把lower改为动名词形式作介词in的宾语，in (enormously) lowering。
7. the -> /
洲和国家简称前不加定冠词。
8. has -> have
本句中，that引导的是定语从句，先行词为the parts，of the world是作后置定语，所以从句中的谓语要用复数形式。
9. less -> more
less与for引导的原因状语从句在语意上矛盾。从句是在解释“如果我们的目的是不明智的，那么随着知识不断增长的能力只能被用于邪恶”。
10. unless -> if
if意为“如果”，unless意为“除非”，若unless正确，那么就与前面的therefore augments our capacity for evil在语意上矛盾。
Most people would agree that, although our age exceeds all previous
ages in knoeledge, there has been not corresponding increase in ___1___
wisdom. But agreement ceases as soon as we attempt to define “wisdon”
and consider means of promoting them. There are several factors ___2___
that contribute to wisdon. Of there I should put first a sense of
promotion: the capacity to take account of all the important factors
in a problem and to attach to each its due weight. This has become
more difficult than it used to owing to the extent and complexity of the ___3___
special knowledge required of various kinds of technicians. Suppose, for
example, that you are engaging in research in scientific medicine. The ___4___
work is difficult and is likely to absorb the whole of your mind. You
have no time to consider the effect what your discoveries or inventions ___5___
may have outside the field of medicine. You succeed (let us say) as
modern medicine has succeeded, in enormously lower the infant ___6___
death rate, not only in the Europe and America, but also in Asia and
___7___
Africa. This has the little entirely unintended result of making the food
supply inadequate and lowering the standard of life in the parts of the
world that has the greatest populations. ___8___
Therefore, with every increase of knowledge and skill, wisdom
becomes less necessary, for every such increase augments（增强）our ___9___
capacity for realizing our purposes, and therefore augments our capacity
for evil, unless our purposes are unwise.___10___
答案及解析:
1. not -> no
Not和no都有否定意义，但not强调“不是”，而no强调“没有”；no修饰名词，not则修饰形容词或情态动词或助动词。此处corresponding increase为名词性短语，所以要用no。
2. them -> it
此处的代词指代上一行的wisdom，所以要把them改为it。
3.. used to -> used to be
owning to为固定短语，意为“由于，因为”，后接名词、动名词或名词性从句；used to用于表示过去的状态或常做的动作，后接动词原形。通读全句可知，本句为含有that引导的比较状语从句的复合句。在比较状语从句中，如果从句的谓语与主句的谓语为同一动词时，从句的谓语可以省略。本句中，主句的谓语是has become而从句的谓语是used to be，因此此处的be不能省略。
4. engaging -> engaged
be engaged in sth / doing sth为习惯用法，意为“参加，忙于”，强调状态；engage in sth / doing sth同样意为“参加，忙于”，但强调动作，一般不使用现在进行时。
5. what -> that / which或 /
此处是定语从句，先行词the effect在从句中作have的宾语，所以这里要用that或which。而what只引导名词性从句。
6. lower -> lowering
此处是suceed in sth / doing sth，这里要把lower改为动名词形式作介词in的宾语，in (enormously) lowering。
7. the -> /
洲和国家简称前不加定冠词。
8. has -> have
本句中，that引导的是定语从句，先行词为the parts，of the world是作后置定语，所以从句中的谓语要用复数形式。
9. less -> more
less与for引导的原因状语从句在语意上矛盾。从句是在解释“如果我们的目的是不明智的，那么随着知识不断增长的能力只能被用于邪恶”。
10. unless -> if
if意为“如果”，unless意为“除非”，若unless正确，那么就与前面的therefore augments our capacity for evil在语意上矛盾。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十二）
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07/12/05 09:48 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of
reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of
news from local crime to international politics , from sprort
to business, from fashion to science, and the range of comment
and special features as well. A news paper is even though more ___1___
remarkable for the way one reads it: never complete, never ___2___
straight through, but always by jumping from here to there,
in and out glancing at one piece, reading other article all the way ___3___
through, reading just a few parargraphs of the next. A good
modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different
readers, but far more than any one reader is inerested in. That ___4___
brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, whose ___5___
immediate relation to what is happening in your world and
your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that
go with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper ___6___
has no more than transient value. For all these reasons, not two ___7___
people really read the same paper: what each person does is to
put together out of pages of that day’s paper, his own selection ___8___
and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading
newspaper efficiently, which means getting what you want from
them without missing things you need but with wasting time, ___9___
demand skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the ___10___
techniques of reading.
答案及解析:
1. though -> /
even though为复合连词，须引导从句，但本行中even though 后是一短语，故可确定even其中一个是多余的。若删掉even，though仍可以连接句子，还有根据后面的more可判断这里应该把though删去。
2. complete -> completely
此处never complete和never straight through都是修饰动词read；read sth (straight) through为习惯用法，意为“认真彻底地阅读”；而complete是形容词，不能修饰动词，故将它改为complete。
3. other -> another
从上个分句的one piece和下个分句的the next可知，这是在进行三者之间的比较，another表示三个之间的一个；而other为“其它的”，其名词形式为the other，意为“（两个之中的）另一个”。
4. That -> What
one reader is interested in为定语从句修饰any (variety)；通读That brings….now可知，本句尾含有一个主语从句和一个宾语从句的复合句。That引导主语从句时，在从句中不充当任何成分，也没有实际意义；what引导主语从句时，在从句中既可以作宾语也可以作主语。此处that不能作brings的主语，所以要将其改为what。
5. whose -> its
此处immediate relation to…..your locality now为名词性短语作同位语，而whose引导定语从句，故将whose改为its。
6. go -> goes
本句的主语是immediacy and the speed of production，故谓语mean保持原形；本句中第一个that引导定语从句，修饰the speed of production，从句中的动词应该在数上与之保持一致，故将go改为goea。
7. not -> no
8. pages前加the
Pages后有后置定语of that day’s paper，故pages为特指，因此在pages前加定冠词the。the pages为固定用法，只报纸中不同板块儿，如the sports / fashion page。
9. with -> without
此处的意思是“既不漏掉要读的东西，也不浪费时间是很有难度的”，故将with改为without。
10. demand -> demands
本句中reading newspaper efficiently是主语，谓语是demand，中间which引导的是非限制性定语从句，修饰reading newspaper efficiently。当单个动名词短语作主语是，谓语动词要用第三人称单数，故将demand改为demands。（本题还可以根据从句中的谓语means判断此处demand错了，因为它们的主语都是reading newspaper efficiently。）
A good modern newspaper is an extraordinary piece of
reading. It is remarkable first for what it contains: the range of
news from local crime to international politics , from sprort
to business, from fashion to science, and the range of comment
and special features as well. A news paper is even though more ___1___
remarkable for the way one reads it: never complete, never ___2___
straight through, but always by jumping from here to there,
in and out glancing at one piece, reading other article all the way ___3___
through, reading just a few parargraphs of the next. A good
modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different
readers, but far more than any one reader is inerested in. That ___4___
brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, whose ___5___
immediate relation to what is happening in your world and
your locality now. But immediacy and the speed of production that
go with it mean also that much of what appears in a newspaper ___6___
has no more than transient value. For all these reasons, not two ___7___
people really read the same paper: what each person does is to
put together out of pages of that day’s paper, his own selection ___8___
and sequence, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading
newspaper efficiently, which means getting what you want from
them without missing things you need but with wasting time, ___9___
demand skill and self-awareness as you modify and apply the ___10___
techniques of reading.
答案及解析:
1. though -> /
even though为复合连词，须引导从句，但本行中even though 后是一短语，故可确定even其中一个是多余的。若删掉even，though仍可以连接句子，还有根据后面的more可判断这里应该把though删去。
2. complete -> completely
此处never complete和never straight through都是修饰动词read；read sth (straight) through为习惯用法，意为“认真彻底地阅读”；而complete是形容词，不能修饰动词，故将它改为complete。
3. other -> another
从上个分句的one piece和下个分句的the next可知，这是在进行三者之间的比较，another表示三个之间的一个；而other为“其它的”，其名词形式为the other，意为“（两个之中的）另一个”。
4. That -> What
one reader is interested in为定语从句修饰any (variety)；通读That brings….now可知，本句尾含有一个主语从句和一个宾语从句的复合句。That引导主语从句时，在从句中不充当任何成分，也没有实际意义；what引导主语从句时，在从句中既可以作宾语也可以作主语。此处that不能作brings的主语，所以要将其改为what。
5. whose -> its
此处immediate relation to…..your locality now为名词性短语作同位语，而whose引导定语从句，故将whose改为its。
6. go -> goes
本句的主语是immediacy and the speed of production，故谓语mean保持原形；本句中第一个that引导定语从句，修饰the speed of production，从句中的动词应该在数上与之保持一致，故将go改为goea。
7. not -> no
8. pages前加the
Pages后有后置定语of that day’s paper，故pages为特指，因此在pages前加定冠词the。the pages为固定用法，只报纸中不同板块儿，如the sports / fashion page。
9. with -> without
此处的意思是“既不漏掉要读的东西，也不浪费时间是很有难度的”，故将with改为without。
10. demand -> demands
本句中reading newspaper efficiently是主语，谓语是demand，中间which引导的是非限制性定语从句，修饰reading newspaper efficiently。当单个动名词短语作主语是，谓语动词要用第三人称单数，故将demand改为demands。（本题还可以根据从句中的谓语means判断此处demand错了，因为它们的主语都是reading newspaper efficiently。）
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十一）
[ 07/12/04 09:52 | by admin ]
07/12/04 09:52 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
Jane Adams came from a well-to-do and cultural family. She was so
distressed about the misery of poor people as she left her fine home to ___1___
spend her life in slums of Chicago. In 1889, she established a settlement ___2___
house where she initiated many projects such as hot lunch service that for ___3___
factory workers, day care centers for children, free classes for young
and adults, gymnasium and art gallery. Immigrants and other poor people
came to her settlement house for advice and help, as well for fun. ___4___
Jane Adams was also passive in fighting against the use of child labor ___5___
and against war. She work for women’s right to vote and for improving ___6___
the situation of the blacks. She initiated country vocation program for
poor city children. Jane Adams had a great influence to the development ___7___
of social work in the United States and in other parts of the world She
promoted the idea of responsibility for the welfare of the poor. Settlement
houses of a similar kind was founded in many poor neighborhood to make ___8___
the lives of the poor more meaningful. In 1931, Jane Adams was rewarded ___9___
the Nobel Prize for which she had done for the society. ___10___
答案及解析:
1. as -> that
此处是so…that…结构。....so distressed......that she left.....
2. slums前加the
slums后有of Chicago作后置定语，所以定冠词the 不能省略。
3. that -> /
that作引导词时，后面接的是句子，在本题中that后面是短语for factory workers，所以不用that。
4. well后加as
5. passive -> active
passive意为“消极的，被动的”。从文中可知Jane Adams是一位热心服务的人，因此她应该是积极的而不是消极地为人权而战。所以要把passive改为active“积极的”。
6. work –> worked
根据整篇文章的时态可知，此处应该是过去时。
7. to -> on
have an influence / effect / impact on为固定搭配，意为“对…的影响”。
8. was -> were
此处的主语是Settlement houses，所以谓语动词要用复数形式。
9. rewarded -> awarded
reward意为“报答，酬谢，奖励”；award意为“授予，给予”。此处的意思应该是Jane Adams被授予诺贝尔奖，所以要用award。
10. which -> what
此处what引导名词性从句作done的宾语，整个名词性从句what she had done for the society作介词for的宾语。
Jane Adams came from a well-to-do and cultural family. She was so
distressed about the misery of poor people as she left her fine home to ___1___
spend her life in slums of Chicago. In 1889, she established a settlement ___2___
house where she initiated many projects such as hot lunch service that for ___3___
factory workers, day care centers for children, free classes for young
and adults, gymnasium and art gallery. Immigrants and other poor people
came to her settlement house for advice and help, as well for fun. ___4___
Jane Adams was also passive in fighting against the use of child labor ___5___
and against war. She work for women’s right to vote and for improving ___6___
the situation of the blacks. She initiated country vocation program for
poor city children. Jane Adams had a great influence to the development ___7___
of social work in the United States and in other parts of the world She
promoted the idea of responsibility for the welfare of the poor. Settlement
houses of a similar kind was founded in many poor neighborhood to make ___8___
the lives of the poor more meaningful. In 1931, Jane Adams was rewarded ___9___
the Nobel Prize for which she had done for the society. ___10___
答案及解析:
1. as -> that
此处是so…that…结构。....so distressed......that she left.....
2. slums前加the
slums后有of Chicago作后置定语，所以定冠词the 不能省略。
3. that -> /
that作引导词时，后面接的是句子，在本题中that后面是短语for factory workers，所以不用that。
4. well后加as
5. passive -> active
passive意为“消极的，被动的”。从文中可知Jane Adams是一位热心服务的人，因此她应该是积极的而不是消极地为人权而战。所以要把passive改为active“积极的”。
6. work –> worked
根据整篇文章的时态可知，此处应该是过去时。
7. to -> on
have an influence / effect / impact on为固定搭配，意为“对…的影响”。
8. was -> were
此处的主语是Settlement houses，所以谓语动词要用复数形式。
9. rewarded -> awarded
reward意为“报答，酬谢，奖励”；award意为“授予，给予”。此处的意思应该是Jane Adams被授予诺贝尔奖，所以要用award。
10. which -> what
此处what引导名词性从句作done的宾语，整个名词性从句what she had done for the society作介词for的宾语。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十）
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短文改错(Error Correction)
Prolonging human life has decreased the dependency load. In all societies ___1___
people are disable or too young or too old to work are dependent on the ___2___
rest of society to provide them. In hunting and gathering cultures old people ___3___
who could keep up might be left behind and die. In times of famine infants ___4___
might be allowed to die because they could not survive when their parents
starved; whereas when their parents survived they could have another child.
In most contemporary societies people feel it a obligation to keep people
live whether or not they can work. There are a great many people who live ___5___
the past age in which they want to work or are able to work; there are rules ___6___
that require people to retire at a certain age. If these people are able to save ___7___
money from their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the Unite
states many people live on social security checks, which are so considerable ___8___
that they must live in near poverty.
Elder people are more liable to become ill than young or middle-aged people; ___9___
therefore they are wealthy or provided with private or government insurance, ___10___
they must often “go on welfare” if they fall seriously ill.
答案及解析:
1. decreased -> increased
根据下文提示，退休的老年人由工作的壮年人为其提供生活补助，可知此处地意思是“人类寿命的延长会增加社会负担”，所以此处应该用increased。
2. people后加who或that
分析句子结构，此句出现了两个谓语（系动词）are，故有一个必是从句。根据句子的主干可知，前部分are disable or too young or too old to work应该是定语从句，且缺少了引导词，又因为先行词是people，故加上相应的引导词that或who。
3. provide后加for
此处从句的意思是“没有工作能力的人由有工作能力的人来养活”。provide for sb是“养活某人”的意思。
4. could后加not
根据上下文理解，此处的意思应该是“老年人跟不上时代步伐，将被弃之不管或死去”。故要在could后加not。
5. live -> alive
这里是词组keep sb alive。
6. in -> at
此处的意思是“今天还有很多人超过了能够工作的年龄…..”。定语从句的先行词是age，复原后的词组是at the age。故用at which。
7. If -> Unless
意思是“除非人们能位退休后的生活存钱，否则必须由别人来养活他们”。
8. considerable -> little
根据上下文的理解，在美国，许多人靠社会救济生存，这笔钱很少，以至于人们生活在贫困的边缘。
9. Elder -> Older
elder意为“年龄较长的；资格老的，地位高的”，older意为“上年纪的”。此处指的是老年人，故用older。
10. therefore -> unless
意思是“除非他们富有或有政府或私人的保险，否则生病时只能依靠救济金”。故将therefore改为unless。
Prolonging human life has decreased the dependency load. In all societies ___1___
people are disable or too young or too old to work are dependent on the ___2___
rest of society to provide them. In hunting and gathering cultures old people ___3___
who could keep up might be left behind and die. In times of famine infants ___4___
might be allowed to die because they could not survive when their parents
starved; whereas when their parents survived they could have another child.
In most contemporary societies people feel it a obligation to keep people
live whether or not they can work. There are a great many people who live ___5___
the past age in which they want to work or are able to work; there are rules ___6___
that require people to retire at a certain age. If these people are able to save ___7___
money from their retirement, somebody else must support them. In the Unite
states many people live on social security checks, which are so considerable ___8___
that they must live in near poverty.
Elder people are more liable to become ill than young or middle-aged people; ___9___
therefore they are wealthy or provided with private or government insurance, ___10___
they must often “go on welfare” if they fall seriously ill.
答案及解析:
1. decreased -> increased
根据下文提示，退休的老年人由工作的壮年人为其提供生活补助，可知此处地意思是“人类寿命的延长会增加社会负担”，所以此处应该用increased。
2. people后加who或that
分析句子结构，此句出现了两个谓语（系动词）are，故有一个必是从句。根据句子的主干可知，前部分are disable or too young or too old to work应该是定语从句，且缺少了引导词，又因为先行词是people，故加上相应的引导词that或who。
3. provide后加for
此处从句的意思是“没有工作能力的人由有工作能力的人来养活”。provide for sb是“养活某人”的意思。
4. could后加not
根据上下文理解，此处的意思应该是“老年人跟不上时代步伐，将被弃之不管或死去”。故要在could后加not。
5. live -> alive
这里是词组keep sb alive。
6. in -> at
此处的意思是“今天还有很多人超过了能够工作的年龄…..”。定语从句的先行词是age，复原后的词组是at the age。故用at which。
7. If -> Unless
意思是“除非人们能位退休后的生活存钱，否则必须由别人来养活他们”。
8. considerable -> little
根据上下文的理解，在美国，许多人靠社会救济生存，这笔钱很少，以至于人们生活在贫困的边缘。
9. Elder -> Older
elder意为“年龄较长的；资格老的，地位高的”，older意为“上年纪的”。此处指的是老年人，故用older。
10. therefore -> unless
意思是“除非他们富有或有政府或私人的保险，否则生病时只能依靠救济金”。故将therefore改为unless。
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