2008年6月英语六级短文改错专项训练(1)
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08/05/15 21:26 | by admin ]
08/05/15 21:26 | by admin ]
Error Correction (15 minutes)
Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if --71.
you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book a
present. You may even have entered the shop
just to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72.
Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally
unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick
up a book with an attractive dust jacket is
irresistible, even this method of selection ought --73.
not to be followed, as you might end up with a
rather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74.
some book or other, and usually it is only much
later that you realise you have spent far much --75.
time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten
appointment -- without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of
everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a
bookshop. There are not many places where it is
impossible to do this. A music shop is very much --76.
like a bookshop. You can wander round such places
to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no
assistant will approach to you with the inevitable --77.
greeting: "Can I help you, Sir?" You needn't buy
anything if you don't want. In a bookshop an
assistant should remain the background until you --78.
have finished browsing. Then, only then, are his
services necessary. Of course, you may want to
find out where a particular section is, since when he --79.
has led you there, the assistant should retire
discreetly and look as he is not interested in --80.
selling a single book.
答案：
71. if -- whether
72. (away) from
73. (even) although
74. bored -- boring
75. (far) too
76. impossible -- possible
77. /
78. (remain) in
79. since -- but
80. (as) if
Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if --71.
you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book a
present. You may even have entered the shop
just to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72.
Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally
unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick
up a book with an attractive dust jacket is
irresistible, even this method of selection ought --73.
not to be followed, as you might end up with a
rather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74.
some book or other, and usually it is only much
later that you realise you have spent far much --75.
time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten
appointment -- without buying a book, of course.
This opportunity to escape the realities of
everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a
bookshop. There are not many places where it is
impossible to do this. A music shop is very much --76.
like a bookshop. You can wander round such places
to your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no
assistant will approach to you with the inevitable --77.
greeting: "Can I help you, Sir?" You needn't buy
anything if you don't want. In a bookshop an
assistant should remain the background until you --78.
have finished browsing. Then, only then, are his
services necessary. Of course, you may want to
find out where a particular section is, since when he --79.
has led you there, the assistant should retire
discreetly and look as he is not interested in --80.
selling a single book.
答案：
71. if -- whether
72. (away) from
73. (even) although
74. bored -- boring
75. (far) too
76. impossible -- possible
77. /
78. (remain) in
79. since -- but
80. (as) if
2007年12月英语六级备考-翻译（二十三）
[ 07/12/21 10:31 | by admin ]
07/12/21 10:31 | by admin ]
1. Our enemies watch their time and _______________（妄图东山再起）.
2. Mr. Jack walked out on his wife and _______________（带着他的孩子离开了家）.
3. Mrs. Beck ________________（一直受到她丈夫照管）since she was collapsed.
4. He has no money，so he _______________（不得不收回自己说过的话）.
5. The runner ________________（被剥夺掉金牌）for men’s 100-meter dash at games because he was found to have taken stimulants.
答案及解析:
1. try in vain to stage a comeback
解析：watch their time表示伺机而动、等待时机。watch在这里含贬义。“妄图”本身具有很强的感情色彩，它包括这样两层意思：第一，试图做某事；第二，这种尝试是徒劳的。因此，在翻译时一定要注意译文的准确性。译文中的in vain意思即为“徒劳的，无效的”。“东山再起”也是一个惯用表达，英语可以说stage a comeback，stage作动词，表示筹备、策划；comeback是一个复合词，表示恢复、复原。
2. left home with his children
解析：本句是一个并列复合句，由and连接。前半句谓语动词是walked，后半句谓语动词是“离开”，而“带着他的孩子”作为伴随状语说明“离开了家”的状态，可以用“with＋名词”或“bringing＋名词”的结构。本句还有一个难点是固定短语walk out on sb.的用法，意思是“抛弃某人、离开某人”，如：You want to walk out on me when I badly need you.（你在我正需要你的时候却想离开我。）
3. has been under the care of her husband
解析：since暗示前面动作的延续性，本句意为：自从贝克太太身体垮下来之后，就一直受到丈夫的照管。句子需填入部分要用现在完成时。collapse有时也可以指精神的崩溃。如：Being pressed too much，one would collapse.（压力过大会使人崩溃。）
4. had to swallow his words
解析：本题考查对习语swallow one’s words的理解，swallow指“吞咽”，所以很多考生会望文生义，认为“swallow one’s words”意思是“食言”。“食言”是指说过的话不算话，不讲信用，因此应该英译成break one’s promise或break one’s words。
5. was deprived of his gold medal
解析：本句意为：因为有人发现这位赛跑运动员在赛前吃了激素，他被剥夺掉了100米冲刺的金牌。“被剥夺”可以选用be deprived of或be stripped of，大家要注意区别deprive和derive的区别。两者含义不同。Derive表示“得自、起源”，常与from搭配使用。如：Many English words were originally derived from Latin.（许多英语单词最初都源自拉丁文。）
2. Mr. Jack walked out on his wife and _______________（带着他的孩子离开了家）.
3. Mrs. Beck ________________（一直受到她丈夫照管）since she was collapsed.
4. He has no money，so he _______________（不得不收回自己说过的话）.
5. The runner ________________（被剥夺掉金牌）for men’s 100-meter dash at games because he was found to have taken stimulants.
答案及解析:
1. try in vain to stage a comeback
解析：watch their time表示伺机而动、等待时机。watch在这里含贬义。“妄图”本身具有很强的感情色彩，它包括这样两层意思：第一，试图做某事；第二，这种尝试是徒劳的。因此，在翻译时一定要注意译文的准确性。译文中的in vain意思即为“徒劳的，无效的”。“东山再起”也是一个惯用表达，英语可以说stage a comeback，stage作动词，表示筹备、策划；comeback是一个复合词，表示恢复、复原。
2. left home with his children
解析：本句是一个并列复合句，由and连接。前半句谓语动词是walked，后半句谓语动词是“离开”，而“带着他的孩子”作为伴随状语说明“离开了家”的状态，可以用“with＋名词”或“bringing＋名词”的结构。本句还有一个难点是固定短语walk out on sb.的用法，意思是“抛弃某人、离开某人”，如：You want to walk out on me when I badly need you.（你在我正需要你的时候却想离开我。）
3. has been under the care of her husband
解析：since暗示前面动作的延续性，本句意为：自从贝克太太身体垮下来之后，就一直受到丈夫的照管。句子需填入部分要用现在完成时。collapse有时也可以指精神的崩溃。如：Being pressed too much，one would collapse.（压力过大会使人崩溃。）
4. had to swallow his words
解析：本题考查对习语swallow one’s words的理解，swallow指“吞咽”，所以很多考生会望文生义，认为“swallow one’s words”意思是“食言”。“食言”是指说过的话不算话，不讲信用，因此应该英译成break one’s promise或break one’s words。
5. was deprived of his gold medal
解析：本句意为：因为有人发现这位赛跑运动员在赛前吃了激素，他被剥夺掉了100米冲刺的金牌。“被剥夺”可以选用be deprived of或be stripped of，大家要注意区别deprive和derive的区别。两者含义不同。Derive表示“得自、起源”，常与from搭配使用。如：Many English words were originally derived from Latin.（许多英语单词最初都源自拉丁文。）
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十八）
[ 07/12/15 15:32 | by admin ]
07/12/15 15:32 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.
答案及解析:
1. influenced -> influence
根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。
2. with -> by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。
3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。
4. virtue -> feature
virtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。
5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。
6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。
7. Therefore -> However
8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。
9. complaining -> complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系，
10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。
The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.
答案及解析:
1. influenced -> influence
根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。
2. with -> by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。
3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。
4. virtue -> feature
virtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。
5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。
6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。
7. Therefore -> However
8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。
9. complaining -> complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系，
10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十七）
[ 07/12/15 15:27 | by admin ]
07/12/15 15:27 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
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（十六）
[ 07/12/14 10:21 | by admin ]
07/12/14 10:21 | by admin ]
短文改错(Error Correction)
The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.
答案及解析:
1. influenced -> influence
根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。
2. with -> by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。
3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。
4. virtue -> feature
virtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。
5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。
6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。
7. Therefore -> However
8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。
9. complaining -> complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系，
10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。
The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.
答案及解析:
1. influenced -> influence
根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。
2. with -> by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。
3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。
4. virtue -> feature
virtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。
5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。
6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。
7. Therefore -> However
8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。
9. complaining -> complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系，
10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。
