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 ]
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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-翻译（十七）
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07/12/05 09:42 | by admin ]
1. _______________（让世界发展如此之快的）is the modern science and technology.
2.The doctor _______________（建议用一种新药来治疗这种病）.
3. The two parties differ very sharply from each other _______________（在采取正确的补救办法的问题上）.
4. An average student with average intelligence can be a top student ________________（只要仔细安排他/她的时间）.
5. A student must treasure his time and ________________（吸收尽可能多的知识）to lay a solid foundation for his future career.
答案及解析:
1. What makes the world develop so fast
解析：根据句子各部分语法功能判断，我们在这里需要的是一个主语，因此必须将需填入部分译成what引导的主语从句，全句意思为“什么让世界发展如此之快——是现代科技”。
2. suggests treating the case with a new drug
解析：考生容易将此句“治疗”翻译成cure，cure强调“治疗、治愈，侧重治疗效果”，如：The doctor used special medicines to cure him of the measles.（医生用特效药治愈了麻疹。）而treat强调医治的过程，后接sb.或sth.作宾语。另外，“建议做某事”通常可以用句型“suggest doing”或“suggest that”从句。
3. over the correct remedies to apply
解析：首先要看到differ…from的结构，它表示“和……不同”，“与……在某方面不同”要用differ…from…over/on/upon…。“问题”是范畴词，不需要译成over the question of the correct remedies to apply以避免累赘。考生要注意比较differ from与differ with的差别。differ with是说“不同意……的意见”，相当于disagree with，如：I differ with him on that point，though he may be right.（在那一点上，我不同意他的意见，尽管他可能是对的。）
4. if he plans his/her time carefully
解析：本题考查代词在人称、数、性上的一致性。全句意为：一个中等智力水平的学生只要安排他/她的时间也能成为优等生。Student是单数，但无法确定名词的性，因此条件句中可用阳性或阴性。
5. absorb as much knowledge as he can
解析：本句意为：学生应该珍惜宝贵时间并吸收尽可能多的知识以便为将来事业打下坚实的基础。“吸收”可选用absorb，drink in，take in.“尽可能多的”译为as many as或as much as，具体要看句中名词是可数还是不可数。lay a foundation for表示“为……打下基础”。
2.The doctor _______________（建议用一种新药来治疗这种病）.
3. The two parties differ very sharply from each other _______________（在采取正确的补救办法的问题上）.
4. An average student with average intelligence can be a top student ________________（只要仔细安排他/她的时间）.
5. A student must treasure his time and ________________（吸收尽可能多的知识）to lay a solid foundation for his future career.
答案及解析:
1. What makes the world develop so fast
解析：根据句子各部分语法功能判断，我们在这里需要的是一个主语，因此必须将需填入部分译成what引导的主语从句，全句意思为“什么让世界发展如此之快——是现代科技”。
2. suggests treating the case with a new drug
解析：考生容易将此句“治疗”翻译成cure，cure强调“治疗、治愈，侧重治疗效果”，如：The doctor used special medicines to cure him of the measles.（医生用特效药治愈了麻疹。）而treat强调医治的过程，后接sb.或sth.作宾语。另外，“建议做某事”通常可以用句型“suggest doing”或“suggest that”从句。
3. over the correct remedies to apply
解析：首先要看到differ…from的结构，它表示“和……不同”，“与……在某方面不同”要用differ…from…over/on/upon…。“问题”是范畴词，不需要译成over the question of the correct remedies to apply以避免累赘。考生要注意比较differ from与differ with的差别。differ with是说“不同意……的意见”，相当于disagree with，如：I differ with him on that point，though he may be right.（在那一点上，我不同意他的意见，尽管他可能是对的。）
4. if he plans his/her time carefully
解析：本题考查代词在人称、数、性上的一致性。全句意为：一个中等智力水平的学生只要安排他/她的时间也能成为优等生。Student是单数，但无法确定名词的性，因此条件句中可用阳性或阴性。
5. absorb as much knowledge as he can
解析：本句意为：学生应该珍惜宝贵时间并吸收尽可能多的知识以便为将来事业打下坚实的基础。“吸收”可选用absorb，drink in，take in.“尽可能多的”译为as many as或as much as，具体要看句中名词是可数还是不可数。lay a foundation for表示“为……打下基础”。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十一）
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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-翻译（十六）
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07/12/03 17:39 | by admin ]
1. What upset me was ______________（不是他所说的话，而是他说话的方式）.
2. The customer complained that no sooner ______________（他刚起动这台计算机，它就不运转了）.
3. This piece of writing is ______________（与其说是短篇小说，不如说更像是新闻报道）.
4. The court ruling ______________（剥夺了他的政治权利）.
5. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning _____________（然而，动物的行为主要依靠本能）.
答案及解析:
1. not what he said but the way he said it/ not what he said but the manner in which he said it
解析：本题考查对常见结构“not…but…”的掌握。Not…but…意为“不是……而是……”，用来连接两个并列成分，表示否定前者而肯定后者。“他所说的话”应用名词性从句what he said表示。“……的方式”用the way (in which)…或the manner in which…表示都可以，前者中的in which常省略。
2. had he started the computer than it stopped working
解析：本题考查对no sooner…than句型的掌握。no sooner…than和hardly(scarcely)…when都表示“刚一……就……”，注意其中连词的区别。该句型有两个特点：一是主句中一般使用过去完成时，而从句中一般使用一般过去时；二是no sooner或hardly(scarcely)位于句首时，要求句子采用部分倒装语序。本句中no sooner位于句首，故句子采用了倒装语序。
3. more like a news report than a short story
解析：本题考查对“more…than…”用法的掌握。“more…than…”可以表示“与其……不如……”，该结构中可以使用形容词，也可以使用名词、代词、动词、介词短语等。如：He is more diligent than clever.（与其说他聪明不如说他勤奋。）本句中是表示“更像”，于是用了“more like”。
4． deprived him of his political rights
解析：本题考查对固定结构deprive sb. of sth.的掌握。Deprive sb. of sth.意为“剥夺某人某物”。“政治权利”常用political rights表达。court ruling意为“法庭的判决”。
5． while animal behavior depends mainly on instinct /whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct
解析：本题考查对表示对比或相反情况的连接词的掌握。While或whereas都可以作为连词，表示前后的一种对比或相反的情况，意为“然而”。注意此处不要用however，因为however是表示一种强烈的转折关系，不强调前后情况的对比。
2. The customer complained that no sooner ______________（他刚起动这台计算机，它就不运转了）.
3. This piece of writing is ______________（与其说是短篇小说，不如说更像是新闻报道）.
4. The court ruling ______________（剥夺了他的政治权利）.
5. Human behavior is mostly a product of learning _____________（然而，动物的行为主要依靠本能）.
答案及解析:
1. not what he said but the way he said it/ not what he said but the manner in which he said it
解析：本题考查对常见结构“not…but…”的掌握。Not…but…意为“不是……而是……”，用来连接两个并列成分，表示否定前者而肯定后者。“他所说的话”应用名词性从句what he said表示。“……的方式”用the way (in which)…或the manner in which…表示都可以，前者中的in which常省略。
2. had he started the computer than it stopped working
解析：本题考查对no sooner…than句型的掌握。no sooner…than和hardly(scarcely)…when都表示“刚一……就……”，注意其中连词的区别。该句型有两个特点：一是主句中一般使用过去完成时，而从句中一般使用一般过去时；二是no sooner或hardly(scarcely)位于句首时，要求句子采用部分倒装语序。本句中no sooner位于句首，故句子采用了倒装语序。
3. more like a news report than a short story
解析：本题考查对“more…than…”用法的掌握。“more…than…”可以表示“与其……不如……”，该结构中可以使用形容词，也可以使用名词、代词、动词、介词短语等。如：He is more diligent than clever.（与其说他聪明不如说他勤奋。）本句中是表示“更像”，于是用了“more like”。
4． deprived him of his political rights
解析：本题考查对固定结构deprive sb. of sth.的掌握。Deprive sb. of sth.意为“剥夺某人某物”。“政治权利”常用political rights表达。court ruling意为“法庭的判决”。
5． while animal behavior depends mainly on instinct /whereas the behavior of an animal depends mainly on instinct
解析：本题考查对表示对比或相反情况的连接词的掌握。While或whereas都可以作为连词，表示前后的一种对比或相反的情况，意为“然而”。注意此处不要用however，因为however是表示一种强烈的转折关系，不强调前后情况的对比。
2007年12月英语六级备考-改错（十）
[ 07/12/02 00:10 | by admin ]
07/12/02 00:10 | by admin ]
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。
