2007年12月英語(yǔ)六級(jí)短文改錯(cuò)(十)

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本期重點(diǎn):易混詞
    易混詞主要考查近義詞混用和形近詞混淆。英語(yǔ)詞匯中有很多詞在拼寫上、語(yǔ)義上很相似,如assure / ensure, rise / arise /raise, effect / affect, adopt / adapt,likely / probable,accept / receive,like / as,cost / spend等, 但是它們的用法卻迥然不同。這些易混淆的詞構(gòu)成六級(jí)改錯(cuò)的一個(gè)重要錯(cuò)誤類型。
    考點(diǎn)例析:
    例1: His persistence was awarded when the car finally started. ________
    解析:句中“award”是“頒發(fā),授予(獎(jiǎng)賞)”之義,而文中想要表達(dá)的意思是“汽車終于啟動(dòng)了,那就是對(duì)他堅(jiān)持不懈精神的回報(bào)?!睉?yīng)把a(bǔ)ward改成reward。
    例2:A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
    photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times’ S5.________
    content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
    diversity issues.
    解析:動(dòng)詞value有兩齪澹旱諞?,to think that someone or something is important,比如I value our friendship。第二,to decide how much money something is worth,比如we decide to get this house valued。不論哪個(gè)含義,用于此都不適合。從文中可以推測(cè)這些人碰頭人是為了judge how good, useful, or successful the paper is,因此要用evaluate。
    例3:Leprosy is caused by bacteria spread through liquid from the nose
    and mouth. The disease mainly effects the skin and nerves. S4.________
    解析:effect 作動(dòng)詞時(shí)意為“產(chǎn)生,招致(某種結(jié)果);實(shí)現(xiàn),完成”,但此處需要表示“影響”,故將effects -> affects.
    鞏固與拓展
    1. His success result from part in his ability to sell the product and
    in part from his policy of expanding during periods of economical __________
    decline, when most of his competitors were reducing their investments.
    2. There is a train which leaves London at 5pm and
    arrives Cambridge at 6:45pm. __________
    3. In fact, psychologists adapt a similar approach to scientists in other fields ______
    4. They are far more probable to report that they don’t have the time to ______
    read the papers and have no interest in the content.
    5. Ever since the enclosures, wool and then woolen cloth
    had been the principle exports of England ________
    綜合訓(xùn)練
    A “typical” British family used to consist of mother, father and two
    children, and in recent years there have been many changes in family 1.____
    life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and other 2. _____
    are the result of changes in society. For example, for the law 3.___
    made easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. 4. ______
    In fact, one marriage in every three now end in divorce. This means that 5. ______
    there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it
    used to be with unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. 6._____
    Another change has been caused by the fact people are living longer 7. ____
    nowadays, and many old people lives alone following the death of their
    partners. As a cause of these changes in the pattern of people’s lives, there 8.____
    are many families consist of only one person or one person and children. .9._____
    You might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they
    once are. However, the majority of divorced people marry again and they 10._____
    sometimes take responsibility for a second family.