☆ 改正 將文中錯(cuò)詞用斜線(/)劃去,在后面橫線上填入正確的詞,表示替換該錯(cuò)詞。 (請(qǐng)注意我們文章里面用的是periods這種橫線,考試應(yīng)該劃斜線的)
☆ 刪去 在文中將錯(cuò)詞用斜線(/)劃去,在后面橫線上也劃一斜線(/),表示該錯(cuò)詞是多余的。
☆ 增添 在文中兩詞間加“∧”號(hào),表示有遺漏,然后在橫線上添入遺漏的詞的正確形式。
例 ----
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. /
as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. the
l 題型范例與分析
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)改錯(cuò)是六級(jí)考試不同于其他英語(yǔ)水平考試的一種特殊形式。它之所以備受出題者的青睞,是因?yàn)樗枰忌鷮?duì)英語(yǔ)具備相當(dāng)高的綜合能力??忌牡梅致释桓?。無(wú)論語(yǔ)法、詞匯、理解還是慣用法都能成為改錯(cuò)的對(duì)象,因此考生要在改錯(cuò)方面取得好成績(jī)必須具備較好的語(yǔ)言基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)(詞匯、短語(yǔ)和語(yǔ)法)和相當(dāng)?shù)恼Z(yǔ)言綜合運(yùn)用能力(詞義、詞形、詞性、句型、結(jié)構(gòu)、固定短語(yǔ)等)。
為了讓考生迅速熟悉六級(jí)改錯(cuò)的題型并掌握解改錯(cuò)題的基本方法,這里以一篇六級(jí)改錯(cuò)真題和一篇六級(jí)改錯(cuò)模擬題為例,詳細(xì)討論六級(jí)改錯(cuò)的題型特點(diǎn),并加以歸納、總結(jié),使考生對(duì)六級(jí)改錯(cuò)有全面的了解,掌握解題思路和技巧,不至于考試時(shí)看到一道改錯(cuò)題,覺(jué)得無(wú)從下手。
ONE
Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car, flying,
swallowing an aspirin tablet or eating a chicken sandwich—they
can all be fatal. Clearly some risks worth taking, especially 71._______
when the rewards are high: a man surrounded by flames and
smoke generally considers that jumping out of a second floor
window is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in medicine a 72._______
few procedures, drugs, operations or tests are really a matter of 73._______
life and death. There may be sound medicine reasons for ac- 74. _______
cepting electrical shock treatment, but such reasons are totally
dependent in the balance of risks and benefits for the patients. 75. _______
Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the re-
moval of tonsils(扁桃體)cannot save anything a sore throat. 76. _______
Blood pressure drugs definitely help some people live after a
heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and 77. _______
harmful for those with only mild blood pressure problems.
Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing to 78._______
put up with in the name of better health is a high personal mat- 79. _______
ter, not a decision we should remain to doctors alone. 80. _______
[注釋]
71 risks ∧ worth → are
本句有一個(gè)由“when”引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。主句“Clearly some risks worth taking”缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。worth是形容詞,一般用于短語(yǔ)“be worth doing”(值得做某事)。原句中錯(cuò)把worth當(dāng)成動(dòng)詞,漏掉了一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞are。
72 its → his
本句比較長(zhǎng),首先分析其結(jié)構(gòu):a man是主語(yǔ);“surrounded by … smoke”是分詞的后置定語(yǔ);considers是主要謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;that引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句;從句中“jumping…window”是動(dòng)名詞做主語(yǔ);is是系動(dòng)詞;“an acceptable risk”是表語(yǔ);to save its life是risk的定語(yǔ)。此句意為:“一個(gè)被火焰和濃煙包圍的人一般認(rèn)為跳出二樓窗戶是救他的命的一個(gè)可以承受的冒險(xiǎn)辦法?!币蚨@里life指的是這個(gè)人的life,代詞its用錯(cuò)了,要改為his。這屬于代詞與先行詞一致性方面的錯(cuò)誤。
73 are ∧ really → not
本句語(yǔ)法上沒(méi)有錯(cuò)誤,但是從上下文的理解來(lái)看,本句應(yīng)是否定含義,不是肯定含義。從句首的“But”轉(zhuǎn)折連詞判斷,上文提到跳窗戶救命是關(guān)系生死的大事,但是在醫(yī)學(xué)上,一些實(shí)驗(yàn)、程序等等卻不是關(guān)系生死的事情。“a matter of life and death”是“涉及生死的事情”。此處屬于篇章理解錯(cuò)誤。
74 medicine → medical
此處是詞性錯(cuò)誤。medicine是名詞“醫(yī)學(xué)、醫(yī)藥”的意思,不能用來(lái)修飾后面的名詞reasons,因而要改成形容詞medical。
75 in → on
此處是固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。depend on:依靠。dependent是depend的形容詞形式。dependent on:依靠……的。
76 anything ∧ a → but
“cannot save anything a sore throat”句意不通順,anything和a sore throat(喉嚨痛)是兩個(gè)名詞短語(yǔ),不能疊用,中間根據(jù)句意應(yīng)加上一個(gè)but。全句譯為:切除扁桃體只能治喉嚨痛。這屬于連接詞錯(cuò)誤。
77 necessary → unnecessary
本句屬于篇章理解錯(cuò)誤。necessary and harmful構(gòu)成一對(duì)矛盾,因而要把表示正面含義的necessary變成表示負(fù)面含義的unnecessary。
78 preparing → prepared
“be prepared to do …”是固定短語(yǔ),意思是“準(zhǔn)備做某事”,相當(dāng)于“be ready to do …”。這里prepared作形容詞用?!癰e preparing”只能解釋為進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài),很顯然這里不應(yīng)用進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。put up with:承受、忍受。
79 high → highly
high是形容詞,后面personal也是形容詞,形容詞不能修飾另一個(gè)形容詞,因而把high變成highly。副詞可以修飾形容詞。這屬于詞性錯(cuò)誤。
80 remain → leave
remain:保持、仍然,是一個(gè)表示狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞,其用法和系動(dòng)詞“be”相似,后面所接成分一般是名詞或形容詞,作表語(yǔ)。例如:He remains silent all through the night.leave是“留下,留給”的意思,是及物動(dòng)詞。leave sth.to sb:把某物留給某人。例如:Please leave the reference book to me.本句很明顯是leave …to …的句型,所以應(yīng)把remain改成leave。這是易混詞錯(cuò)誤。
根據(jù)以上改錯(cuò)真題分析可以看出,錯(cuò)誤類型主要有篇章理解錯(cuò)誤(73、77),詞性錯(cuò)誤(71、74、79),固定搭配錯(cuò)誤(75、78),代詞與先行詞一致性方面的錯(cuò)誤(72),易混詞錯(cuò)誤(80),連接詞錯(cuò)誤(76)。
TWO
Punctuality(準(zhǔn)時(shí)) means observing(遵守) regular or ap-
pointed time. A man who gets up at seven o'clock every morn-
ing is punctual. A man who has permitted to call on a friend at 71. _______
five o'clock in the afternoon and actually does such at that hour 72. ______
is also punctual.
Punctuality is a good habit, and unpunctuality is a bad
one. A few minutes delay may not be a serious matter. 73. _______
But it may have bad results. Getting up five minutes later than
usually may upset the plan of the day. 74. ____
Call on a friend five minutes later than the appointed time may 75. _______
cause him some unexpected trouble. Nevertheless, habitual un- 76._______
punctuality leads to indolence(懶惰) and even failure in life.
One delay after another makes a man unable to exert himself. It
also proves him be untrustworthy. 77._______
Those who are unpunctual should try their best to get rid
from their bad habit. In doing this, they should avoid making 78. ______
any kind of exception. They should ever say to themselves:“A 79.______
few minutes’ delay does not matter this time. I shall never be
unpunctual again.” Those who think in this way will find excus-
es for delay from time to time, and will at least give up the at-
tempt cultivating the good habit of punctuality. 80. ______
Like all other good habits, punctuality becomes second na-
ture with those who have duly cultivated it.
[注釋]
71 permitted → promised
permit作為動(dòng)詞,是“允許”的意思,常用于詞組permit sb. to do sth.:允許某人做某事。根據(jù)上下文,此處應(yīng)譯為:“一個(gè)許諾下午五點(diǎn)鐘拜訪一位朋友,而事實(shí)上也做到了這一點(diǎn)的人是準(zhǔn)時(shí)的”。這里所表達(dá)的意思是“許諾”,不是“允許”,應(yīng)用promise,并且promise to do sth.是“許諾做某事”的意思,從語(yǔ)法上也符合。此句是易混詞錯(cuò)誤。
72 such → so
such和so的共同點(diǎn)在于兩者都是代詞,都是“這樣”的意思。區(qū)別在于such不能單獨(dú)代替某成份,而so可以獨(dú)立代替前文所提及的事。如此句中does such a thing = does so,但是does such卻不符合語(yǔ)法。本句屬于代詞誤用錯(cuò)誤。
73 minutes → minutes'
本句中minutes是名詞,不能直接修飾后面的名詞delay,應(yīng)該用名詞所有格形式,改成minutes'。這屬于詞性錯(cuò)誤。
74 usually → usual
usually是副詞,意思是“通常地”。這里five minutes later than usual中的“… than usual”是固定搭配。usual的類似用法還有as usual(和平常一樣)。這是固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。
75 Call → Calling/To call
本句主語(yǔ)是一個(gè)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ),但是動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)做主語(yǔ)時(shí),其中的動(dòng)詞只能用動(dòng)名詞或不定式的形式,因而把Call改成Calling或To call。此句屬于非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤。
76 Nevertheless → Moreover
Nevertheless作為連詞,表示轉(zhuǎn)折,意思是“然而,但是”。根據(jù)上下文理解,這里應(yīng)是一個(gè)遞進(jìn)關(guān)系,不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。前一句是“遲到五分鐘會(huì)給他帶來(lái)預(yù)想不到的麻煩”,后一句說(shuō)“經(jīng)常不準(zhǔn)時(shí)導(dǎo)致懶惰和失敗”,因而是更進(jìn)一步說(shuō)明的遞進(jìn)關(guān)系,須把nevertheless改成moreover。這是連接詞錯(cuò)誤。
77 him ∧ be → to
“prove sb. to do sth.”是固定搭配,意思是“證明某人做某事”。原句缺少不定式標(biāo)志to。這屬于固定搭配的錯(cuò)誤。 78 from → of
“get rid of”是固定搭配,意思是“擺脫”。用from是錯(cuò)誤用法,應(yīng)把它改成“of”。這屬于固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。
79 ever→ never
本句屬于篇章理解方面的錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)上下文,此句應(yīng)是否定句。上文說(shuō)“他們應(yīng)該避免有任何例外”,下文說(shuō)“這樣想的人總會(huì)為他們的遲到找借口”,因而此句作者要表達(dá)的意思是“他們不應(yīng)該這樣說(shuō)……”,所以要把ever改成never。
80 cultivating → to cultivate
cultivate意思是“培養(yǎng)”,這里做名詞attempt的定語(yǔ)?!癮ttempt (n.) to do sth.”意思是“做某事的嘗試/努力”,應(yīng)用不定式做后置定語(yǔ)。此句屬于非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤。
從以上改錯(cuò)模擬題的分析,可以看出,主要錯(cuò)誤類型有易混詞錯(cuò)誤(71),代詞誤用錯(cuò)誤(72),詞性錯(cuò)誤(73),固定搭配錯(cuò)誤(74、77、78),非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤(75、80),連接詞錯(cuò)誤(76)。綜合以上二篇改錯(cuò)考題的分析,我們可以看到,很難說(shuō)出全部錯(cuò)誤類型,因?yàn)闊o(wú)論是語(yǔ)法或詞匯等方面小的細(xì)節(jié)還是篇章理解等大的方面都能成為改錯(cuò)的對(duì)象。由于考生不僅要理解單個(gè)句子,更需要理解上下文邏輯關(guān)系或其發(fā)展的脈絡(luò),才能進(jìn)行判斷和訂正,所以,綜合改錯(cuò)的難度超越了詞匯本身測(cè)試的難度。
另外,綜合改錯(cuò)題的設(shè)計(jì)兼有句子改錯(cuò)題及完形填空題的雙重特點(diǎn)。句子改錯(cuò)題的特點(diǎn)是:測(cè)試語(yǔ)言知識(shí),四個(gè)劃線部分必有一錯(cuò)。完形填空題的特點(diǎn)是:測(cè)試篇章能力為主,每個(gè)空格有四個(gè)選項(xiàng),僅擇其一。而綜合改錯(cuò)題的特點(diǎn)是含錯(cuò)誤項(xiàng)的句子中,由于錯(cuò)項(xiàng)與其他干擾項(xiàng)沒(méi)有單獨(dú)用橫線標(biāo)出,因此錯(cuò)誤項(xiàng)和正確項(xiàng)互相干擾,難以把握。此外,綜合改錯(cuò)題不象完形填空題那樣給出備選的正確答案,對(duì)大多數(shù)考生來(lái)說(shuō),正確地判斷并改正錯(cuò)誤是相當(dāng)難的。 但是,盡管很難把改錯(cuò)題完全分類,這并不意味著無(wú)規(guī)則可循。經(jīng)過(guò)對(duì)各類考試以及歷年考題的分析、總結(jié),我們歸納出九種主要錯(cuò)誤類型。雖然這九個(gè)類型并不能代表所有的錯(cuò)誤類型,但是它們能為廣大考生提供思考問(wèn)題的方法,使他們?cè)谧龈腻e(cuò)題時(shí),能夠有的放矢,準(zhǔn)確迅速地找到并改正錯(cuò)誤。
☆ 刪去 在文中將錯(cuò)詞用斜線(/)劃去,在后面橫線上也劃一斜線(/),表示該錯(cuò)詞是多余的。
☆ 增添 在文中兩詞間加“∧”號(hào),表示有遺漏,然后在橫線上添入遺漏的詞的正確形式。
例 ----
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. time
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. /
as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. the
l 題型范例與分析
大學(xué)英語(yǔ)六級(jí)改錯(cuò)是六級(jí)考試不同于其他英語(yǔ)水平考試的一種特殊形式。它之所以備受出題者的青睞,是因?yàn)樗枰忌鷮?duì)英語(yǔ)具備相當(dāng)高的綜合能力??忌牡梅致释桓?。無(wú)論語(yǔ)法、詞匯、理解還是慣用法都能成為改錯(cuò)的對(duì)象,因此考生要在改錯(cuò)方面取得好成績(jī)必須具備較好的語(yǔ)言基礎(chǔ)知識(shí)(詞匯、短語(yǔ)和語(yǔ)法)和相當(dāng)?shù)恼Z(yǔ)言綜合運(yùn)用能力(詞義、詞形、詞性、句型、結(jié)構(gòu)、固定短語(yǔ)等)。
為了讓考生迅速熟悉六級(jí)改錯(cuò)的題型并掌握解改錯(cuò)題的基本方法,這里以一篇六級(jí)改錯(cuò)真題和一篇六級(jí)改錯(cuò)模擬題為例,詳細(xì)討論六級(jí)改錯(cuò)的題型特點(diǎn),并加以歸納、總結(jié),使考生對(duì)六級(jí)改錯(cuò)有全面的了解,掌握解題思路和技巧,不至于考試時(shí)看到一道改錯(cuò)題,覺(jué)得無(wú)從下手。
ONE
Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car, flying,
swallowing an aspirin tablet or eating a chicken sandwich—they
can all be fatal. Clearly some risks worth taking, especially 71._______
when the rewards are high: a man surrounded by flames and
smoke generally considers that jumping out of a second floor
window is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in medicine a 72._______
few procedures, drugs, operations or tests are really a matter of 73._______
life and death. There may be sound medicine reasons for ac- 74. _______
cepting electrical shock treatment, but such reasons are totally
dependent in the balance of risks and benefits for the patients. 75. _______
Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the re-
moval of tonsils(扁桃體)cannot save anything a sore throat. 76. _______
Blood pressure drugs definitely help some people live after a
heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and 77. _______
harmful for those with only mild blood pressure problems.
Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing to 78._______
put up with in the name of better health is a high personal mat- 79. _______
ter, not a decision we should remain to doctors alone. 80. _______
[注釋]
71 risks ∧ worth → are
本句有一個(gè)由“when”引導(dǎo)的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句。主句“Clearly some risks worth taking”缺少謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。worth是形容詞,一般用于短語(yǔ)“be worth doing”(值得做某事)。原句中錯(cuò)把worth當(dāng)成動(dòng)詞,漏掉了一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞are。
72 its → his
本句比較長(zhǎng),首先分析其結(jié)構(gòu):a man是主語(yǔ);“surrounded by … smoke”是分詞的后置定語(yǔ);considers是主要謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞;that引導(dǎo)賓語(yǔ)從句;從句中“jumping…window”是動(dòng)名詞做主語(yǔ);is是系動(dòng)詞;“an acceptable risk”是表語(yǔ);to save its life是risk的定語(yǔ)。此句意為:“一個(gè)被火焰和濃煙包圍的人一般認(rèn)為跳出二樓窗戶是救他的命的一個(gè)可以承受的冒險(xiǎn)辦法?!币蚨@里life指的是這個(gè)人的life,代詞its用錯(cuò)了,要改為his。這屬于代詞與先行詞一致性方面的錯(cuò)誤。
73 are ∧ really → not
本句語(yǔ)法上沒(méi)有錯(cuò)誤,但是從上下文的理解來(lái)看,本句應(yīng)是否定含義,不是肯定含義。從句首的“But”轉(zhuǎn)折連詞判斷,上文提到跳窗戶救命是關(guān)系生死的大事,但是在醫(yī)學(xué)上,一些實(shí)驗(yàn)、程序等等卻不是關(guān)系生死的事情。“a matter of life and death”是“涉及生死的事情”。此處屬于篇章理解錯(cuò)誤。
74 medicine → medical
此處是詞性錯(cuò)誤。medicine是名詞“醫(yī)學(xué)、醫(yī)藥”的意思,不能用來(lái)修飾后面的名詞reasons,因而要改成形容詞medical。
75 in → on
此處是固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。depend on:依靠。dependent是depend的形容詞形式。dependent on:依靠……的。
76 anything ∧ a → but
“cannot save anything a sore throat”句意不通順,anything和a sore throat(喉嚨痛)是兩個(gè)名詞短語(yǔ),不能疊用,中間根據(jù)句意應(yīng)加上一個(gè)but。全句譯為:切除扁桃體只能治喉嚨痛。這屬于連接詞錯(cuò)誤。
77 necessary → unnecessary
本句屬于篇章理解錯(cuò)誤。necessary and harmful構(gòu)成一對(duì)矛盾,因而要把表示正面含義的necessary變成表示負(fù)面含義的unnecessary。
78 preparing → prepared
“be prepared to do …”是固定短語(yǔ),意思是“準(zhǔn)備做某事”,相當(dāng)于“be ready to do …”。這里prepared作形容詞用?!癰e preparing”只能解釋為進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài),很顯然這里不應(yīng)用進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)。put up with:承受、忍受。
79 high → highly
high是形容詞,后面personal也是形容詞,形容詞不能修飾另一個(gè)形容詞,因而把high變成highly。副詞可以修飾形容詞。這屬于詞性錯(cuò)誤。
80 remain → leave
remain:保持、仍然,是一個(gè)表示狀態(tài)的動(dòng)詞,其用法和系動(dòng)詞“be”相似,后面所接成分一般是名詞或形容詞,作表語(yǔ)。例如:He remains silent all through the night.leave是“留下,留給”的意思,是及物動(dòng)詞。leave sth.to sb:把某物留給某人。例如:Please leave the reference book to me.本句很明顯是leave …to …的句型,所以應(yīng)把remain改成leave。這是易混詞錯(cuò)誤。
根據(jù)以上改錯(cuò)真題分析可以看出,錯(cuò)誤類型主要有篇章理解錯(cuò)誤(73、77),詞性錯(cuò)誤(71、74、79),固定搭配錯(cuò)誤(75、78),代詞與先行詞一致性方面的錯(cuò)誤(72),易混詞錯(cuò)誤(80),連接詞錯(cuò)誤(76)。
TWO
Punctuality(準(zhǔn)時(shí)) means observing(遵守) regular or ap-
pointed time. A man who gets up at seven o'clock every morn-
ing is punctual. A man who has permitted to call on a friend at 71. _______
five o'clock in the afternoon and actually does such at that hour 72. ______
is also punctual.
Punctuality is a good habit, and unpunctuality is a bad
one. A few minutes delay may not be a serious matter. 73. _______
But it may have bad results. Getting up five minutes later than
usually may upset the plan of the day. 74. ____
Call on a friend five minutes later than the appointed time may 75. _______
cause him some unexpected trouble. Nevertheless, habitual un- 76._______
punctuality leads to indolence(懶惰) and even failure in life.
One delay after another makes a man unable to exert himself. It
also proves him be untrustworthy. 77._______
Those who are unpunctual should try their best to get rid
from their bad habit. In doing this, they should avoid making 78. ______
any kind of exception. They should ever say to themselves:“A 79.______
few minutes’ delay does not matter this time. I shall never be
unpunctual again.” Those who think in this way will find excus-
es for delay from time to time, and will at least give up the at-
tempt cultivating the good habit of punctuality. 80. ______
Like all other good habits, punctuality becomes second na-
ture with those who have duly cultivated it.
[注釋]
71 permitted → promised
permit作為動(dòng)詞,是“允許”的意思,常用于詞組permit sb. to do sth.:允許某人做某事。根據(jù)上下文,此處應(yīng)譯為:“一個(gè)許諾下午五點(diǎn)鐘拜訪一位朋友,而事實(shí)上也做到了這一點(diǎn)的人是準(zhǔn)時(shí)的”。這里所表達(dá)的意思是“許諾”,不是“允許”,應(yīng)用promise,并且promise to do sth.是“許諾做某事”的意思,從語(yǔ)法上也符合。此句是易混詞錯(cuò)誤。
72 such → so
such和so的共同點(diǎn)在于兩者都是代詞,都是“這樣”的意思。區(qū)別在于such不能單獨(dú)代替某成份,而so可以獨(dú)立代替前文所提及的事。如此句中does such a thing = does so,但是does such卻不符合語(yǔ)法。本句屬于代詞誤用錯(cuò)誤。
73 minutes → minutes'
本句中minutes是名詞,不能直接修飾后面的名詞delay,應(yīng)該用名詞所有格形式,改成minutes'。這屬于詞性錯(cuò)誤。
74 usually → usual
usually是副詞,意思是“通常地”。這里five minutes later than usual中的“… than usual”是固定搭配。usual的類似用法還有as usual(和平常一樣)。這是固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。
75 Call → Calling/To call
本句主語(yǔ)是一個(gè)動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ),但是動(dòng)詞短語(yǔ)做主語(yǔ)時(shí),其中的動(dòng)詞只能用動(dòng)名詞或不定式的形式,因而把Call改成Calling或To call。此句屬于非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤。
76 Nevertheless → Moreover
Nevertheless作為連詞,表示轉(zhuǎn)折,意思是“然而,但是”。根據(jù)上下文理解,這里應(yīng)是一個(gè)遞進(jìn)關(guān)系,不是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系。前一句是“遲到五分鐘會(huì)給他帶來(lái)預(yù)想不到的麻煩”,后一句說(shuō)“經(jīng)常不準(zhǔn)時(shí)導(dǎo)致懶惰和失敗”,因而是更進(jìn)一步說(shuō)明的遞進(jìn)關(guān)系,須把nevertheless改成moreover。這是連接詞錯(cuò)誤。
77 him ∧ be → to
“prove sb. to do sth.”是固定搭配,意思是“證明某人做某事”。原句缺少不定式標(biāo)志to。這屬于固定搭配的錯(cuò)誤。 78 from → of
“get rid of”是固定搭配,意思是“擺脫”。用from是錯(cuò)誤用法,應(yīng)把它改成“of”。這屬于固定搭配錯(cuò)誤。
79 ever→ never
本句屬于篇章理解方面的錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)上下文,此句應(yīng)是否定句。上文說(shuō)“他們應(yīng)該避免有任何例外”,下文說(shuō)“這樣想的人總會(huì)為他們的遲到找借口”,因而此句作者要表達(dá)的意思是“他們不應(yīng)該這樣說(shuō)……”,所以要把ever改成never。
80 cultivating → to cultivate
cultivate意思是“培養(yǎng)”,這里做名詞attempt的定語(yǔ)?!癮ttempt (n.) to do sth.”意思是“做某事的嘗試/努力”,應(yīng)用不定式做后置定語(yǔ)。此句屬于非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤。
從以上改錯(cuò)模擬題的分析,可以看出,主要錯(cuò)誤類型有易混詞錯(cuò)誤(71),代詞誤用錯(cuò)誤(72),詞性錯(cuò)誤(73),固定搭配錯(cuò)誤(74、77、78),非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞錯(cuò)誤(75、80),連接詞錯(cuò)誤(76)。綜合以上二篇改錯(cuò)考題的分析,我們可以看到,很難說(shuō)出全部錯(cuò)誤類型,因?yàn)闊o(wú)論是語(yǔ)法或詞匯等方面小的細(xì)節(jié)還是篇章理解等大的方面都能成為改錯(cuò)的對(duì)象。由于考生不僅要理解單個(gè)句子,更需要理解上下文邏輯關(guān)系或其發(fā)展的脈絡(luò),才能進(jìn)行判斷和訂正,所以,綜合改錯(cuò)的難度超越了詞匯本身測(cè)試的難度。
另外,綜合改錯(cuò)題的設(shè)計(jì)兼有句子改錯(cuò)題及完形填空題的雙重特點(diǎn)。句子改錯(cuò)題的特點(diǎn)是:測(cè)試語(yǔ)言知識(shí),四個(gè)劃線部分必有一錯(cuò)。完形填空題的特點(diǎn)是:測(cè)試篇章能力為主,每個(gè)空格有四個(gè)選項(xiàng),僅擇其一。而綜合改錯(cuò)題的特點(diǎn)是含錯(cuò)誤項(xiàng)的句子中,由于錯(cuò)項(xiàng)與其他干擾項(xiàng)沒(méi)有單獨(dú)用橫線標(biāo)出,因此錯(cuò)誤項(xiàng)和正確項(xiàng)互相干擾,難以把握。此外,綜合改錯(cuò)題不象完形填空題那樣給出備選的正確答案,對(duì)大多數(shù)考生來(lái)說(shuō),正確地判斷并改正錯(cuò)誤是相當(dāng)難的。 但是,盡管很難把改錯(cuò)題完全分類,這并不意味著無(wú)規(guī)則可循。經(jīng)過(guò)對(duì)各類考試以及歷年考題的分析、總結(jié),我們歸納出九種主要錯(cuò)誤類型。雖然這九個(gè)類型并不能代表所有的錯(cuò)誤類型,但是它們能為廣大考生提供思考問(wèn)題的方法,使他們?cè)谧龈腻e(cuò)題時(shí),能夠有的放矢,準(zhǔn)確迅速地找到并改正錯(cuò)誤。