2012年英语六级短文改错专项练习题3
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题(答案解析)
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题(答案解析)1. I have two sister. They are very lovely.答案解析：句中的“sister”错误，此处应该用复数形式“sisters”。
因为前面提到“two”，表示两个，名词要用复数形式，这涉及到名词单复数的语法规则。
2. He go to school by bike every day.答案解析：“go”错误，正确形式为“goes”。
因为句子的主语“He”是第三人称单数，在一般现在时中，第三人称单数作主语时，动词要使用第三人称单数形式，这是动词第三人称单数的语法规则。
3. My mother cook very good.答案解析：此句中“cook”用法错误，应改为“cooks”。
主语“My mother”是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词要用第三人称单数形式。
“very good”的用法也错误，应改为“very well”，“well”在这里作副词修饰动词“cooks”，而“good”是形容词，不能修饰动词，这涉及到形容词和副词的用法区别。
4. There are much students in our class.答案解析：“much”错误，应改为“many”。
“much”修饰不可数名词，“students”是可数名词复数，要用“many”来修饰，这是关于可数与不可数名词修饰词的语法规则。
5. Tom is my more taller friend.答案解析：“more taller”错误，应改为“taller”。
比较级的正确形式是在形容词或副词后直接加“er”（部分双写最后一个字母再加“er”），不需要再加“more”，这是比较级的语法规则。
6. I like play football.答案解析：“play”错误，应改为“playing”。
“like”后面接动词的-ing形式，表示喜欢做某事，这是关于“like”用法的语法规则。
2012年英语六级短文改错专项练习题2解读
2012年英语六级短文改错专项练习题21.Most of the dollar differences stem from fact that women_____1_____tend to be more frequently employed and have more yearson the job.cation has acquired a kind of snob value in modern time. ____2_____We are no longer content to be honest craftamen, skilled atour work through year of patient practice. ______3_____3.Aristotle felt that this is self-evident pricinple that everything _____4_____in the universe has their proper place. ____5___4.It is probably not a coincidence that most flocks begintheir migratory flights at the night _____6____5.The history of British anti-slavery can be devided into a numberof phaes. The first of this stretched from 1787 to 1807 and was ____7____directed against the slave trade.6.With collections expanding, with the needs and funtions ofmuseums changing, empty space has become very precious____8____commodity.7.You may have noticed how people who live or work closelytogether come to behave in a similar way. Unconsciouslywe copy these we are close to or love or admire. ____9___8. If indeed silence is golden, it is also becoming as rare asgold. It seems that the progresses of man includes a rising___10___volume of noise.9. Noise pollution is the new side effect of our technologicalage. Day or night, the sound of the work fills the air.____11___1. fact前加the2. time -%26gt; times固定用法in modern times“在现代”,times是“时代、时期’”的意思。
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题含答案解析
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题含答案解析1. There is a book and two pen on the desk.- a book- two pen- on the desk答案解析：pen 应改为pens，因为two 后面要用名词复数形式。
2. My family have a big dinner yesterday.- My family- have- a big dinner- yesterday答案解析：have 应改为had，因为yesterday 表示过去的时间，要用一般过去时。
3. She is a beautiful and happily girl.- She is- a beautiful- happily- girl答案解析：happily 应改为happy，因为girl 是名词，要用形容词来修饰。
4. There are many peoples in the park.- There are- many- peoples- in the park答案解析：peoples 应改为people，people 表示“人”时，本身就是复数形式。
5. I go to school by foot every day.- I go to school- by foot- every day答案解析：by foot 应改为on foot，“步行”是固定搭配on foot。
6. My brother like playing football very much.- My brother- like- playing football- very much答案解析：like 应改为likes，因为my brother 是第三人称单数，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式。
7. She is good at sing.- She is- good at- sing-.答案解析：sing 应改为singing，be good at 后面要用动词的ing 形式。
6级改错题试题
第一篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Most studies suggest that when women and men do thesame job and have the experience, pay rates tend to besimilar. Most of the dollar differences stem from fact that -------71.women tend to be more recently employed and have more -------72.years on the job. Whether women who have started a careerwill attain pay equality with men rest on at least two factors. -------73.First, will most of them continue part time at their jobs after -------74.they have children? A break in their employment, or a decision -------75.to work part time, will slow its raises and promotionsbecause it would for men. Second, will male-dominated -------76.companies elevate women to higher-paid jobs at the different -------77.rate as they elevate men? On some fields, this had clearly not -------78.happened. Many men, for example, have committed their -------79.lives to teaching careers, yet relative few have become -------80.principals or headmasters.答案：71. from fact -> from the fact72. recently -> frequently73. rest -> rests74. part -> full75. its -> their76. because -> as77. different -> same78. On -> In79. men -> women80. relative -> relatively第二篇：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 shopjust to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72.Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totallyunaware of your surroundings. The desire to pickup 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 arather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74. some book or other, and usually it is only muchlater 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 ofeveryday 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 placesto 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 anassistant should remain the background until you --78. have finished browsing. Then, only then, are hisservices necessary. Of course, you may want tofind out where a particular section is, since when he --79. has led you there, the assistant should retirediscreetly and look as he is not interested in --80.selling a single book.答案：71. if -- whether72. (away) from73. (even) although74. bored -- boring75. (far) too76. impossible -- possible77. /78. (remain) in79. since -- but80. (as) if第三篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)The key to being a winner is to have desireand a goal from which you refuse to be deterred (被吓住).That desire fuels your dreams and thespecial goal keeps you focusing. --71.Deeply down we all have a hope that our --72.destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyonetalks about a good game, but the winner goes outand do something. To win, there has to be movement --73.and physical action. Attitudes and persistence canhelp us become who we want to be. --74.Competition is the best motivator. Because --75.many people use competition as an excuse for notdoing something, those who really want to success --76.see competition as an opportunity, and they'rewilling to do the tough work necessarily to win. --77.Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatestdeterrent to taking risk. People worry so much --78. about failing that their fear paralyzes them,drained the energy they might otherwise be using to --79. grow.You can cultivate self-respect by developing a commitment to your own talents. It may benecessary to do the thing you fear the most inorder to put that fear in rest, so that it can no --80. longer control you.答案：71. focused72. Deep73. does74. what75. While/Although76. succeed77. necessary78. risks79. draining80. to第四篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Changes in the way people live bring about changes in thejobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and citiesinstead on farms and in villages. Cities and states have to provide --71.services city people want, such like more police protection, more --72.hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology has also changed people's lives. --73.Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once doneby the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances --74.means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running --75.properly.People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads --76.changes in the way of life. As income goes down, people may not --77. want more food to eat or more clothes to wear. But they maywant more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals.They are likely to travel more and to want more education Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. --78.The government also affects the kind of works people do. --79.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of moneyfor international defense. They hire thousands of engineers, --80. scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the manydifferent aspects of defense.答案：71. (instead) on --- of72. like --- as73. has --- have74. the --- /75. it --- them76. leads --- causes77. down --- up78. Nevertheless --- Therefore79. works --- work/job/jobs80. international --- national第五篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Traditionally, the American farmer has always beenindependent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmerswere quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almostnothing it needed. The surplus crop would be sold to buy a new --71.items in the local general store.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to --72.the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still inthe country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life --73.were not much changed from that they had been in old days. The --74.farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with --75.his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, --76.spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done --77.in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the onlyimprovement on the candle. The family's recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78. village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighborswho had also come to town.The children attended a small elementary school (often ofjust one room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a --79. few miles. The school term was short so that the children couldnot help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life --80. was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.答案：71. nothing --- everything72. because --- although73. nineteen --- nineteenth74. that --- what75. aroused --- rose/got up76. like --- as77. complicated --- simple78. consisted后加of79. that --- which80. and --- /第六篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car,flying, swallowing an aspirin table or eating a chickensandwich-they can all be fatal.Clearly some risks worth taking, especially when the --61.rewards high: a man surrounded by flames and smokegenerally considers that jumping out of a second-floorwindow is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in --62.medicine a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests --63.are really a mater of life and death. There may besound medicine reasons are totally dependent --64.in the balance of risks and benefits for the --65.patients.Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, butthe removal of tonsils(扁桃体) cannot save anything a --66. sore throat. Blood pressure drugs definitely help somepeople live after a heart attack, but these same drugsmay be both necessary and harmful for those with only --67. mild blood pressure problems.Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing --68. to put up with in the name of better health is a high --69. personal matter, not a decision we should remain to --70. doctors alone.答案：61. risks ∧worth → are62. its → h is63. a few → few64. medicine → medical65. in → on 或upon66. anything ∧ a → but 或except67. necessary → unnecessary68. preparing → prepared 或ready 或willing69. high → highly70. remain → leave第七篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)A good way to get information for essays andreports is to interview people who are experts in --71.your topic or whose opinions may be interesti ng.Interviews are also a good way to get a sampling of people's opinions on various questions. Here ar esome suggestions that will help you make most of a --72. planned interview:1. If the person to be interviewed (the interviewee) is busy, cancel an appointment in --73. advance.2. Prepare your questions before the interview sothat you make best use of your time. In preparingthink about the topic about what the interviewer is --74.likely to know.3. Use your questions, but don't insist in sticking to --75.them or proceeding in the order you have listed.Often the interviewee will have importantinformation that was never occurred to you, or one --76. question may suggest another very useful one.4. If you don't understand something theinterviewee has said, say politely and ask him or --77. her to clarify it or to give an example.5. Take notes, if the interviewee goes too slowly --78. for you, ask him or her to stop for a moment, especially if the point is important. A taperecorder lets you avoid this problem. Therefore, --79.be sure the interviewee agrees to be taped.6. As soon as possible after the interview, readover your notes. They may need clarified while the --80. topic is still fresh in your mind.答案：71. in -- on72. the (most)73. cancel -- make74. interviewer -- interviewee75. in -- on76. 去掉was77. (say) so78. slowly -- fast79. Therefore -- However80. clarified -- clarifying第八篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say thathumans will be living in space within the nexthundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded,dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus --71.of mankind will begin.Spaceships will be assembled so that theyrevolve around the earth. Some may orbit aroundMars. These space stations will be serviced byspace buses. We saw the first space bus launch in --72.April 1981. This was "Columbia", it made several --73.orbits around the earth and then returned, landingon a huge dry lake bed in California. "Columbia"will be used again. Previous spaceships havebeen abandoned, only the nose cone being usedto bring the crews back to earth. --74.Upon established, each space station will --75.generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. It will need to rotation to provide --76.an artificial gravity; people will be forced inwards --77. from the center by centrifugal force.The moon and Mars could become new sources ofnew materials. Driving through space will no --78. longer need Earth fuel- the energy would comefrom the sun. This energy would be converted from --79. electricity to work magnetic rockets.That all sounds quite fantastically but, with --80.the rapid development of moderns technology, whoknows about what the future holds?答案：71. lack--short72. launch--launched73. it--which74. crews--crew75. upon--once76. rotation--rotate77. inwards-outwards78. will--would79. from--into80. fantastically--fantastic第九篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say thathumans will be living in space within the nexthundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded, dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus --71.(移居) of mankind will begin.Spaceships will be assembled so that theyrevolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced byspace buses. We saw the first space bus launch in --72. April 1981. This was "Columbia", it made several --73. orbits around the earth and then returned, landingon a huge dry lake bed in California. "Columbia"will be used again. previous spaceships havebeen abandoned, only the nose cone being usedto bring the crews back to earth. --74.Upon established, each space station will --75. generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. it will need to rotation to provide --76.an artificial gravity; people will be forced inwards --77. from the center by centrifugal(向心的)force.The moon and Mars could become new sources ofnew materials. Driving through space will no --78.longer need Earth fuel-the energy would comefrom the sun. This energy would be converted from --79.electricity to work magnetic rockets.That all sounds quiet fantastically but, with --80.the rapid development of modern technology, whoknows about what the future holds?答案：71. sort -- short72. launch -- launched73. it -- which74. crews -- crew75. Upon --- Once76. rotation -- rotate77. inward -- outwards78. will -- would79. from -- into80. fantastically -- fantastic第十篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)People often dream of living in a perfect place where noone would be poor, and everyone would be considerable of --71. everyone else. Such a place, however, is very good to be true: --72. such a place is nowhere, and that's what the word "Utopia" means. It is made up two Greek words meaning "not a place". --73. The word was first used by Thomas More, a sixteen century --74. English writer whose book Utopia, published in 1516,describing a perfect island country. More's idea for tale came --75. from Plato. Plato's The Republic described what would be aperfect state. Early legends told a perfect place existing --76. somewhere in Atlantic. These legends were no longer believed --77. when the explorations of Americans began, but after More'stime they became common for writers to imagine there places. --78. Utopia, if is effected, would not suddenly make everything --79. perfect because people are of nature imperfect. --80.答案：71. considerable → considerate72. very → too73. made up → made up of74. sixteen → sixteenth75. describing → described76. told → told of/about77. Atlantic → the Atlantic78. they → it79. is effected → effected 或it is effected80. of nature → by nature第十九篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person isexpert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, and --71--few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncingforeign languages. Now there are many reasons about this, --72-- some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggestthat the fundamental reason why people in general do notspeak foreign languages very better than they do is that --73--they fail to grasp the true name of the problem of learningto pronounce, and consequently never set about tacklingit by the right way. Far too many people fail to realize --74--that pronounce a foreign language is a skill, one that --75--needs careful training of a special kind, and one thatcannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of himself. --76--I think even teachers of language, while recognizing theimportance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerning with speaking the --77-- language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher may be prepared to --78-- devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his wholeattitude to the subject he should get the student to feelthat here is a matter worth of receiving his close attention. --79--So, there should be occasions where other aspects of English, --80--such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment totake a secondary place.答案：71.and→but。
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题含答案解析
六年级英语短文改错练习题20题含答案解析1. I have two book.book 改为books。
答案解析：本题错误类型为名词单复数错误。
“two”表示两个，后面的名词要用复数形式，所以将“book”改为“books”。
2. She is runing in the park.runing 改为running。
答案解析：本题错误类型为动词现在分词错误。
“run”的现在分词形式是“running”，双写“n”再加“ing”。
3. My brother is tall than me.tall 改为taller。
答案解析：本题错误类型为形容词比较级错误。
“than”表示比较，要用比较级，“tall”的比较级是“taller”。
4. I go to school by foot.by foot 改为on foot。
答案解析：本题错误类型为固定搭配错误。
“步行”的固定表达是“on foot”。
5. There are a lot of sheeps in the farm.sheeps 改为sheep。
答案解析：本题错误类型为名词单复数错误。
“sheep”的单复数同形，不能加“s”。
6. He play football every day.play 改为plays。
答案解析：本题错误类型为动词时态错误。
“every day”表示一般现在时，主语“he”是第三人称单数，动词要用第三人称单数形式，所以将“play”改为“plays”。
7. I am very happy yesterday.am 改为was。
答案解析：本题错误类型为动词时态错误。
“yesterday”表示过去的时间，要用一般过去时，“am”的过去式是“was”。
8. This is my a pen.去掉“a”。
答案解析：本题错误类型为冠词用法错误。
“my”和“a”不能同时修饰名词，所以去掉“a”。
9. The weather is bad. It's rain.rain 改为rainy。
大学英语六级改错题12篇(1)
大学英语六级改错题12篇Passage 1Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (／) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.1.time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study ofliterature2. ／___________as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.the___________ One major decision which faces the American studentready tobegin higher education is the choice of attending a largeuniversity or a small college. The large university providesawide range of specialized departments, as well numerous 71.__________courses within such departments. The small college, therefore, 72.__________generally provides a limited number of courses andspecializations but offer a better student-faculty ratio, thus 73.__________permit individualized attention to student. Because of its large 74.__________student body (often exceeding 20,000) consisting in many 75.__________ people from different countries the university exposes itsstudents to many different culture, social and out-of-class 76.__________ programmes. On the other hand, the smaller, morehomogeneous(同性质的) student body of the big college 77.__________affords greater opportunities in such activities. Finally, theuniversity closely approximates the real world and which 78.__________ provides a relaxed, impersonal, and sometimesanonymous(隐姓埋名的) existence, on the contrast, the intimate 79.__________atmosphere of the small college allows the student four years ofstructural living in which to expect and preparing for the real 80.__________world. In making his choice among educationalinstitutions thestudent must, there fore, consider a great many factors.71. (well) → (well) as 72. therefore → however73. offer → offers 74. permit → permitting75. in → of 76. culture → cultural77. big → small 78. and → / 或and → which, this79. contrast → contrary 80. preparing → preparePassage 2Thomas Malthus published his "Essay on the Principleof Population" almost 200 years ago. Ever since then,forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine was S1. _____ just around the next corner. The fast-growing population'sdemand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their S2. _____ supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.But in reality, the world's total grain harvest has risensteadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble S3. _____ spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years ofgood harvests, the world's food crisis has remained just S4. _____ around the corner. Most experts believe this can continueeven as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, S5. _____ although feeding I0 billion people will not be easy forpolitics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists S6. _____ point to concrete examples of continued improvementsin yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more S7. _____ fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more thandouble corn and wheat yields in an experiment. Elsewhere, S8. _____ rice experts in the Philippines are producing a plant with few S9. _____ stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plantbreeders can continue to develop new, higher-yieldingcrop, but most researchers see their success to date as reason S10. _____ for hope.S1. being→been S2. their→itsS3. relative→relatively S4. good→badS5. as→去掉S6. politics→politicalS7. by→for S8. double→doubledS9. few→more S10. reason→the reasonPassage 3The Seattle Times Company is one newspaperfirm thathas recognized the need for change and donesomething aboutit. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect thediversityof the communities to which they provide information.It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage S1. _________losing their readers’ interest and their advertisers’support.Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2. _________ minorities, the paper has put into place policies andprocedures for hiring and maintain a diverseworkforce. TheS3. _________underlying reason for the change is that forinformation to befair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reportedby theS4. _________same kind of population that reads it.A diversity committee composed of reporters,editors, andphotographers meets regularly to value the SeattleTimes’S5. _________content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staffaboutdiversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted acontentS6. _________ audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and mannerofrepresentation of woman and people of color inphotographs.S7. _________ Early audits showed that minorities were pictured fartooinfrequently and were pictured with a disproportionatenumber of negative articles. The audit results from S8. _________ improvement in the frequency of majorityrepresentation andS9. _________their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10._________result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.The diversity training and content audits helped theSeattle Times Company to win the Personal JournalOptimas Award for excellence in managing change.S1. it → they S2. percents → percentS3. maintain → maintaining S4. subjective → objectiveS5. value → evaluate S6. an → /S7. woman → women S8. from → inS9. majority → minority S10. with → asPassage 4A great many cities are experiencing difficultieswhichare nothing new in the history of cities, except in theirscale.Some cities have lost their original purpose and havenot foundnew one. And any large or rich city is going to attract S1. __________immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes ofprosperityS2. __________which are then often disappointing. There arebackward townson the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though therewereS3. __________ on the edge of seventeenth-century London or earlynine-teenth-century Paris. This is new is the scale.DescriptionsS4. __________written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor ofMexicoCity, and the enormous contrasts that was to be foundthere,S5. __________are very dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico Citytoday—theS6. __________ poor can still be numbered in millions.The whole monstrous growth rests on economicprosper-ity, but behind it lies two myths: the myth of the city asaS7. __________promised land, that attracts immigrants from ruralpovertyS8. __________ and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth oftheS9. __________country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, S10.__________sends them flooding out again to the suburbs.S1. new → a new S2. filling → filledS3. though → if S4. This → WhatS5. was → were S6. dissimilar → similarS7. lies → lie S8. that → whichS9. it → them S10. late → laterPassage 5Sporting activities are essentially modified forms ofhunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern S1. __________ footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised huntingpack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmlessfootballand his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurateand heS2. __________scores a goal, enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing hisprey.To understand how this transformation has takenplace weS3. __________must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spentover aS4. __________ million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their verysurvivalS5. __________depended on success in the hunting-field. Under thispressureS6. __________ their whole way of life, even if their bodies, becameradicailychanged. They became chasers, runners, jumpers,aimers,throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillfulS7. __________ male-groupattackers.S8. __________ Then, about ten thousand years ago, when thisimmenselylong formative period of hunting for food, they becamefarmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their oldS9. __________ hunting life, were put to a new use—that of penning (把……关在圈中), controlling and domesticating theirprey. Thefood was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. Therisks andS10.__________ uncertainties of farming were no longer essential forsurvival.S1. Viewing → Viewed S2. inaccurate → accurateS3. (enjoys) → he (enjoys) S4. up → backS5. year → years S6. (even) if → (even) /S7. co-operate → co-operated S8. when → afterS9. were → was S10.. farming → huntingPassage 6More people die of tuberculosis (结核病) thanof anyother disease caused by a single agent. This hasprobablybeen the case in quite a while. During the early71. __________ stages of72. __________ the industrial revolution, perhaps one in everyseventh73. __________ deaths in Europe’s crowded cities were caused bythedisease. From now on, though, western eyes,74. __________ missing theglobal picture, saw the trouble going into decline.Withoccasional breaks for war, the rates of death andinfection in the Europe and America dropped75. __________ steadilythrough the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1950s,theintroduction of antibiotics (抗菌素) strengthened thetrend in rich countries, and the antibiotics wereallowed76. __________ to be imported to poor countries. Medicalresearchersdeclared victory and withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid-1980s the frequency77. __________ ofinfections and deaths started to pick up again aroundtheworld. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came back; in 78. __________79. __________ many places where it had never been away, it grewbetter.The World Health Organization estimates that 1.7billion people (a third of the earth’s population)sufferfrom tuberculosis. Even the infection rate wasfalling, population growth kept the number ofclinicalcases more or less constantly at 8 million a year.80. __________ Around3 million of those people died, nearly all of them inpoorcountries.71. in → for 72. seventh → seven73. were → was 74. now → then75. the → / 76. imported → exported77. are → were 78. vanished → had ~79. better → worse 80. constantly → constantPassage 7When you start talking about good and bad mannersyouimmediately start meeting difficulties. Many people justcannotagree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied thatshe71. __________ thought you could tell a well-manned person on the waytheyoccupied the space around them—for example, whensuch a72. __________ person walks down a street he or she is constantlyunaware ofothers. Such people never bump into other people.However, a second person thought that this wasmore a73. __________ question of civilized behavior as good manners. Instead,thisother person told us a story, it he said was quite well74. __________ known,about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal75. __________ atone of the countries of the Middle East. The Americanhasn’t76. __________been told very much about the kind of food he mightexpect. Ifhe had known about American food, he might havebehaved77. __________better.Immediately before him was a very flat piece ofbread thatlooked, to him, very much as a napkin（餐巾）. Picking it78. __________up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt. 79. __________ His Arab host, who had been watching, said of nothing,but80. __________ immediately copied the action of his guest.And that, said this second person, was a fineexample ofgood manners.71. (on the way) → in the way 72. unaware → aware73. as → than 74. it → which75. at → in 76. hasn’t →hadn’t77. American → Arab 78. as → like79. falls → fell 80. of → /Passage 8Until the very latest moment of his existence, man hasbeenbound to the planet on which he originated and devel-oped. Now he had the capability to leave that planet and move 71.__________out into the universe to those worlds which he has knownpreviously only directly. Men have explored parts of the moon. 72.__________put spaceships in orbit around another planet and possibly withinthe decade will land into another planet and explore it. Can we be 73.__________too bold as to suggest that we may be able to colonize other 74.__________planet within the not-too-distant future? Some have advocated 75.__________such a procedure as a solution to the population problem: ship theexcess people off to the moon. But we must keep in head the 76.__________billions of dollars we might spend in carrying out the project. Tomaintain the earth’s population at its present level, we would haveto blast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day of theyear.Why are we spending so little money on space ex- 77.__________ploration? Consider the great need for improving many aspects 78.__________of the global environment, one is surely justified in hisconcern for the money and resources that they are poured into 79.__________the space exploration efforts. But perhaps we should lookatboth sides of the coin before arriving hasty conclusions. 80.__________71. had → has 72. directly → indirectly73. into → on 74. too → so75. planet → planets / worlds 76. head → mind77. little → much 78. Consider → Considering79. they → /80. (arriving) → (arriving) at 或arriving → reaching/drawing/makingPassage 9Most people work to earn a living and theyProduce goods and services. Goods are eitheragricultural (like maize) or manufactured (likecars). Services are such things like education, 1.________ medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.________ goods; some provide services. Other people provideboth goods or services. For example, in the same 3.________ garage a man may buy a car or some service whichhelps him maintain his car.The work people do is called as economic 4.________ activity. All economic activities taken together makeup the economic system of a town, a city, a country,or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5._________ of what people do and what they want. The workpeople do either provides what they need or providesthe money with that they can by essential 6.________ commodities. Of course, most people hope to haveenough money to buy commodities and services whichare essential but which provide some particular 7.________ personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8._______ the cinema, and books.The science of economics is basic upon the facts 9.________ of our everyday lives. Economists study our every daylives and the general life of our communities in orderto understand the whole economic system of which weare a part. They try to describe the facts of theeconomy in which we live, and to explain how itworks. The economist methods should of course be 10.________ strictly objective and scientific.2．these －> some3．or －> and4．as －> \ 去掉as5．Such economic system －> Such∧an economic system6．that －> which7．are essential －> are∧not essential 或者essential －> non-essential 8．visits the cinema －> visits∧to the cinema9．basic －> based10．The economist methods －> The economist’s methodsThe economists’ methodsPassage 10Parents can be supportive of suspicions. Theycan be helpful to the teacher, or are in need of help 1.themselves. Sometimes, I think parents are too hardto their children. I have seen many parents of this 2.kind. I often have the problem of parents coming inand telling me what they really treat their kids. They 3.tell me that they usually stand over their kinds whenthey do their homework. They check their work andmake big fuss over the grades. They criticize the kids 4.over everything having to do with school. Myresponse usually is: ”well, yo u know, he is really agood kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you shouldnot be too strict with them.” 5.We want parents to realize the fact that teachersare professors at working with children. They have 6.observed many children and many parents. Becauseof this, and because of their specialized training,teachers can be realistic about children. Teachersknow whether parents want their children to do well 7.and to behave well. But teachers know less what 8.children should be able to do at different ages andstages. They don’t expect the 8-year-olds to do thework that can only be done by the 12-year-olds.Parents, in the contrary, often expect their children 9.to do what is usually beyond their age and ability.Obviously, this may make great harm to the 10.children’s development.2．be hard to －> be hard on3．what －> how4．make big fuss －> make a big fuss5．them －> him6．professors －> expertsprofessional7．whether －> \that8．less －> morebetter9．in the contrary －> on the contrary10．make harm to －> do harm toPassage 11Closure is the positive felling you get when youfinish a task. Lack of closure results from the 1.________ panicked feeling that you still have a million things todo. One way to obtain closure is divide a task into 2.________ manageable goals, list them, and check them offyour list as you finish them. For example, supposeyour historic teacher assigns three chapters to be 3.________ read. If your goal is to read all three chapters, youmay feel discouraged if you don’t complete thereading at one time. A more effective way tocomplete the assignment is to divide the reading intosmaller goals by thinking each chapter as a separate 4.________ goal. Thus you experience success as you complete.each chapter. While you have completed the overall 5.________ goal, you know you have progressed toward it.A second block to obtaining closure is unfinishedbusiness. You may have several tasks with the samedeadline. If changing from one task to another serves 6. ________ as a break, changing tasks too often waste time. 7. ________ Each time you switch, you lose momentum. Youmay be unable to change mental gears fast enough.You may find yourself thinking about the old projectwhen you should be concentrating in the new one. In 8. ________ addition, when you return to your first task, youhave to review where you are and what steps were 9. ________ left for you to finish.Often you solve this problem by determininghow much time you have free to work. If the timeavailable is short (i.e. ,an hour or less), you need towork on only one task. Alternate tasks when youhave more time. Completing one task or a largeportion of a task attributes to the feeling of closure. 10.______ 1．result from －> result in2．is divide －> is to divide3．historic teacher－> history teacher4．think each chapter －> think∧of each chapter5．have completed－> have∧not completed6．If－>Although7．waste －> wastes8．concentrate in －> concentrate on9．review where you are－>review where you were10．attributes to －> contribute toPassage 12Oral health care is, these days, a big, boom 1. business. According to Ralph Nader, American 2. spend some $5 billion on dental care each year. Yet,although the tremendous amounts of money, time 3.and energy giving over to oral health, dental 4. literature indicates that about half the population inthis country has lost all of his natural teeth by age 5.65. Nearly half of all people over age 20 wear a bridgeor denture, and more than 30 percent havecomplete upper and lower dentures. By age 50, oneout of every two persons have gum disease. 6.The dental profession blames neglectfulAmericans themselves. About half the population, itclaims, fails in visit the dentist regularly and some 30 7. million never did. Critics, on the other hand slam 8. the profession. It can be conservatively estimatedthat at least 15 percent of United States dentists are 9. incompetent, honest, or both, says a former 10. Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance. Some haveset the figure as high as 50 percent.1．boom －> booming2．American－>Americans3．although－>despite4．giving－>given5．his －> its6．have －> has7．fails in visit －> fails to visit8．never did－> never do9．United States－> the United States10．incompetent，honest，or both－> incompetent, dishonest, or both。
201212cet6真题及答案详解
201212cet6真题及答案详解2012年12月英语六级真题及答案详解Part I Writing (30 minutes)Directions:For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write an essay entitled Man and Computer by commenting on the saying, “The real danger is not th at the computer will begin to think like man, but that man will begin to think like the computer.” You should write at least 150 words but no more than 200 words.Man and ComputerPart II Reading Comprehension （Skimming and Scanning）（15 minutes）Directions: In this part, you will have 15 minutes to go over the passage quickly and answer the questions on A nswer Sheet 1. For questions 1-7, choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). For questions 8-10, complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.Thirst grows for living unpluggedMore people are taking breaks from the connected life amid the stillness and quiet of retreats like the Jesuit Center in Wernersville, Pennsylvania.About a year ago, I flew to Singapore to join the writer Malcolm Gladwell, the fashion designer Marc Ecko and the graphic designer Stefan Sagmeister in addressing a group of advertising people on “Marketing to the Child of Tomorrow.” Soon after I arrived, the chief executive of the agency that had invited us took me aside. What he was most interested in, he began, was stillness and quiet.A few months later, I read an interview with the well-known cutting-edge designer Philippe Starck.What allowed him to remain so consistently ah ead of the curve? “I never read any magazines or watch TV,” he said, perhaps with a little exaggeration. “Nor do I go to cocktail parties, dinners or anything like that.” He lived outside conventional ideas, he implied, because “I live alone mostly, in the middle of nowhere.”Around the same time, I noticed that those who part with $2,285 a night to stay in a cliff-top room at the Post Ranch Inn in Big Sur, California, pay partly for the privilege of not having a TV in their rooms; the future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in “black-hole resorts,” which charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in th eir rooms.Has it really come to this?The more ways we have to connect, the more many of us seem desperate to unplug. Internet rescue camps in South Korea and China try to save kids addicted to the screen.Writer friends of mine pay good money to get the Freedom software that enables them to disable the very Internet connections that seemed so emancipating not long ago. Even Intel experimented in 2007 with conferring four uninterrupted hours of quiet time (no phone ore-mail) every Tuesday morning on 300 engineers and managers. Workers were not allowed to use the phone or send e-mail, but simply had the chance to clear their heads and to hear themselves think.The average American spends at least eight and a half hours a day in front of a screen, Nicholas Carr notes in his book The Shallows. The average American teenager sends or receives 75 text messages a day, though one girl managed to handle an average of 10,000 every 24 hours for a month.Since luxury is a function of scarcity, the children of tomorrow will long for nothing more than intervals of freedom from all the blinking machines, streaming videos and scrolling headlines that leave them feeling empty and too full all at once.The urgency of slowing down—to find the time and space to think—is nothing new, of course, and wiser souls have always reminded us that the more attention we pay to the moment, the less time and energy we have to pl ace it in some larger context. “Distraction is the only thing that consoles us for our miseries,” the French philosopher Blaise Pascal wrote in the 17th century, “and yet it is itself the greatest of our miseries.” He also famously remarked that all of man’s problems come from his inability to sit quietly in a room alone.快来下载吧When telegraphs and trains brought in the idea that convenience was more important than content, Henry David Thoreau reminded us that “the man whose horse trots (奔跑), a mile in a minute does not carry the most important messages.”Marshall McLuhan, who came closer than most to seeing what was co ming, warned, “When things come at you very fast, naturally you lose touch with yourself.”We have more and more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we are so busy communicating. And we are rushing to meet so many deadlines that we hardly register that what we need most are lifelines.So what to do? More and more people I know seem to be turning to yoga,or meditation (沉思), or tai chi (太极)；these aren’t New Age fads (时尚的事物) so much as ways to connect with what could be called the wisdom of old age. Two friends of mine observe an“Internet sabbath (安息日)” every week, turning off their online connections from Friday night t o Monday morning. Other friends take walks and “forget” their cellphones at home.A series of tests in recent years has shown, Mr. Carr points out, that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory a nd generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More thanthat, empathy (同感，共鸣)，as well as deep thought, depends (as neuroscientists like Antonio Damasio have found) on neural processes that are “inherently slow.”I turn to eccentric measures to try to keep my mind sober and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all (which is the only time when I can see what I should be doing the rest of the time).I have yet to use a cellphone and I have never Tweeted or entered Facebook.I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan in part so I could more easily survive for long stretches entirely on foot.None of this is a matter of asceticism (苦行主义)；it is just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, or music. It is actually something deeper than mere happiness: it is joy, which the monk (僧侣) David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.”It is vital, of course, to stay in touch with the world. But it is only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.For more than 20 years, therefore, I have been going several times a year—often for no longer than three days—to a Benedictine hermitage (修道院)，40 minutes down the road, as ithappens, from the Post Ranch Inn. I don’t attend services when I am there, and I have never meditated, there or anywhere; I just take walks and read and lose myself in the stillness, recalling that it is only by stepping briefly away from my wife and bosses and friends that I will have anything useful to bring to them. The last time I was in the hermitage, three months ago, I happened to meet with a youngish-looking man with a 3-year-old boy around his shoulders.“You’re Pico, aren’t you?” the man said, and introduced himself as Larry; we had met, I gathered, 19 years before, when he had been living in the hermitage as an assistant to one of the monks.“What are you doing now?” I asked.We smiled. No words were necessary.“I try to bring my kids here as often as I can,” he went on. The child of tomorrow, I realized, may actually be ahead of us, in terms of sensing not what is new, but what is essential.1. What is special about the Post Ranch Inn?A) Its rooms are well furnished but dimly lit.B) It makes guests feel like falling into a black hole.C) There is no access to television in its rooms.D) It provides all the luxuries its guests can think of.2. What does the author say the children of tomorrow will need most?A) Convenience and comfort in everyday life.B) Time away from all electronic gadgets.C) More activities to fill in their leisure time.D) Greater chances for individual development.快来下载吧3. What does the French philosopher Blaise Pascal say aboutdistraction?A) It leads us to lots of mistakes.B) It renders us unable to concentrate.C) It helps release our excess energy.D) It is our greatest misery in life.4. According to Marshall McLuhan, what will happen if things come at us very fast?A) We will not know what to do with our own lives.B) We will be busy receiving and sending messages.C) We will find it difficult to meet our deadlines.D) We will not notice what is going on around us.5. What does the author say about yoga, meditation and tai chi?A) They help people understand ancient wisdom.B) They contribute to physical and mental health.C) They are ways to communicate with nature.D) They keep people from various distractions.6. What is neuroscientist Antonio Damasio’s finding?A) Quiet rural settings contribute a lot to long life.B) One’s brain becomes sharp when it is activated.C) Eccentric measures are needed to keep one’s mind sober.D) When people think deeply, their neural processes are slow.7. The author moved from Manhattan to rural Japan partly because he could _______.A) stay away from the noise of the big city.B) live without modern transportation.C) enjoy the beautiful view of the countryside.D) practice asceticism in a local hermitage8. In order to see the world whole, the author thinks it necessary to __________.9. The author takes walks and reads and loses himself in the stillness of the hermitage so thathe can bring his wife and bosses and friends ___________.10. The youngish-looking man takes his little boy to the hermitage frequently so that when hegrows up he will know __________.Part III Listening Comprehension （35 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, you will hear 8 short conversations and 2 long conversations. Atthe end of each conversation, one or more questions will be asked about what was said. Boththe conversation and the questions will be spoken only once. After each question there will bea pause. During the pause, you must read the four choices marked A）, B）, C） and D）, anddecide which is the best answer. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 witha single line through the centre.11. A) Ask his boss for a lighter schedule.B) Trade places with someone else.C) Accept the extra work willingly.D) Look for a more suitable job.12. A) It is unusual for his wife to be at home now.B) He is uncertain where his wife is at the moment.快来下载吧C) It is strange for his wife to call him at work.D) He does not believe what the woman has told him.13. A) The man is going to send out the memo tomorrow.B) The man will drive the woman to the station.C) The speakers are traveling by train tomorrow morning.D) The woman is concerned with the man’s health.14. A) The suite booked was for a different date.B) The room booked was on a different floor.C) The room booked was not spacious enough.D) A suite was booked instead of a double room.15. A) The reason for low profits.B) The company’s sales policy.C) The fierce competition they face.D) The lack of effective promotion.16. A) Go and get the groceries at once.B) Manage with what they have.C) Do some shopping on their way home.D) Have the groceries delivered to them.17. A) The hot weather in summer.B) The problem with the air conditioner.C) The ridiculous rules of the office.D) The atmosphere in the office.18. A) Set a new stone in her ring.B) Find the priceless jewel she lost.C) Buy a ring with precious diamond.D) Shop on Oxford Street for a decent gift.Questions 19 to 22 are based on the conversation you have just heard.19. A) Damaging public facilities.B) Destroying urban wildlife.C) Organising rallies in the park.D) Hurting baby animals in the zoo.20. A) He had bribed the park keepers to keep quiet.B) People had differing opinions about his behaviour.C) The serious consequences of his doings were not fully realised.D) His behaviour was thought to have resulted from mental illness.21. A) Brutal.快来下载吧B) Justifiable.C) Too harsh.D) Well-deserved.22. A) Encouraging others to follow his wrong-doing.B) Stealing endangered animals from the zoo.C) Organising people against the authorities.D) Attacking the park keepers in broad daylight.Questions 23 to 25 are based on the conversation you have just heard.23. A) She has already left school.B) She works for the handicapped.C) She is fond of practical courses.D) She is good at foreign languages.24. A) He is interested in science courses.B) He attends a boarding school.C) He speaks French and German.D) He is the brightest of her three kids.25. A) Comprehensive schools do not offer quality education.B) Parents decide what schools their children are to attend.C) Public schools are usually bigger in size than private schools.D) Children from low income families can’t really choose schools.Section BDirections: In this section, you will hear 3 short passages. At the end of each passage, youwill hear some questions. Both the passage and the questions will be spoken only once. Afteryou hear a question, you must choose the best answer from the four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through thecentre.Passage OneQuestions 26 to 29 are based on the passage you have just heard.26. A) Encourage the students to do creative thinking.B) Help the students to develop communication skills.C) Cultivate the students’ ability to inspire employees.D) Focus on teaching the various functions of business.27. A) His teaching career at the Harvard Business School.B) His personal involvement in business management.C) His presidency at college and experience overseas.D) His education and professorship at Babson College.快来下载吧28. A) Development of their raw brain power.B) Exposure to the liberal arts and humanities.C) Improvement of their ability in capital management.D) Knowledge of up-to-date information technology.29. A) Reports on business and government corruption.B) His contact with government and business circles.C) Discoveries of cheating among MBA students.D) The increasing influence of the mass media.Passage TwoQuestions 30 to 32 are based on the passage you have just heard.30. A) They have better options for their kids than colleges.B) The unreasonably high tuition is beyond their means.C) The quality of higher education may not be worth the tuition.D) They think that their kids should pay for their own education.31. A) They do too many extracurricular activities.B) They tend to select less demanding courses.C) They take part-time jobs to support themselves.D) They think few of the courses worth studying.32. A) Its samples are not representative enough.B) Its significance should not be underestimated.C) Its findings come as a surprise to many parents.D) Its criteria for academic progress are questionable.Passage ThreeQuestions 33 to 35 are based on the passage you have just heard.33. A) A newly married couple.B) A business acquaintance.C) Someone good at cooking.D) Someone you barely know.34. A) Obtain necessary information about your guests.B) Collect a couple of unusual or exotic recipes.C) Buy the best meat and the freshest fruit.D) Try to improve your cooking skills.35. A) Losing weight.B) Entertaining guests.C) Making friends.D) Cooking meals.快来下载吧Section CDirections: In this section, you will hear a passage three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from 36 to 43 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from 44 to 46 you are required to fill in the missing information. For these blanks, you can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is readfor the third time, you should check what you have written.People with disabilities comprise a large but diverse segment of the population. It is (36) ______ that over 35 million Americans have physical, mental, or other disabilities. (37)______ half of these disabilities are “developmental,” i.e., they occur prior to the individual’s twenty-second birthday, often from (38) ______ conditions, and are severe enough to affect three or more areas of development, such as (39) ______, communication and employment. Most other disabilities are considered (40) ______, i.e., caused by outside forces.Before the 20th century, only a small (41) ______ of people with disabilities survived for long. Medical treatment for such conditions as stroke or spinal cord (42) ______ was unavailable. People whose disabilities should not have inherently affected their life span were often so mistreated that they (43) ______. Advancements in medicine and social services have created a climate in which (44) . Unfortunately, these basics are often all that is available. Civil liberties such as the right to vote, marry, getan education, and gain employment have historically been denied on the basis of disability.(45)________________________________________________________________ _______. Disabled people formed grassroots coalitions to advocate their rights to integration and meaningful equality of opportunity. (46) . In the mid-1970s, critical legislation mandated （规定）access to education, public transportation, and public facilities, and prohibited employment discrimination by federal agencies or employers receiving federal funds. Part Ⅳ Reading Comprehension （Reading in Depth）（25 minutes）Section ADirections: In this section, there is a short passage with 5 questions or incomplete statements. Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words. Please write your answers on Answer Sheet 2.Questions 47 to 54 are based on the following passage.A key process in interpersonal interaction is that of social comparison, in that we evaluate ourselves in terms of how we compare to others. In particular, we engage in two types of comparison. First, we decide whether we are superior or inferior to others on certain dimensions, such as attractiveness, intelligence, popularity, etc. Here, the important aspect is to compare with an appropriate reference group. For example, modest joggers should not compare their performance with Olympic standard marathon (马拉松) runners. Second, we judge the extent to which we are the same as or different from others. At certain stages of life, especially adolescence, the pressure to be seen as similar to peers is immense. Thus, wearing the rightbrand of clothes or shoes may be of the utmost importance. We also need to know whether our thoughts, beliefs and ideas are in line with those of other people. This is part of the process of self-validation whereby we employ self-disclosures to seek support for ourself-concept.People who do not have access to a good listener may not only be denied the opportunity to heighten their self-awareness, but they are also denied valuable feedback as to the validity and acceptability of their inner thoughts and feelings. By discussing these with others, we receive feedback as to whether these are experiences which others have as well, or whether they are less common. Furthermore, by gauging the reactions to our self-disclosures we learn what types are acceptable or unacceptable with particular people and in specific situations. On occasions it is the fear that certain disclosures may be unacceptable to family or friends that motivates an individual to seek professional help. Counsellors will be familiar with client statements such as: “I just couldn’t talk about this to my husband.”, “I really can’t let my mother know my true feelings.” Another aspect of social comparison in the counselling context relates to a technique known as normalising. This is the process whereby helpers provide reassurance to clients that what they are experiencing is not abnormal快来下载吧or atypical (非典型的), but is a normal reaction shared by others when facing such circumstances. Patient disclosure, facilitated by the therapist, seems also to facilitate the process of normalising.47. To evaluate ourselves, the author thinks it important forus to compare ourselves with_______.48. During adolescence, people generally feel an immense pressure to appear _______.49. It is often difficult for people to heighten their self-awareness without _______.50. What can people do if they find what they think or say unacceptable to family or friends?51. Counsellors often assure their clients that what they experience themselves is only_______.Section BDirections:There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A）,B）, C） and D）. You should decide on the best choice and mark thecorresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 52 to 56 are based on the following passage.Amid all the job losses, there’s one category of worker that the economic disruption has been good for: nonhumans.From self-service checkout lines at the supermarket to industrial robots armed with saws and taught to carve up animal bodies in slaughter-houses, these ever-more-intelligent machines are now not just assisting workers but actually kicking them out of their jobs.Automation isn’t just affecting factory workers, either. Some law firms now use artificial intelligence software to scanand read mountains of legal documents, work that previously was performed by highly-paid human lawyers.“Robots continue to have an impact on blue-collar jobs, and white-collar jobs are under attack by microprocessors,” says economics professor Ed ward Leamer. The recession permanently wiped out 2.5 million jobs. U.S. gross domestic product has climbed back to pre-recession levels, meaning we’re producing as much as before, only with 6% fewer workers. To be sure, robotics are not the only job killers out there, with outsourcing (外包) stealing far more jobs than automation.Jeff Burnstein, president of the Robotics Industry Association, argues that robots actually save U.S. jobs. His logic: companies that embrace automation might use fewer workers, but tha t’s still better than firing everyone and moving the work overseas.It’s not that robots are cheaper than humans, though often they are. It’s that they’re better. “In some cases the quality requirements are so exacting that even if you wanted to ha ve a hu man do the job, you couldn’t,” Burnstein says.Same goes for surgeons, who’re using robotic systems to perform an ever-growing list of operations—not because the machines save money but because, thanks to the greater precision of robots, the patients recover in less time and have fewer complications, says Dr. Myriam Curet.Surgeons may survive the robot invasion, but others at the hospital might not be so lucky, as iRobot, maker of the Roomba, a robot vacuum cleaner, has been showing off Ava, which could be used as a messenger in a hospital. And once you’re home, recovering, Ava could let you talk to your doctor, so there’s no need to send someone to your house. That “mobile telepresence” could be useful at the office. If you’re away on atrip, yo u can still attend a meeting. Just connect via videoconferencing software, so your face appears on Ava’s screen. Is any job safe? I was hoping to say “journalist,” but researchers are already developing software that can gather facts and write a news story. Which means that a few years from now, a robot could be writing this column. And who will read it? Well, there might be a lot of us hanging around with lots of free time on our hands.快来下载吧注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。
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1.Microwave ovens are generally more costlier than common ovens.
_______
2. It is possible that some old paintings were once bright and more
_______
colorful than they are now.
3. There are few electronic applications likely to raise fears regarding _______
future employment opportunities than robots.
4. Most wine from Switzerland is more inferior to wine from France.
______
5. By opening vast areas of un occupied land for residential expansion,
the ominibuses, house railways, commuter trains, and electric trolleys
pulled settled regions outward two to four times as distant from city
centers than they were in the premodern area. _________
1、costlier ; costly
此句costly是形容词,意思是“昂贵的”。
它的比较级形式是more costly。
costlier是错误的形式,须改成costly。
2. bright ; brighter
3. likely前加more
此句的意思是:很少有电子应用软件能够像机器人那样引起人们对未来就业机会的担忧。
此处是more likely … than 比较结构
4. more ; /
有些含有比较意义的形容词,不能与more, er, than连用的,如:preferable
to,superior to=better than, inferior to劣于,prior to=before, second to仅次于, inferior to等。
5. than ; as
1。