第二十篇: Error Correction (15 minutes)
1 s7 r% q* A7 P( JPoverty exists because our society is an unequal one, and there are powerful
, F; `1 }& x3 `political pressures to keep it that way. Any attempt to redistributing wealth and in 71.____3 b7 D5 \% c& Z/ Q# l6 w$ x
come in the United States will inevitably be opposed by powerful middle and upper
, R6 a# h2 J6 ?4 Y! eclass interests. People can be relatively rich only if you are relatively poor, and as 72.____
, u: c; Z1 n5 Ypower is mainly in the hands of the rich, public policies reflect their interests than 73.____/ @. }" h$ D, K( _% M
those of the poor.
: q8 x" H$ c' Y3 B, IAs Mr. Herbert Gans has pointed out, poverty is actually functional from the
: V. y/ E" Y. k6 M' Xpoint of view of the nonpoor. Poverty ensures that dirty work gets doing. If there 74.____
) y, ?' @6 T7 E+ lwere no poor poeple to scrub floors and empty bedpans, there jobs will have to be 75.____
. j, U/ m# j! R: a7 U9 P; _( wrewarded with high incomes before anyone would touch them. Poverty creates jobs# r o# ], N) d; b
for many of the nonpoor, such as police officers, welfare workers, and government4 {$ a4 H; W M# ^
bureaucrats. Poverty makes life easier for the rich by providing them with cookers, 76.____
( d4 \- {* g H [: z2 h2 ~4 b# h( Hgardeners, and other workers to perform basic chores when their employers enjoy 77.____
9 V- ^, m/ C$ Qmore pleasurable activities. Poverty provides a market for more inferior goods and 78.____. y( m: _- v3 ]8 v
service, such as dayold bread, rundown automobiles, or the advice of competent 79.____
/ L# S; W, N5 qphysicians and lawyers. Poverty also provides a group that can be made to absorb
. E ~4 h# b/ h8 [; q. E$ Kthe costs of change. It is just that poverty is an inevitable outcome of the American" J3 m; d7 U" c( b
economic system, in which the poor are politically powerless to influence or change. 80.____( K& D5 Q4 ^9 S7 u
答案:+ G( v* o* {7 e! c
71.redistributing改为redistribute。attempt to 后面一般接动词原型,而不接动名词,因为这里的to是不定式符号,而不是介词,即attempt to do sth.。
, z* E& }/ f0 e- S/ s4 \1 \72.you 改为others。此句是说,如果一部分相对比较穷,那么一部分人就会相对比较富。将人群分为两部分,此处就不能用you,others才可以表示人群的一部分。
/ |0 U* g7 s) k+ f& l' y. }73.在interests和than中间加上rather。此句不是表示比较(than),而是表示转折(公众政策反映他们的利益,而不是穷人的利益),所以应该用rather than (而不是)代替than。
" W7 X1 R( U0 g+ ^& O74.doing改为done。此句是被动语态,表示“脏活被完成”,get 是系动词,所以应用do的过去分词形式done。3 U# S7 L$ [# P; n+ f1 J
75.will改为would。此句使用了虚拟语气,表示对现在情况的假设,所以主句应用would。8 n6 V: l6 g1 k8 e5 M9 A
76.cookers改为cooks。厨师是cook,而不cooker。cooker指炊具,与后面的“gardener(园丁)and other workers”不一致,所以应改为厨师(cook)。+ \* l; T! N5 b+ S6 w
77.when改为while。此处不是表示时间上的同时性,而是表示两种情形的对比,“一些人在做……,而另一些人在做……”。表示对比的连词一般用while。
- g) h& w" \9 `$ F) i+ y" S78.去掉more。inferior本身就表示“低级的”,已经构成了比较形式,所以前面一般不能再加more。 t3 I" R4 J8 e0 i* L
79.competent 改为incompetent。此句讲的是穷人所能享受的服务,过期的面包、报废的汽车,还有不合格的医生和律师所提供的建议。如果是competent,则成了合格的医生和律师所提供的建议,那么与整句意思不符。
8 @; f' ^6 K1 M80.去掉in。此句中的which引导非限定性定语从句,作influence和change的直接宾语,因为influence和change均为及物动词,所以不能加in。 |