2012年大学英语六级改错提升练习三

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The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and
each of these may have a thousand connections. So enormous ___1___
numbers used to discourage us and causing us to dismiss the ___2___
5 t: i, z/ o7 u6 Wpossibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now
that we have grown used to move forward at such a pace we can ___3___
be less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will
4 q% c9 }; P4 K3 Abe able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain,
and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render
. |5 D0 e" o" |- _1 q) pit intelligently by loading in the right software or by altering the ___4___
( U7 y2 |7 v7 m* Sarchitecture but that too will happen. I think it certain that in
decades, no centuries, machines of silicon will arise first to rival ___5___
and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us
they will be capable of their own design. In real sense they will ___6___
: H( K$ g9 Z  E8 ]4 obe able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon’s
7 C3 h2 l$ R# J+ Jlong control. And we will no longer be able to claim
ourselves to be the fine intelligence in the known universe. As ___7___
the intelligence of robots increase to match that of humans and ___8___
+ R6 ~0 D7 h( r: I$ C* tas their cost declines through economics of scale that we may use ___9___
them to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability
  D9 @3 O8 ~3 \  `  H' }# U5 b6 zto withstand environments, beneficial to ourselves. Thus, deserts ___10___
may bloom and the ocean beds are minded. Further ahead, by
* l0 f. Q- I4 g0 K0 Wa combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the
# [  `9 o3 F# h9 ]technology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created
world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be
" D) I6 L0 a* s" z8 Mwithin our power.

; S& _: v0 ^2 k. [答案及解析:
: H. u# u& P# M  [6 r7 ^1. So -%26gt; Such
名词前有形容词时，so和such都可以被用来修饰，但要注意不定冠词a / an的位置，如so big a city / such a big city；如果修饰的对象是复数或不可数名词时，则只能用such修饰。
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5 L& M. p% N. n* s1 E: p2. causing -%26gt; cause
本行中used to do意为“过去常做某事”，后接动词原形；discourage和causing由and连接成并列结构，动词形式应保持一致，都应为动词原形。
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/ }0 L5 ?" M* p5 N2 f3. move -%26gt; moving
# f$ @: i* L7 e& d. N8 q; X2 Q此处have grown used to ….相当于have been used to….，意为“习惯于做某事”，其后接名词或动名词，故将move改为moving。
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, {$ _' \- t8 P. {4 ~$ j8 ~4. intelligently -%26gt; intelligent
render后常接符合宾语，用形容词作宾语补足语，意为“使…..变得….”。
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5. no -%26gt; not
, b* r6 c" @" l% l; b此处no centuries 为插入语，centuries前省略了in；此处强调in decades，而不是centuries。no通常意为“没有”，一般修饰可数单数名词或不可数名词（如no friend / money等），而不修饰复数名词；not则强调“不是”。
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+ B& V& Y+ [( d- u5 R2 h" O8 p6. real前加a
1 T1 Y0 S7 n: ]2 k3 \: O7 n1 Min a (very) real sense 为习惯用法，意为“确实地，毫无疑问地”。
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7. fine -%26gt; finest
5 B% u4 ~& e5 Q3 P. R根据in the known universe及前面的the可判断，此处应该使用形容词形式的最高级。
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8. increase -%26gt; increases
) Y8 n8 @, r+ k6 e' Y/ y( Z# I& w此处the intelligence在as引导的原因状语从句中作主语，of robots为其定语，作修饰成分，increase在从句中作谓语，应在数上与the intelligence保持一致，应使用第三人称单数。
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9. that -%26gt; /
分析整个句子可知，本句为含有并列原因状语从句“As…and as…”的复合句。从句为As…and as..scale，主句为we may use ….frontiers，主句不应该由引导词that来引导；如果保留that，就会形成that引导的从句，从而造成主句的缺失，故将that去掉。

10. beneficial -%26gt; harmful
! t8 Q2 E! _: b8 menvironment意为“环境，周围情况”时，既可以为单数，也可以为复数；此处beneficial to ourselves前省略了which are 的非限制性定语从句，修饰environments。根据文意，人类之所以利用机器人向更广阔的疆域挺进，是因为它们能适应某些环境的特性，而这些环境应该是对人类有害的。故将beneficial改为harmful。