英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(三)

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　　We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say _____1_____
5 t+ k* `( X0 V7 d+ k　　that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with school, including
　　college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant of science as people _____2_____
& X6 \+ Y- O& k: x　　with comparable education in Western Europe.
! ^) ]/ Q$ i  b9 X　　There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers—how to build
' ?* _: G/ q1 D6 D　　them, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask _____3_____
( j$ H' F3 n0 R  ~　　them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into creating the _____4_____
　　computer, you don’t have faintest idea. _____5_____
　　The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _____6_____
　　creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _____7_____
　　technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8_____
　　new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of
　　knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the like. The two are
' h& d8 }6 `0 t　　really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a
( |; C9 i1 n' e. w$ Z, ?　　faculty for the others. _____9_____
6 }) ?: Z, k- B/ @. r$ w# l: c　　Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,
　　it’s not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of _____10_____
6 ], r# P0 e/ U　　new technology, which can be enormous.
　　参考答案及解析:
  _& Q$ \/ i2 U　　1.在which前加in，或将which改为where
　　在这里which引导限制性从句，修饰先行词the society。in which 在从句中作状语，当然也可以用关系副词where引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语，例如：
　　Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
! [1 `7 n- H& O/ M　　2.将as 改为than
　　3.将So改为But或者However或者Nevertheless。
5 B6 K' H, k0 M- T2 y6 C  y　　因为这里上下文是转折关系。
　　4.将about去掉
5 r2 l  N' z: K0 p　　因为explain是及物动词。
　　5.将you改为they
9 `+ z, L0 D7 |% W# @& H　　6.将like改为as
3 A. N$ _4 F% k' O9 H　　因为such as 是固定搭配。
　　7.将takes改为gives
　　give rise to表示“引起，导致”之意。
. O4 N) H: F+ S* z1 t6 t; I　　8.将differ改为 distinguish
* ^% `* @! I( ^( m5 x( H8 C　　牵着表示“有区别”。后者表示“区分，找出……的差别。
9 X8 s5 L- W) d. Q5 U1 _# `' z　　9.将others改为other
6 @8 |- m  v, Z$ j　　这样the other就和上文的one构成固定搭配，表示在两个中“一个……；另外一个……”
+ u8 r; p( j+ m* \8 V9 r# l6 w% @　　10.将harmful改为harmless，只有这样才可以表达上下文的对比关系。