Cities can be frightened places. The majority of __1__% M; T% n. s- G- I$ Y
the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. The: z9 g% ? {1 A5 |% W* A
sense of belonging to a community tends to appear __2__0 D2 f' p6 f! X9 e3 H* z
when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. Strange __3__
6 [: v9 P/ P5 H. e- a enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one7 Z2 H V% a h0 K1 Q, x8 O: F
street all knew each other, nowadays people on the
4 ^( V" e1 X% y$ R; J same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each __4__4 C" n0 G5 u9 e
other.
9 t7 i6 I! p. B% \ Country life, on the other hand, differs from this/ S- Z @, S' r) I
kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community
( S" _. c- ^; r& A& Y generally keep the inhabitants of a small village togeth- __5__
% Q- D. u3 y- t/ H2 i6 i er. People have the advantage of knowing that there is7 u1 _. h3 [: N' e( b( G! `: i; m& v! S
always someone to turn to when they need help. So __6__/ z& U6 G+ [. n8 Y& ?# s, x
country life has disadvantages too. For example,9 C" E2 z" n6 Y7 z8 s! z8 O+ [- l
shopping becomes a major problem and for anything
7 J4 \' v2 z1 o5 @1 h L9 V+ j slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expe- __7__2 k& O* D i& U; u/ [; P, X! t
dition to the nearest large town. The country has the( n+ y! @6 f6 c4 u A1 \1 P/ }
advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the __8__+ @2 m" ^- n2 E" F. m8 s F
disadvantages of being cut off. The city has noise and& C# F9 d! s3 v7 U v
population which do harm to human health. But one of, a2 o0 M ]( c# s4 v+ |, P
their main advantages is that you are at the centre of __9__
3 G. ?! m) ]- }" L. o things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten2 F: \0 t2 }) i
at night. Some people have found a compromise be-& U) a* O9 H8 z1 Y" G% A, b: V/ `
tween the two: they expressed their preference for the
% J; h1 ?: E7 Z2 \ quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__
8 x# a: @, K% K" A) }7 z country within commuting distance of the large city.' y6 v1 f4 C' } X+ E" \/ Z `
参考答案及解析:. [. h7 y3 w Y9 X5 }+ {
1.把frightened改为frightening+ ]1 @ Q" `6 a8 Z
frightened是“受到惊吓的”,表明心理状态,而frightening表示“令人害怕的”,表示事物性质。
' o. } J- T6 L( n' J! }5 [- X 2.把appear改为disappear- C* u) T+ U# ?- v. Q0 V" E& o5 f
“当你住在摩天大厦的三十层里”,可以推测这里要表达的是归属感的消失,而不是产生归属感。: U6 ~# P3 `( `$ ? Z8 j0 K. ~
3.把Strange改为Strangely: }/ Z/ f" @; ^" w6 n' M) Z& n i9 l
Strangely enough,是固定短语,经常用作插入语,意思是“说也奇怪,最奇怪的是”。- x" { \( J8 a S4 c' j
4.在say前面加上don’t
% _) t9 F% G, [: N1 q: i 此处说的是,现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。% I/ U# O3 q9 w
5.把keep改为keeps
m5 Z5 B5 M' o; K+ R4 w) P1 n in that 引导的句子主语应该是 a sense,故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是,农村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同,因为一种归属感把小村里的居民联系在一起。
: H3 }% p; J9 ] F; C 6.把so 改为but/yet8 x+ ]' ?7 a' _9 X. Q! ?% F
上文提到了乡村生活的好处,下文是转折,要用but或者yet。
4 U1 ]* m5 j+ ^0 p5 B3 K" e 7.把for改为on# D% \. I, m5 [: r2 q, q3 I" q$ T: `
“去远征”应该用go on a expedition,而go for 的意思是“去找,努力获取,拥护”。$ v1 O, z" V; J8 r/ H. c
8.把peaceful改为peace; Z% T# p7 j/ V; j9 u3 O
of 后面不应该用形容词,所以应该改为peace。这里需要注意的是quiet既是名词又是形容词,不要被迷惑。; g( P) K- |: ]& U% _& u
9.把their改为its7 e- M* @5 B9 g$ U, [" P( l# a
此处的代词应该指代上文的 the city。: r$ L# o/ t( i8 |# X* W
10.删除leaving后面的for,或者把for改为from/ A$ M! F% h1 S9 ~5 o
leave表示“离开某地”,而leave for表示“离开某地去另外一个地方”,for后面接的是目的地。本句说的是离开城市,搬到乡村,所以for是多余的。 |