大学英语四级改错练习题及答案一

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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 work, add a work or delete a work. 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.
Most people work to earn a living and they  
' k& @: i% n  A. L$ O5 q, b( p7 oproduce goods and services. Goods are either  
agricultural (like maize) or manufactured (like  
cars). Services are such things like education, 1._________
medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.__________
goods; some provide services. Other people provide  
7 {0 j; W' x! N; E& pboth goods or services. For example, in the same 3.__________
0 n; o7 d, \  k$ o# L2 @garage a man may buy a car or some service which  
helps him maintain his car.  
The work people do is called as economic 4.__________
! y7 t: j  m2 y  M% P" `activity. All economic activities taken together make  
up 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 work  
people do either provides what they need or provides  
the money with that they can buy essential 6.__________
' \- E5 n0 \3 Y& rcommodities. Of course, most people hope to have  
% _1 j  h( Q2 r/ denough money to buy commodities and services which  
7 }) ~7 o7 @7 }7 s5 fare essential but which provide some particular 7. __________
; \0 w) Y) @0 G2 W/ P- B1 bpersonal 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 everyday  
5 K! p% _( G* N0 @lives and the general life of our communities in order  
to understand the whole economic system of which we  
( t, V7 g# a4 P) i$ [+ Y1 M0 care a part. They try to describe the facts of the  
; F- `! ^7 b8 K+ F1 \+ B) a' [0 Yeconomy in which we live, and to explain how it  
works. The economist methods should of course be 10. __________
strictly objective and scientific.  
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参考答案：
) [& W! @7 ]- H/ O1 h1. like → as
2. Those → Some
3. or → and
- K8 l- u8 ^: V5 o2 i4. called as→ call
, ]8 c; E. j, A7 @) R. G6 I; O5. Such → Such an
; `- n9 n2 l# U& ]9 N' q6. that → which
; c- r( B6 U# }. u8 v3 F7. essential → nonessential or +not
8. visits → visits to
9. basic → based
10. economist → economist’s