大学英语六级：短文改错(三)

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本期重点：介词短语和固定搭配
介词短语就是由多个词构成的介词，如because of，in spite of等；固定搭配则指习语和一些常见的固定用法，即由名词、形容词、动词等和介词或者副词构成的短语，如influence on, different from, rely on 等。无论是介词短语还是固定搭配，考点常常对准介词，出现介词误用的情况；除此之外，对固定搭配的考查也常常涉及搭配中的冠词和名词单复数等问题，如将in contrast误用为in the contrast，keep one’s words误用为keep one’s word等等。
一、例题精析：
例1： But to sociologists, to be
7 ?5 V- q. s3 L  w1 d, ahuman is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world S7.______
of experience we share with other members of our group.
解析：分析句子的结构可知，because of 后面是一个完整的句子。当表示原因时because of 后跟名词，because 后跟句子，所以此处的of应该去掉。

5 U$ ~7 d6 t5 ^/ }例2：If you are sending your CV electronically, check the
formatting by sending it to yourself first. Keep up S8_________
the format simple.
: S; b; f" N. F- Z$ R$ o, E解析：keep up意为“坚持，维持”；keep表示“保持”，可以在后面加宾语及其补足语。
2 |3 a. }7 a) j: R9 H例3：As we know, smoking not only gives harm to smokers’ health, 1. __________
but also non-smokers who live with them.
解析：此处考查固定搭配do harm to，意为“对…有害”，所以此处的gives应改为does。
例4：There may be sound medical reasons for accepting electrical
shock treatment, but such reasons are totally dependent in the balance of 75. ____risks and benefits for the patients.
解析：dependent on 意思为“依靠，依赖”，而没有dependent in 这种用法。所以这里应该将in改为on。
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二、巩固与拓展：
1．But we must keep in head the billions of dollars we might spend in carrying out the project
1 ^- l- ^! c0 N! x3 `6 K7 X3 l3 N7 f# L___________
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' `- D* t1 L" }0 T2. In every home a stereo or television will fill the rooms sound and joy. __________
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3. The family’s recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon _____
3 L$ J8 J) H2 U1 Bto the nearby small town or village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also come to town.

$ v" E. `6 `4 I4. Some manufacturers of coffee makers are trying to make advantage of this _____
trend by developing diminutive machines that brew（煮）small amounts of coffee.

5. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more fertilizer and advanced __________
/ V3 S! m8 a. y/ `/ _. Y; C. }growing practices have more than doubled corn and wheat yields in an experiment.
三、综合训练
0 {! Q7 G0 ~. {2 G6 TUnlike any earlier building complex anywhere in the world, Rocke-
8 {6 ^" t6 \9 e$ n1 U8 RFeller in New York City was built, not for a place where people could 1. _______
: m9 ]' P4 K7 P9 k% R# ~; y& nlive in, but as a city in which they could work. It was one of the 2._______
$ b9 L( c. z1 y2 K$ Fsmallest building projects of its kind, a city within city, and of the forerunner 3. ____
of projects that has sprung up all over the world. 30 architects, 120 draftsmen, 4. __
and hundreds of other artists and technicians are employed just to 5. ______
draft the plan. Before the buildings could be erect, 229 old buildings had 6. _____
" I) z: {* [: N1 H) E5 y' n4 R$ [% J+ Rto be emptied of 4,000 tenants and razed. Just to buy up the leases took
& u3 o4 T4 D: G& Q: F' f! X) hover two years and cost over $6,000,000. The unusual shape and setbacks
0 @2 J2 Q6 Q: |/ ~7 _1 fof the 70-story RCA building resulted primary from practical considerations 7. ______
such as lighting, the movement of people and the building’s services.
. F9 n0 N+ F* j) @) e* o& }The lower concourse and basement level were set aside for shops. A
Sunken plaza, complete with yards and fountains, were designed to provide 8. ____
access in these shops. Today the plaza, which is used for ice-skating 9. _____
1 I) X& E8 q6 @winter and dining and dancing in summer,
is one of the center’s most popular attraction. 10. _________

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参考答案及解析
; R% z! k! H; W7 L0 V$ Z: ]) f4 f巩固与拓展：
  v3 `! D8 E' `# e1．head -> mind 本题考查固定搭配keep in mind的用法，意思为“记住”。
3 t8 b7 b3 B& X6 z' R$ T/ [3 X2．Rooms后加with 本题考查fill sth with sth 的用法，意思为“使…充满…，使…填满…”。注意还有be filled with，be full of 的用法，两个的意思同样为“填满了、充满了”。
" e" z+ f+ Q3 P/ w( b3．consisted后加of consist为不及物动词，如果要再后面跟宾语的话应先加上of，意思为“由…构成”。
4．make -> take take advantage of 为固定搭配，意思为“利用”，与其同样意思的词组还有make use of。
. D* ]" d0 F4 x' T3 q# p% h5．by -> for
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' m! r" P+ P) I0 `2 B综合练习：
* q+ [6 r) x; k# ^* N/ k1．for -> as
* M0 h( j, p1 a# J' N) e8 j介词误用。根据句意，此处意思是“作为”的意思，故用as。
2．去掉第一个in
句子结构混乱。此处定语从句的关系副词为where，证明从句缺地点状语；live后面如果使用in，那么从句就只却宾语，所以将in去掉。
2 j+ X, B1 B4 |# g" R6 {. [3．smallest -> biggest
# D0 R! e, k9 u! i逻辑错误。整篇文章讲的都是纽约城洛克菲勒地区的建设如何完善和巨大，因此它成为“城中城”，可见此处要说的是“它是同类型项目中最大的一个”，故将smallest改为biggest
# I% y; m7 `, W4 _4 c/ G2 \4．has -> have
/ i# F9 k" h) V1 T8 T' ~4 l6 W  U主谓不一致。定语从句的谓语动词应该和先行词保持一致，此处先行词为复数，所以谓语动词用have。
5．are -> were
6 ~2 J7 `# k! y6 @: g, v8 \# d# m整篇文章的基本时态为一般过去时，此处依然将过去的事情，故将are改为were。
6．erect -> erected
9 U  E; D% @! [/ p; m% Z此处是典型的被动语态，系动词后面要使用过去分词。
7．primary -> primarily
词性混淆。此处应该用副词修饰动词resulted。
8．were -> was
主谓不一致。本句的主语为A Sunken plaza，而complete with yards and fountains只是插入语，所以谓语动词要用单数。
9．in -> to
- n( ?3 N6 L2 w+ L此处access to 意为“通向…的入口”，与其相关的词组还有have access to（to为介词） ,意思为“有权利…，有机会做…” 。
10．attraction -> attractions
名次单复数问题。前面有了one of，attraction又时可数名词，故使用复数