大学英语六级：短文改错(十四)

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5 o- a0 s; K; r; l! f2 wSporting activities are essentially modified forms of
/ s$ l7 F% Z0 \7 T& @4 i' i* ghunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer __1__
is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting pack. His  
: }$ w5 r* C# R. a) P  \killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey  
( ^# Y, s: O( S' l; ^5 [into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he scores a goal, ___2___
& b$ r2 J' C7 [$ w6 c8 Qenjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey. ___3___
To understand how this transformation has taken place we
must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a ___4___
million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival ___5___
7 r1 e$ r. Z. D9 g" |depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure
( F3 Q/ c: b2 Ftheir whole way of life, even if their bodies, became radicaily ___6___
changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers,
. m. f# Q  n% @% tthrowers and prey-killers. They cooperate as skillful male-group ___7___
attackers.
$ i! A+ N# u. u0 UThen, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely ___8___
1 w: E" K( J8 v7 S! D4 D% y5 X4 Tlong formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers.  
Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life,  
were put to a new use—that of penning (把……关在圈中), ___9___
3 l8 d$ g6 X3 W5 t  W, |controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on  
the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of  
farming were no longer essential for survival. ___10___  
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参考答案及解析：
1. Viewing -> viewed  
本句的主语the modern footballer也就是view的逻辑主语，两者之间为被动关系。
7 c3 w- y# d, A/ r4 ]2. inaccurate -> accurate
根据上下文，显然inaccurate使句意前后矛盾，若目标不正确，就不可能score a goal。故应该把inaccurate改为accurate。
3. enjoys前加he
3 r" f' G9 \4 |& w9 u7 a" n" t这是由一个条件状语从句引导的复合句。但主句只有谓语动词enjoys，缺少主语，因此要步上主语。根据从句的his aim可推断应该加上主语he。
4. up -> / 或 back
1 F# u( g9 I/ K表示“看，了解一下”时，只能用look at。
5. year -> years
1 s3 z. K) m, g" Q! x$ t: ]6. if -> /
even if 表示“即使”，后接分句。本句的大意是说压力让人们发生了变化，一是生活方式，二是身体。此处只能用even“甚至”来引导their bodies，表示递进。
7. cooperate -> cooperated
9 `5 X; N4 S/ W* C9 G* i9 O/ c. `事情是our ancient ancestors在过去所从事的，所以要用一般过去时。
8. when -> after
" N* v$ T7 e! N+ Fthis immensely long formative period of hunting for food是名词短语，when 后面不能接名词及其短语作时间状语，故when使用不当，根据句子的意思应该改为after。
  R$ D5 [" a- R) u0 B" c  R9.were -> was
本句的主语是 Their improved intelligence，intelligence表示“智力，智能”时是不可数名词，谓语动词要用单数。
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根据上下文，这里说的是狩猎。