大学英语六级：短文改错(四十六)

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The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
  x- T& {& u( Lnewspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
5 g! c! l( Q1 rrepeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
9 K9 U3 v/ b4 s% E7 ]* Sand more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
$ h# m7 e* |+ e- `9 V6 i" d) L7 z: AThe news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
5 P2 C" G+ k3 A, n0 F  J& S* |& pelection , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
  Y4 O1 A% O" V1 @. u0 yNevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
' K, c( }4 K! cits credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.


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" w5 ]! h9 L! b0 C: O" d1. influenced -> influence
) h  h) t% Z* ?2 l& D6 W: }# H+ ?根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。
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2. with -> by
& Z  i% Q8 X( T  K0 `; y1 B  ]begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。

3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
' B* h7 n5 R4 A5 U' ?' O5 e/ I根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。

1 I- D: y, f' R4 N4. virtue -> feature
! Y7 ^' I2 K$ C! ovirtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。
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& A: A1 ~) L. F6 c( H+ H5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。

1 a" {" j, w4 E* a6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。
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7 l! X/ E+ k: V8 u7. Therefore -> However
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& K4 V/ t1 g7 F. {6 u& I8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。

" f2 C/ R$ B, g) l6 P9 u1 H  {9. complaining -> complain
+ [! A) P4 G1 p0 E8 W此处complain与choose是并列关系
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1 B4 H2 d1 c6 J2 ^+ S. E( z10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。