2011年大学英语六级改错模拟练习题24

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A “typical” British family used to consist of mother, father and two
; g# j/ d0 o  W: f. [4 Pchildren, and in recent years there have been many changes in family 1.____
life. Some of these have been caused by new laws and other 2. _____
are the result of changes in society. For example, for the law 3.___
made easier to get a divorce, the number of divorces has increased. 4. ______
In fact, one marriage in every three now end in divorce. This means that 5. ______
/ T% U0 ?7 h/ N( {there are a lot of one-parent families. Society is now more tolerant than it
used to be with unmarried people, unmarried couples and single parents. 6._____
Another change has been caused by the fact people are living longer 7. ____
nowadays, and many old people lives alone following the death of their
, C' K, P5 a1 Z, ?partners. As a cause of these changes in the pattern of people’s lives, there 8.____
) X: r0 }+ e( m% n1 Z8 P' |are many families consist of only one person or one person and children. .9._____
3 y- n% G5 `: C+ ?0 Q! PYou might think that marriage and the families are not so popular as they
once are. However, the majority of divorced people marry again and they 10._____
1 Z* u; Y+ i& c; J1 ~sometimes take responsibility for a second family.
1. and -%26gt; but
+ }' u# i6 b9 X8 y根据上下文，此处应为转折关系
2 n4 h8 w$ d, S* l9 d9 N2. other -%26gt; others
这里是some….others的固定用法。
) z: F1 _3 _$ R  U3. for -%26gt; since
  _5 i/ m, ~# L. |* u& E1 [8 _5 vfor和since都可以表示“因为”，但是for表示原因引导得从句一般放在句末，所以在此处不对
4. made -%26gt; made it
2 W# U+ ~- b$ y) W" T. T: t+ E句子主语是law，位于是made，easier是宾语补足语，逻辑宾语是easier后面的to get a divorce，可见此句缺少形式宾语it。
  E* \  F7 a% Z3 v' f5. end -%26gt; ends
' Y: A; K8 ?0 x0 f4 Z( J主语one marriage in every three 是单数，故谓语动词也要用单数。
6. with -%26gt; of
) E+ {: D4 m" }2 E形容词tolerant后面只能用of。还原原句为Society is now more tolerant than it used to be ( tolerant) of unmarried people。
" r9 `% V# U$ [3 h7. the fact -%26gt; the fact that
fact之后的部分是同位语从句，补充说明fact
8. cause -%26gt; result
8 H5 {" X4 r* a8 [s a cause of意为“作为…的原因”，as a result of意为“作为…的结果”，根据上下文语义，应该用后者。
! e/ U! }3 |  K' F; p) q5 F6 n9. consist -%26gt; consisting或consist前加which或that
句子结构混乱。简单句中不能同时出现两个谓语动词。
( s& Y5 n; j+ [/ T8 W10.are -%26gt; were