2012年大学英语六级改错提升练习二

会计考友

The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
% T" A5 l1 O( O4 ?; `newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
+ }! @# Y; R. lmorning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
, N/ X; B% ?6 l& F2 d; xrepeatedly 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___
1 Z2 H( F, L3 `3 g$ n) {5 X$ e& Sand more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
" w1 d( y# `8 SThe news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
9 P3 z% c9 D' g9 ~6 cTherefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
- u8 Z. w1 U7 q/ S- ^7 Xeach 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___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
9 g8 b' L* ^! g" X  Q) T6 Dviewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
: R  J: V1 \- X- Nits credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
- h2 `+ I( l, Npublic.
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5 e1 |; t4 u6 x" ^+ V7 D/ x& P答案及解析:
1. influenced -%26gt; influence
4 c# Y7 m5 }" ^& O/ E, T- e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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" [+ ^3 `/ T2 A# y$ r9 N4 G. B- V2. with -%26gt; by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。

& E+ r/ T. `) g# F3. broadcasting -%26gt; broadcast / broadcasted
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。

- E6 R& }6 h  b0 j4. virtue -%26gt; feature
0 \: k, O, D4 z: S- _; |' r6 svirtue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。

5. later -%26gt; late
8 r. ]; K4 v7 K7 Vlate at night意为“在深夜”。

2 F0 r* _/ E, w6 G9 Q6. 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。

7. Therefore -%26gt; However

+ S9 U) W# o( @! b' s& L* c8. that -%26gt; as
/ \* ~( I1 M1 I5 i6 m: I( T3 xsuch as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。
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9. complaining -%26gt; complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系
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2 d2 o6 r/ n3 `1 i) W  L3 ]; d10. its -%26gt; whose
: L3 G' c% O# y  K5 ~( z) O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。