2012年大学英语六级改错提升练习三

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The human brain contains 10 thousand million cells and
' }: M* S: t6 q3 Keach of these may have a thousand connections. So enormous ___1___
numbers used to discourage us and causing us to dismiss the ___2___
possibility of making a machine with human-like ability, but now
$ v3 z  ~2 x) `' N: R/ L6 \, ^9 V+ Bthat we have grown used to move forward at such a pace we can ___3___
# \& c) L3 O+ w: s6 Zbe less sure. Quite soon, in only 10 or 20 years perhaps, we will
be able to assemble a machine as complex as the human brain,
and if we can we will. It may then take us a long time to render
! u" E0 b0 R$ X9 ?) |it intelligently by loading in the right software or by altering the ___4___
architecture but that too will happen. I think it certain that in
3 t" h9 }: c8 B% ^decades, no centuries, machines of silicon will arise first to rival ___5___
4 J! H* d% f2 X8 P: \  |and then exceed their human ancestors. Once they exceed us
they will be capable of their own design. In real sense they will ___6___
be able to reproduce themselves. Silicon will have ended carbon’s
long control. And we will no longer be able to claim
8 @( x  R! e  A& f+ j" i6 ?ourselves to be the fine intelligence in the known universe. As ___7___
the intelligence of robots increase to match that of humans and ___8___
as their cost declines through economics of scale that we may use ___9___
6 _4 f: n- }4 lthem to expand our frontiers, first on earth through their ability
to withstand environments, beneficial to ourselves. Thus, deserts ___10___
may bloom and the ocean beds are minded. Further ahead, by
a combination of the great wealth this new age will bring and the
% g2 E9 y: N1 r: ~" f' ftechnology it will provide, the construction of a vast, man-created
world in space, home to thousands or millions of people, will be
3 H4 z8 W8 x6 @3 N- _: K) Q: p1 Hwithin our power.
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答案及解析:
/ e9 g- M# f+ b1. So -%26gt; Such
) M6 k2 b9 s+ E" J名词前有形容词时，so和such都可以被用来修饰，但要注意不定冠词a / an的位置，如so big a city / such a big city；如果修饰的对象是复数或不可数名词时，则只能用such修饰。
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' u5 H9 ~8 [7 i4 b6 @3 Z5 s2. causing -%26gt; cause
1 z7 R* Y0 I: X( A6 Q; _& R! N本行中used to do意为“过去常做某事”，后接动词原形；discourage和causing由and连接成并列结构，动词形式应保持一致，都应为动词原形。

3. move -%26gt; moving
0 g$ k+ Y. U# g& n1 G8 N此处have grown used to ….相当于have been used to….，意为“习惯于做某事”，其后接名词或动名词，故将move改为moving。

* T8 d6 V( |6 I4. intelligently -%26gt; intelligent
2 ?) C: F2 Q0 c; l) l# Crender后常接符合宾语，用形容词作宾语补足语，意为“使…..变得….”。
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5. no -%26gt; not
此处no centuries 为插入语，centuries前省略了in；此处强调in decades，而不是centuries。no通常意为“没有”，一般修饰可数单数名词或不可数名词（如no friend / money等），而不修饰复数名词；not则强调“不是”。
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% z' L  E, I2 o6. real前加a
5 s- N. J1 M# M$ u6 Win a (very) real sense 为习惯用法，意为“确实地，毫无疑问地”。

7. fine -%26gt; finest
根据in the known universe及前面的the可判断，此处应该使用形容词形式的最高级。

: v4 G. T" R4 E6 R& e) q1 F8. increase -%26gt; increases
% O3 {; i4 g2 u8 Y6 e此处the intelligence在as引导的原因状语从句中作主语，of robots为其定语，作修饰成分，increase在从句中作谓语，应在数上与the intelligence保持一致，应使用第三人称单数。
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9. that -%26gt; /
分析整个句子可知，本句为含有并列原因状语从句“As…and as…”的复合句。从句为As…and as..scale，主句为we may use ….frontiers，主句不应该由引导词that来引导；如果保留that，就会形成that引导的从句，从而造成主句的缺失，故将that去掉。
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10. beneficial -%26gt; harmful
8 O1 X* g: r; b% d; J' j% i) A! Fenvironment意为“环境，周围情况”时，既可以为单数，也可以为复数；此处beneficial to ourselves前省略了which are 的非限制性定语从句，修饰environments。根据文意，人类之所以利用机器人向更广阔的疆域挺进，是因为它们能适应某些环境的特性，而这些环境应该是对人类有害的。故将beneficial改为harmful。