2012年大学英语六级改错提升练习四

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　The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the 　　the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described
( Q+ X) i+ [. E8 Y5 n. ~) r7 @　　movement of the American public away from books and
　　literature and toward television and electronic media.
　　According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every　　　62.__________
* Y  m( r% Q) T/ Y2 r2 x3 N　　region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“
　　The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 　　　　 63.___________
( M7 i) H# P0 v* P! E, ]　　vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and
' X& J; Y/ t* N& e　　library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The
* h$ C7 _: K$ c/ ?) s$ y　　House proposal would have barred the federal government
: z. R$ C& C3 L　　from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 　　　　64.___________
　　lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations.
) E& H6 c) @; s) R" P& H+ B) {" b2 i　　These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 　　　　　 65.___________
　　echo each other in the message they send about the place of
　　books and reading in American culture. At the heart
' Z& T1 c2 \: Z7 X　　of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic　　　　　　　　66.__________
( ^4 q. \# v6 Y1 b9 y. j5 Q$ B& T　　system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze
　　texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 　　　67.__________
7 G/ W" W  ^' b" q) l4 }9 x　　reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time,
, ?# A3 U# S5 \! R　　through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our
" E5 P7 b8 m* l  C& f　　country are unconsciously sending the message that reading
, p0 n( K0 F1 P9 U8 b; }　　may be connected to desirable activities that might　　　　　　　68._________
% P4 R9 i& `; q) P1 T$ v　　undermine our system of government rather than helping
4 E. A1 |2 k! t& j0 |　　democracy flourish.
4 W+ T1 x* |, u' e4 Y　　Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 　　　　　 69._________
& Z5 P, S: k+ `8 L* `  v" B! `　　existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars,
　　school systems across the country pulled some books from
! P* w8 [" c$ R: S& X' K　　library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 　　　70.__________
　　and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools
　　across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 　　 71.________
' h$ i0 N( h( o5 x  H　　is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the
　　American public.
　

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　本期答案及解析： 　　62.on-in.本行中 According to the survey在语义和结构上都没有错；on the decline为固定搭配，意为“呈下降趋势”，符合文意，也正确；故将错误锁定为介词on.on意为“在…之上”，而此处表示“在任何地区/区域”，故将on改为in（在；在…之内）。
. _. k. |# P/ X　　63.report∧released-∧was.分析句子结构，the U.S.House（美国众议院）为句子主句，upheld（支持，赞成）为谓语，The day the NEA report released是一个时间状语从句，此处关系代词when被省略；report应该是被发表的，所以应在report和released之间插入 was，released对此也有很好的提示作用。注意此处应该使用系动词的过去时态。in a tie vote为习惯用法，意为“以微弱优势胜出”。
　　64.demand-demanding. “bar……from doing sth.”为固定用法，意为“阻止/禁止…做某事”。
　　65.删除to. “unrelated to”为固定搭配，意为“与…无关”，其后须接名词；如果保留介词to,根据语义此处需添加名词性词组each other，这与命题规律不符，故将to去掉。unrelated意为“无关的，不相关的”。
　　66.in-that.分析句子结构，本句为介词短语提前引起的倒装句，句子的谓语is被提到主语the belief之前。本句中同时出现两个动词，系动词is在主句中作谓语，因此depends应该是从句中的谓语。本句中，our democratic system depends on leaders……clearly是the belief的同位语从句；同位语从句中，先行词为物时，一般由关系代词that来引导，且that不能省略，故将in改为that.belief in为习惯用法，意为“相信…，对…有信心”，但介词in不能引导从句。
　　67.writing-wrtie.writing与think和analyze是由and连接的三个并列的动词，且三个动词都位于情态动词can之后，应使用动词原形，故将writing改为write.
* n3 ^( o. f) W* L& n' t6 d　　68.desirable-undesirable.be connected to为固定用法，意为“与…有关”，其后一般接名词。此处的定语从句that might undermine our system of government rather than helping democracy flourish修饰名词activities，根据从句中的undermine（损坏，破坏）及rather than helping（而不是帮助）可知，这些活动（activities）应该是消极的，desirable（可取的，有利的）与语义不符，故将 desirable改为undesirable.
　　69.begin-began. “decline in”为习惯用法，意为“在某方面有所下降”；well可以表示程度，意为“相当的；充分的”，well before表示“早在…之前就已经”。before表示动作已经发生，因此本句中的动词应使用过去时态，故将begin改为began.
$ _6 n% H; ~9 i- t　　70.its-their.because在本句中引导原因状语从句，从句中的主语content（内容）为不可数名词，且本句描述的是过去发生的事，故从句中的was为单复数形式和时态都正确。此处的its对应的是主句中的some books,二者在语意上矛盾，故将its改为their .
& C6 j8 b7 o8 s/ ~3 _. L　　71.nation-national.本句的主语为由what引导的从句，故谓语为is，主谓一致正确。play out为固定搭配，意为“发出；展示”；此处表示“在全国范围这个舞台上展示”，nation意为“国家，民族”，强调国家主权和民族特征，常含政治意味；national意为“国家级的；全国范围内的”，表示一种更高级别或更大的范围，故将nation改为national.