英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(三)

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　　We live in a society which there is a lot of talk about science, but I would say _____1_____
　　that there are not 5 percent of the people who are equipped with school, including
　　college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant of science as people _____2_____
　　with comparable education in Western Europe.
　　There are a lot of kids who know everything about computers—how to build
　　them, how to take them apart, and how to write programs for games. So if you ask _____3_____
1 f; X7 i% C) W　　them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into creating the _____4_____
　　computer, you don’t have faintest idea. _____5_____
　　The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _____6_____
　　creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _____7_____
　　technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8_____
, {% W! y; Z1 `　　new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of
* ?7 V* A0 s3 V5 M　　knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the like. The two are
　　really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a
　　faculty for the others. _____9_____
* C* }% M" ]5 J0 Q　　Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,
　　it’s not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of _____10_____
4 N! c* g" |3 M: r  r' ^& S& T　　new technology, which can be enormous.
9 a$ C6 t9 r' u/ X+ L2 e　　参考答案及解析:
( m* a* J4 w: q& a) i　　1.在which前加in，或将which改为where
　　在这里which引导限制性从句，修饰先行词the society。in which 在从句中作状语，当然也可以用关系副词where引导定语从句，并在从句中作状语，例如：
　　Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
, g; h( z& L2 R% z* d　　2.将as 改为than
　　3.将So改为But或者However或者Nevertheless。
; Z; b* T; o, s" h, |　　因为这里上下文是转折关系。
9 q% g, s8 U1 _; {　　4.将about去掉
　　因为explain是及物动词。
/ b8 \" B, `: W　　5.将you改为they
　　6.将like改为as
　　因为such as 是固定搭配。
6 G; M$ U: c# N. g5 s　　7.将takes改为gives
　　give rise to表示“引起，导致”之意。
/ L; w/ W9 p% L# t' o% t  {　　8.将differ改为 distinguish
　　牵着表示“有区别”。后者表示“区分，找出……的差别。
　　9.将others改为other
! @( T. X) s* L/ H+ m, V; o: T" U　　这样the other就和上文的one构成固定搭配，表示在两个中“一个……；另外一个……”
( n: Z  P/ c0 ]　　10.将harmful改为harmless，只有这样才可以表达上下文的对比关系。