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
2 d6 Q5 t: Z! D　　college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant of science as people _____2_____
& J6 i6 X# B7 C- I　　with comparable education in Western Europe.
: M' y& ]+ U) O: ^- ]! `. O0 E  b　　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_____
　　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_____
& j' v) P* X1 S7 C: }　　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_____
( I( {* p  Q! s/ w' E/ u6 N( x　　new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of
  U; ]7 J' M4 k　　knowledge to the production of some products, machinery or the like. The two are
  p- v8 g! u  N" d3 s6 A　　really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a
　　faculty for the others. _____9_____
6 F3 n$ P/ y/ M* L7 V0 Z6 }　　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_____
　　new technology, which can be enormous.
　　参考答案及解析:
8 y1 w) `5 }, V1 B) g& ^. d& _( {　　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：
- ^2 ^' _: R: K8 v$ X　　Money is a bottomless sea, in which honor, conscience, and truth may be drowned.
: Z, P/ f2 k+ r) s; g, K　　2.将as 改为than
　　3.将So改为But或者However或者Nevertheless。
　　因为这里上下文是转折关系。
　　4.将about去掉
, u$ d* ~/ k: o7 ^% c: N5 d, n. x8 I　　因为explain是及物动词。
+ k2 }  V! |) q  f! Z$ r　　5.将you改为they
( i& k7 U  d2 N! g' r% O　　6.将like改为as
& }- Z8 [' R+ e7 d4 p7 b　　因为such as 是固定搭配。
　　7.将takes改为gives
　　give rise to表示“引起，导致”之意。
" \: ?' k  ~. G7 P  E  ]9 I4 I　　8.将differ改为 distinguish
# r+ c) g. T( V" k  u　　牵着表示“有区别”。后者表示“区分，找出……的差别。
- Y$ |) e$ G4 p: R2 Q  O% v　　9.将others改为other
5 o" U2 g% O, |　　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……”
　　10.将harmful改为harmless，只有这样才可以表达上下文的对比关系。