英语专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(三十七)

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　　The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that
2 |8 F4 Q: k7 |) y　　has recognized the need for change and done something about
　　it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity
　　of the communities for which they provide information. It must __1__
　　reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk losing
　　their readers’ interest and their advertisers’ support. Operating
' c7 z% T- d0 H( d1 a, J$ C　　within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial minorities, the __2__
' T* s* R5 z3 k# T* Q　　paper has put into place polices and procedures for hiring
　　and maintain a diverse workforce. The underlying reason for __3__
9 g7 }, a0 c8 E" X# }% [# h- n　　the change is that for information to be fair, appropriate, and
　　subjective, it should be reported by the same kind of population __4__
% j: C0 R( N& t- C( T7 l　　that reads it.
: G2 i) {; R! u! I/ ~4 f4 G　　A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and
$ T! f! k& H* a( b! Q/ U　　photographers meets regularly to evaluate The Seattle Times’ __5__
　　content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about
　　diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content __6__
* P  ^* m) ?/ r4 n2 a' ^　　audit that evaluates the frequency and manner of representation
　　of woman and people of color in photographs. Early audits __7__
　　showed that minorities were pictured far too infrequently and
　　were pictured with a disproportionate number of negative articles.
　　The audit results from improvement in the frequency of __8__
　　majority, representation and their portrayal in neutral or positive __9__
: j+ p* K# M) T" {　　situations. And, with a result, The Seattle Times has improved __10__
　　as a newspaper. The diversity training and content audits helped
7 w* c: t2 c$ e2 H; l6 _5 U　　The Seattle Times Company to win the Personal Journal Optima’s
　　Award for excellence in managing change.

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　　答案及解析:
1 M3 C. z! G+ W) ~  N* ^　　1 将it改为they
　　这里先行词为复数名词papers,故应用复数代词they
: i( h0 i$ }% V! o/ t　　2 percents改为percent
　　在表示分数时,percent总是用单数.
　　3 将maintain改为maintaining
　　这里maintaining和hiring并列,并共同作介词for的宾语.
2 I0 g2 a/ B# d! m　　4 将subjective改为objective
' x7 ]0 ?" ^3 `) T+ i  _　　根据上下文,此处应该表示 “客观的”之意.
　　5 将meets改为meet
　　committee为集合名词,如果看作一个整体,谓语动词要用复数.
　　6 删除an
　　固定短语 in addition 作 “另外”解.
　　7 将woman改为women
6 G9 W. w2 J. _　　8 将from改为in
$ B7 i/ M7 y- U, t1 X% t　　result in 作 “导致引起”讲.
! U$ s' h" @  a7 F$ F　　9 将majority改为minority
　　10 with改为as
　　固定搭配 as a result 作“因此,结果”讲.