专业八级改错练习题及答案解析(3)

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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
3 X- G( a/ [- F6 `6 W$ q7 N　　college, to understand scientific reasoning. We are more ignorant of science as people _____2_____
1 `6 N* I; T0 R* p3 Q　　with comparable education in Western Europe.
7 l5 K3 }' Z; h( Q' O; [% |$ n' z　　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_____
2 f! V2 t1 Y# z! R1 T; y　　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_____
7 s$ r7 f" h7 s  x) S　　technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8_____
　　new knowledge that can be applied or not, and technology is the application of
　　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_____
& f6 \" \* |" b4 d* H- v7 d　　Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,
) a  `- A  b3 m/ i9 ^7 @/ ]/ d　　it’s not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of _____10_____
, b. a+ {3 q2 C　　new technology, which can be enormous.
　　参考答案及解析:
　　1.在which前加in，或将which改为where
7 P1 D- F  U0 n9 \　　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.
- u" {- h) a" }5 _+ e  J2 s　　2.将as 改为than
) b- ~& `4 E# F$ M9 j　　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
　　因为explain是及物动词。
! |# H2 {, L% ^$ J; O; u　　5.将you改为they
  q( L' D4 H' [" J) `0 E　　6.将like改为as
　　因为such as 是固定搭配。
　　7.将takes改为gives
4 c5 S7 L6 U) i2 ^6 ?　　give rise to表示“引起，导致”之意。
0 R+ h9 e4 \0 s/ ^. d7 b　　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
　　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。