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
　　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_____
$ ^4 p) Y' q. ~6 c　　them to explain about the principles of physics that have gone into creating the _____4_____
" ?& v6 }, d3 T" D/ E　　computer, you don’t have faintest idea. _____5_____
) y& @# f4 `+ A: P% ~' E) S+ _　　The failure to understand science leads to such things like the neglect of human _____6_____
- z9 T7 o, w: L+ l　　creative power. It also takes rise to blurring of the distinction between science and _____7_____
. v+ y# {* N8 G; U/ p　　technology. Lots of people don’t differ between the two. Science is the production of _____8_____
, E% p, K) y/ g" N+ R8 Y  @; s　　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
2 }6 r: F' r; x　　really different, and people who have the faculty for one very seldom have a
" h- A( _2 p, K4 g# A7 H6 M: r　　faculty for the others. _____9_____
" g, r( N3 H1 W  T% f" F. M% j( e　　Science in itself is harmless, more or less. But as soon as it can provide technology,
  d; l) j; ~. t% [$ p% d　　it’s not necessarily harmful. No society has yet learned to forecast the consequences of _____10_____
　　new technology, which can be enormous.
5 `1 s  J$ T5 t+ ~　　参考答案及解析:
; {' w; n6 f  }　　1.在which前加in，或将which改为where
/ H9 K& a8 A$ R% j( e　　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.
$ O" T' j: M: N. f# D　　2.将as 改为than
8 K1 V" O2 E& o$ i; X* T2 v/ I　　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。
; U( H4 v# M' }1 Q: k　　5.将you改为they
- F' ^0 A( b, z/ Q1 W5 w　　6.将like改为as
8 y  |) _) d3 ?　　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。
. A! ]8 I2 z( ~9 b& v　　8.将differ改为 distinguish
& x1 t% e% l% O$ n5 r( O$ m　　牵着表示“有区别”。后者表示“区分，找出……的差别。
　　9.将others改为other
: m2 v9 V: O! s7 [　　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。