Cities can be frightened places. The majority of the population live in noisy massive tower blocks. __1__
* k$ x( Y$ y' t* ?5 j% v The sense of belonging to a community tends to appear when you live thirty floors up in a skyscraper. __2__: B5 T. g# Z; e! s, E, p
Strange enough, whereas in the past the inhabitants of one street all knew each other, __3__7 y0 A7 J6 Z% K) C/ f1 _; o/ M
nowadays people on the same floor in tower blocks even say hello to each other. __4__
4 n9 V e( p {0 u Country life, on the other hand, differs from this kind of isolated existence in that a sense of community generally keep the inhabitants of a small village together. __5__ h1 D; F# l9 r7 v( ~- s9 D
People have the advantage of knowing that there is always someone to turn to when they need help., }2 c: P# T- G
So country life has disadvantages too. For example, shopping becomes a major problem and __6__for anything slightly out of the ordinary you have to go for an expedition to the nearest large town. __7__3 S9 U( h! d. w. g# M9 p; N
The country has the advantage of peaceful and quiet, but suffers from the is advantages of being cut off. __8__2 ?2 Q( H8 `2 H) y
The city has noise and population which do harm to human health. But one of their main advantages is that __9__ you are at the centre of things and that life doesn’t come to an end even at ten at night. Some people have found a compromise be-tween the two: they expressed their preference for the quiet life by leaving for the city and moving to the __10__country within commuting distance of the large city.
1 F8 Z! J6 G( r- j0 e 答案:! w5 J' g* T$ _9 m% _
1.把frightened改为frightening。frightened是“受到惊吓的”,表明心理状态,而frightening表示“令人害怕的”,表示事物性质。
- ], C9 c9 p1 ^7 c& m' i# ~ 2.把appear改为disappear。“当你住在摩天大厦的三十层里”,可以推测这里要表达的是归属感的消失,而不是产生归属感。* o$ Q; @5 n0 H/ L# _3 | r
3.把Strange改为Strangely。Strangely enough,是固定短语,经常用作插入语,意思是“说也奇怪,最奇怪的是”。! G! y" w* ]! C G
4.在say前面加上don’t。此处说的是,现在住在同一层楼的人甚至见面都不打招呼。7 G+ S4 \/ t0 _
5.把keep改为keeps。in that 引导的句子主语应该是 a sense,故谓语应为单数。本句的意思是,农村生活与这种隔绝孤立的生活不同,因为一种归属感把小村里的居民联系在一起。$ J6 K7 c' o/ F; y5 ?+ T7 z# [
6.把so 改为but/yet。上文提到了乡村生活的好处,下文是转折,要用but或者yet。# C5 m0 G' ]/ R4 M
7.把for改为on。“去远征”应该用go on a expedition,而go for 的意思是“去找,努力获取,拥护”。
" T& B4 p! ?7 W: E# i$ L# R 8.把peaceful改为peace。of 后面不应该用形容词,所以应该改为peace。这里需要注意的是quiet既是名词又是形容词,不要被迷惑。 l+ j0 D( V3 b' [2 a
9.把their改为its。此处的代词应该指代上文的 the city。# N- O9 F: i/ g* \" X) B
10.删除leaving后面的for,或者把for改为from。leave表示“离开某地”,而leave for表示“离开某地去另外一个地方”,for后面接的是目的地。本句说的是离开城市,搬到乡村,所以for是多余的。 |