why does the idea of progress loom so large in
7 U" x! `$ {3 i the modern world? surely because progress of particu-( K1 T, U# p6 l8 n0 b0 t. O+ R
lar kind is actually taking place around us and is more! U1 y5 r5 F4 b
and more manifesting. although mankind has underg- __1__+ ?6 V2 u0 o5 V7 s7 `
one no general improvement in intelligence or morali-
1 @0 y* T! ^$ e# m5 {3 W* o! X ty, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumu-
) s; \0 K! \$ [: X4 H lation of knowledge. knowledge begins to increase as __2__
+ I; G: c0 k2 S& \; \ soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-
# c& v7 z8 K W7 L0 _, _ municated to another by mean of speech. with the in- __3__
1 H" |+ o5 l& x" r6 w8 o7 P vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated. V. B6 }! S. |2 W2 @ X3 v
and stored. libraries made education possible, and
5 v+ W/ Q& Q' u$ n9 X$ L2 o; G- a( w, s# C education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__
- u7 z1 m0 H9 ]" s4 C, A. d/ o edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,, J: ?+ D0 D/ ^6 Z. U6 V% t7 g
which was greatly enhanced by the invention of print-
. Y3 z2 o( S3 o0 L/ h5 Y ing. all this was comparatively slow until, with the) V+ [# \' @$ s+ L* m
coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__
; J1 j- `# |( d! r- {- X2 v8 R then knowledge began to be accumulated according to
2 b# A8 q7 F0 p4 P5 w* @. i$ P7 ? a systematic plan. however, as soon as new knowl- __6__' t" y8 V0 l% g/ {9 d
edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical ac-
/ r% Q6 X( M2 b/ Q3 Q) m4 Y7 y" Q count. what is called “modern civilization” is not the
0 t& x* B& @$ ^5 \8 P& y2 s result of a balanced development of all man’s nature,8 d" X2 Y. } _' X: j
but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__) D1 x* P6 z4 k: T- b9 [
life. the problem now facing humanity is: what is go-
2 B4 E3 O& n7 u6 ]* u& P5 o5 u ing to be done with all this knowledge? like is often __8__
( z# r# S0 s$ I- N$ T$ p pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which8 D, i3 I9 d5 S1 o/ X4 P- u( q
could be used equally for good or evil. it is now being __9__
* A0 h1 p$ V# T! |- o; e4 T4 T used indifferently for both. could any spectacle, for
# K( l3 ]! @3 h& ]" y instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__
! }1 M, @: m/ T* E% h1 t using science to shatter men’s bodies while, close at, U# c" q( |' M( ^+ r) M5 {
hand, surgeons use it to restore them.' G1 v! \% W0 g9 O
参考答案及解析：
4 b! P& b. l% Y; m r8 V. K 1.把manifesting改为manifest% M. F! B" e9 G ~! F; l$ j3 B' U
manifesting不能做形容词,而如果把它理解成现在进行词,后面又缺乏宾语,所以应该改为形容词manifest,表示 “显然的,明显的”.
7 ?0 e- J0 N# S4 ~7 ? 2.把begins改为began- x& _, ]) H. a/ w L3 h- K
根据下一行出现的could可以判断本句是过去时.
" |* ^9 k6 ~2 d/ h 3.把mean改为means. by means of 是固定用法.
* P a8 F& B; B* Z4 N! O Y( T 4.在added后面加上to
: J$ P* J# ~+ \7 P0 | 如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把图书馆加到某个事物上去”,加上to,表示给图书馆增加了内容,符合句义.0 k; Z" v2 K$ ?' K
5.把risen改为raised3 o6 w5 \% _/ j# x
rise是不及物动词,不能用于被动语态.8 y( |2 l o! l7 \* E! [1 u
6.把however改为moreover
0 L' c8 ?$ t" t9 E m 此句的意思是:新知识一经获得,马上就得到实际应用.这是对上文的追加,不存在转折关系,因此应该用moreover.
! j; C) _5 f% ~9 j+ _) u: N 7.删除but后面的not
5 s& ~5 Q. u' L 8.把like改为as
3 V4 z; |8 w! v* r 9.把could改为can
8 [0 V, H& _1 m# C5 Z 主句为现在时,而从句也不表示虚拟,所以应该用现在时.
$ a0 @* V2 ?6 `- V0 ]& V 10.在that后面加上of.
1 u3 J" @) _, K8 b 为了避免重复,这里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的内容.因此应该用介词of引出.; ^ k o) |* t( P
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