2017年大学英语六级改错预测练习题

第一篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Most studies suggest that when women and men do thesame job and have the experience, pay rates tend to besimilar. Most of the dollar differences stem from fact that -------71.women tend to be more recently employed and have more -------72.years on the job. Whether women who have started a careerwill attain pay equality with men rest on at least two factors. -------73.First, will most of them continue part time at their jobs after -------74.they have children? A break in their employment, or a decision -------75.to work part time, will slow its raises and promotionsbecause it would for men. Second, will male-dominated -------76.companies elevate women to higher-paid jobs at the different -------77.rate as they elevate men? On some fields, this had clearly not -------78.happened. Many men, for example, have committed their -------79.lives to teaching careers, yet relative few have become -------80.principals or headmasters.答案：71. from fact -> from the fact72. recently -> frequently73. rest -> rests74. part -> full75. its -> their76. because -> as77. different -> same78. On -> In79. men -> women80. relative -> relatively第二篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if --71.you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book a present. You may even have entered the shopjust to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72.Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totallyunaware of your surroundings. The desire to pickup a book with an attractive dust jacket is irresistible, even this method of selection ought --73. not to be followed, as you might end up with arather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74. some book or other, and usually it is only muchlater that you realise you have spent far much --75. time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment -- without buying a book, of course.This opportunity to escape the realities ofeveryday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is impossible to do this. A music shop is very much --76. like a bookshop. You can wander round such placesto your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach to you with the inevitable --77. greeting: "Can I help you, Sir?" You needn't buy anything if you don't want. In a bookshop anassistant should remain the background until you --78. have finished browsing. Then, only then, are hisservices necessary. Of course, you may want tofind out where a particular section is, since when he --79. has led you there, the assistant should retirediscreetly and look as he is not interested in --80.selling a single book.答案：71. if -- whether72. (away) from73. (even) although74. bored -- boring75. (far) too76. impossible -- possible77. /78. (remain) in79. since -- but80. (as) if第三篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)The key to being a winner is to have desireand a goal from which you refuse to be deterred (被吓住).That desire fuels your dreams and thespecial goal keeps you focusing. --71.Deeply down we all have a hope that our --72.destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyonetalks about a good game, but the winner goes outand do something. To win, there has to be movement --73.and physical action. Attitudes and persistence canhelp us become who we want to be. --74.Competition is the best motivator. Because --75.many people use competition as an excuse for notdoing something, those who really want to success --76.see competition as an opportunity, and they'rewilling to do the tough work necessarily to win. --77.Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatestdeterrent to taking risk. People worry so much --78. about failing that their fear paralyzes them,drained the energy they might otherwise be using to --79. grow.You can cultivate self-respect by developing a commitment to your own talents. It may benecessary to do the thing you fear the most inorder to put that fear in rest, so that it can no --80. longer control you.答案：71. focused72. Deep73. does74. what75. While/Although76. succeed77. necessary78. risks79. draining80. to第四篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Changes in the way people live bring about changes in thejobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and citiesinstead on farms and in villages. Cities and states have to provide --71.services city people want, such like more police protection, more --72.hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology has also changed people's lives. --73.Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once doneby the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances --74.means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running --75.properly.People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads --76.changes in the way of life. As income goes down, people may not --77. want more food to eat or more clothes to wear. But they maywant more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals.They are likely to travel more and to want more education Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. --78.The government also affects the kind of works people do. --79.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of moneyfor international defense. They hire thousands of engineers, --80. scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the manydifferent aspects of defense.答案：71. (instead) on --- of72. like --- as73. has --- have74. the --- /75. it --- them76. leads --- causes77. down --- up78. Nevertheless --- Therefore79. works --- work/job/jobs80. international --- national第五篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Traditionally, the American farmer has always beenindependent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmerswere quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almostnothing it needed. The surplus crop would be sold to buy a new --71.items in the local general store.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to --72.the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still inthe country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life --73.were not much changed from that they had been in old days. The --74.farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with --75.his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, --76.spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done --77.in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the onlyimprovement on the candle. The family's recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78. village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighborswho had also come to town.The children attended a small elementary school (often ofjust one room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a --79. few miles. The school term was short so that the children couldnot help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life --80. was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.答案：71. nothing --- everything72. because --- although73. nineteen --- nineteenth74. that --- what75. aroused --- rose/got up76. like --- as77. complicated --- simple78. consisted后加of79. that --- which80. and --- /第六篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car,flying, swallowing an aspirin table or eating a chickensandwich-they can all be fatal.Clearly some risks worth taking, especially when the --61.rewards high: a man surrounded by flames and smokegenerally considers that jumping out of a second-floorwindow is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in --62.medicine a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests --63.are really a mater of life and death. There may besound medicine reasons are totally dependent --64.in the balance of risks and benefits for the --65.patients.Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, butthe removal of tonsils(扁桃体) cannot save anything a --66. sore throat. Blood pressure drugs definitely help somepeople live after a heart attack, but these same drugsmay be both necessary and harmful for those with only --67. mild blood pressure problems.Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing --68. to put up with in the name of better health is a high --69. personal matter, not a decision we should remain to --70. doctors alone.答案：61. risks ∧worth → are62. its → h is63. a few → few64. medicine → medical65. in → on 或upon66. anything ∧ a → but 或except67. necessary → unnecessary68. preparing → prepared 或ready 或willing69. high → highly70. remain → leave第七篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)A good way to get information for essays andreports is to interview people who are experts in --71.your topic or whose opinions may be interesti ng.Interviews are also a good way to get a sampling of people's opinions on various questions. Here ar esome suggestions that will help you make most of a --72. planned interview:1. If the person to be interviewed (the interviewee) is busy, cancel an appointment in --73. advance.2. Prepare your questions before the interview sothat you make best use of your time. In preparingthink about the topic about what the interviewer is --74.likely to know.3. Use your questions, but don't insist in sticking to --75.them or proceeding in the order you have listed.Often the interviewee will have importantinformation that was never occurred to you, or one --76. question may suggest another very useful one.4. If you don't understand something theinterviewee has said, say politely and ask him or --77. her to clarify it or to give an example.5. Take notes, if the interviewee goes too slowly --78. for you, ask him or her to stop for a moment, especially if the point is important. A taperecorder lets you avoid this problem. Therefore, --79.be sure the interviewee agrees to be taped.6. As soon as possible after the interview, readover your notes. They may need clarified while the --80. topic is still fresh in your mind.答案：71. in -- on72. the (most)73. cancel -- make74. interviewer -- interviewee75. in -- on76. 去掉was77. (say) so78. slowly -- fast79. Therefore -- However80. clarified -- clarifying第八篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say thathumans will be living in space within the nexthundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded,dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus --71.of mankind will begin.Spaceships will be assembled so that theyrevolve around the earth. Some may orbit aroundMars. These space stations will be serviced byspace buses. We saw the first space bus launch in --72.April 1981. This was "Columbia", it made several --73.orbits around the earth and then returned, landingon a huge dry lake bed in California. "Columbia"will be used again. Previous spaceships havebeen abandoned, only the nose cone being usedto bring the crews back to earth. --74.Upon established, each space station will --75.generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. It will need to rotation to provide --76.an artificial gravity; people will be forced inwards --77. from the center by centrifugal force.The moon and Mars could become new sources ofnew materials. Driving through space will no --78. longer need Earth fuel- the energy would comefrom the sun. This energy would be converted from --79. electricity to work magnetic rockets.That all sounds quite fantastically but, with --80.the rapid development of moderns technology, whoknows about what the future holds?答案：71. lack--short72. launch--launched73. it--which74. crews--crew75. upon--once76. rotation--rotate77. inwards-outwards78. will--would79. from--into80. fantastically--fantastic第九篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say thathumans will be living in space within the nexthundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded, dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus --71.(移居) of mankind will begin.Spaceships will be assembled so that theyrevolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced byspace buses. We saw the first space bus launch in --72. April 1981. This was "Columbia", it made several --73. orbits around the earth and then returned, landingon a huge dry lake bed in California. "Columbia"will be used again. previous spaceships havebeen abandoned, only the nose cone being usedto bring the crews back to earth. --74.Upon established, each space station will --75. generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. it will need to rotation to provide --76.an artificial gravity; people will be forced inwards --77. from the center by centrifugal(向心的)force.The moon and Mars could become new sources ofnew materials. Driving through space will no --78.longer need Earth fuel-the energy would comefrom the sun. This energy would be converted from --79.electricity to work magnetic rockets.That all sounds quiet fantastically but, with --80.the rapid development of modern technology, whoknows about what the future holds?答案：71. sort -- short72. launch -- launched73. it -- which74. crews -- crew75. Upon --- Once76. rotation -- rotate77. inward -- outwards78. will -- would79. from -- into80. fantastically -- fantastic第十篇：Error Correction (15 minutes)People often dream of living in a perfect place where noone would be poor, and everyone would be considerable of --71. everyone else. Such a place, however, is very good to be true: --72. such a place is nowhere, and that's what the word "Utopia" means. It is made up two Greek words meaning "not a place". --73. The word was first used by Thomas More, a sixteen century --74. English writer whose book Utopia, published in 1516,describing a perfect island country. More's idea for tale came --75. from Plato. Plato's The Republic described what would be aperfect state. Early legends told a perfect place existing --76. somewhere in Atlantic. These legends were no longer believed --77. when the explorations of Americans began, but after More'stime they became common for writers to imagine there places. --78. Utopia, if is effected, would not suddenly make everything --79. perfect because people are of nature imperfect. --80.答案：71. considerable → considerate72. very → too73. made up → made up of74. sixteen → sixteenth75. describing → described76. told → told of/about77. Atlantic → the Atlantic78. they → it79. is effected → effected 或it is effected80. of nature → by nature第十九篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person isexpert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, and --71--few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncingforeign languages. Now there are many reasons about this, --72-- some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggestthat the fundamental reason why people in general do notspeak foreign languages very better than they do is that --73--they fail to grasp the true name of the problem of learningto pronounce, and consequently never set about tacklingit by the right way. Far too many people fail to realize --74--that pronounce a foreign language is a skill, one that --75--needs careful training of a special kind, and one thatcannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of himself. --76--I think even teachers of language, while recognizing theimportance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practical teaching, the branch of study concerning with speaking the --77-- language. So the first point I want to make is that English pronunciation must be taught; the teacher may be prepared to --78-- devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his wholeattitude to the subject he should get the student to feelthat here is a matter worth of receiving his close attention. --79--So, there should be occasions where other aspects of English, --80--such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment totake a secondary place.答案：71.and→but。

2017年下半年大学英语六级短文改错习题When I first learned to write in English， I ran into 1. _______ many difficulties. The main problem was in that I 2. _______always thought in Chinese and tried to translate anything 3. _______ into English. My teacher advised me to keep my diary. 4. _______I followed her advice and should put down 100 words 5. _______or so each day. Soon I began to enjoy talk to myself on 6. _______ paper as I was learning to express me in simple English. 7. _______ One day I wrote a little story and showed to my 8. _______teacher. She liked it very much and reads it to the class. 9. _______ They all said the story was a good one. Their word were 10. ______a great encouragement to me.答案及解析1. 此行无错。

2. 删去 in。

根据句意及句子结构，此处为表语从句。

3. anything 改为 everything。

此处为肯定句， anything 意为“任何一件事”，侧重个体；而 everything 意为“一切事情”，侧重整体。

大学英语六级改错题12篇Passage 1Error Correction (15 minutes)Directions:This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (／) in the blank.Example:Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.1.time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study ofliterature2. ／___________as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.the___________ One major decision which faces the American studentready tobegin higher education is the choice of attending a largeuniversity or a small college. The large university providesawide range of specialized departments, as well numerous 71.__________courses within such departments. The small college, therefore, 72.__________generally provides a limited number of courses andspecializations but offer a better student-faculty ratio, thus 73.__________permit individualized attention to student. Because of its large 74.__________student body (often exceeding 20,000) consisting in many 75.__________ people from different countries the university exposes itsstudents to many different culture, social and out-of-class 76.__________ programmes. On the other hand, the smaller, morehomogeneous(同性质的) student body of the big college 77.__________affords greater opportunities in such activities. Finally, theuniversity closely approximates the real world and which 78.__________ provides a relaxed, impersonal, and sometimesanonymous(隐姓埋名的) existence, on the contrast, the intimate 79.__________atmosphere of the small college allows the student four years ofstructural living in which to expect and preparing for the real 80.__________world. In making his choice among educationalinstitutions thestudent must, there fore, consider a great many factors.71. (well) → (well) as 72. therefore → however73. offer → offers 74. permit → permitting75. in → of 76. culture → cultural77. big → small 78. and → / 或and → which, this79. contrast → contrary 80. preparing → preparePassage 2Thomas Malthus published his "Essay on the Principleof Population" almost 200 years ago. Ever since then,forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine was S1. _____ just around the next corner. The fast-growing population'sdemand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their S2. _____ supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.But in reality, the world's total grain harvest has risensteadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble S3. _____ spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years ofgood harvests, the world's food crisis has remained just S4. _____ around the corner. Most experts believe this can continueeven as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, S5. _____ although feeding I0 billion people will not be easy forpolitics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists S6. _____ point to concrete examples of continued improvementsin yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more S7. _____ fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more thandouble corn and wheat yields in an experiment. Elsewhere, S8. _____ rice experts in the Philippines are producing a plant with few S9. _____ stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plantbreeders can continue to develop new, higher-yieldingcrop, but most researchers see their success to date as reason S10. _____ for hope.S1. being→been S2. their→itsS3. relative→relatively S4. good→badS5. as→去掉S6. politics→politicalS7. by→for S8. double→doubledS9. few→more S10. reason→the reasonPassage 3The Seattle Times Company is one newspaperfirm thathas recognized the need for change and donesomething aboutit. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect thediversityof the communities to which they provide information.It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage S1. _________losing their readers’ interest and their advertisers’support.Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2. _________ minorities, the paper has put into place policies andprocedures for hiring and maintain a diverseworkforce. TheS3. _________underlying reason for the change is that forinformation to befair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reportedby theS4. _________same kind of population that reads it.A diversity committee composed of reporters,editors, andphotographers meets regularly to value the SeattleTimes’S5. _________content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staffaboutdiversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted acontentS6. _________ audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and mannerofrepresentation of woman and people of color inphotographs.S7. _________ Early audits showed that minorities were pictured fartooinfrequently and were pictured with a disproportionatenumber of negative articles. The audit results from S8. _________ improvement in the frequency of majorityrepresentation andS9. _________their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10._________result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.The diversity training and content audits helped theSeattle Times Company to win the Personal JournalOptimas Award for excellence in managing change.S1. it → they S2. percents → percentS3. maintain → maintaining S4. subjective → objectiveS5. value → evaluate S6. an → /S7. woman → women S8. from → inS9. majority → minority S10. with → asPassage 4A great many cities are experiencing difficultieswhichare nothing new in the history of cities, except in theirscale.Some cities have lost their original purpose and havenot foundnew one. And any large or rich city is going to attract S1. __________immigrants, who flood in, filling with hopes ofprosperityS2. __________which are then often disappointing. There arebackward townson the edge of Bombay or Brasilia, just as though therewereS3. __________ on the edge of seventeenth-century London or earlynine-teenth-century Paris. This is new is the scale.DescriptionsS4. __________written by eighteenth-century travelers of the poor ofMexicoCity, and the enormous contrasts that was to be foundthere,S5. __________are very dissimilar to descriptions of Mexico Citytoday—theS6. __________ poor can still be numbered in millions.The whole monstrous growth rests on economicprosper-ity, but behind it lies two myths: the myth of the city asaS7. __________promised land, that attracts immigrants from ruralpovertyS8. __________ and brings it flooding into city centers, and the myth oftheS9. __________country as a Garden of Eden, which, a few generations late, S10.__________sends them flooding out again to the suburbs.S1. new → a new S2. filling → filledS3. though → if S4. This → WhatS5. was → were S6. dissimilar → similarS7. lies → lie S8. that → whichS9. it → them S10. late → laterPassage 5Sporting activities are essentially modified forms ofhunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern S1. __________ footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised huntingpack. His killing weapon has turned into a harmlessfootballand his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurateand heS2. __________scores a goal, enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing hisprey.To understand how this transformation has takenplace weS3. __________must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spentover aS4. __________ million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their verysurvivalS5. __________depended on success in the hunting-field. Under thispressureS6. __________ their whole way of life, even if their bodies, becameradicailychanged. They became chasers, runners, jumpers,aimers,throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillfulS7. __________ male-groupattackers.S8. __________ Then, about ten thousand years ago, when thisimmenselylong formative period of hunting for food, they becamefarmers. Their improved intelligence, so vital to their oldS9. __________ hunting life, were put to a new use—that of penning (把……关在圈中), controlling and domesticating theirprey. Thefood was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. Therisks andS10.__________ uncertainties of farming were no longer essential forsurvival.S1. Viewing → Viewed S2. inaccurate → accurateS3. (enjoys) → he (enjoys) S4. up → backS5. year → years S6. (even) if → (even) /S7. co-operate → co-operated S8. when → afterS9. were → was S10.. farming → huntingPassage 6More people die of tuberculosis (结核病) thanof anyother disease caused by a single agent. This hasprobablybeen the case in quite a while. During the early71. __________ stages of72. __________ the industrial revolution, perhaps one in everyseventh73. __________ deaths in Europe’s crowded cities were caused bythedisease. From now on, though, western eyes,74. __________ missing theglobal picture, saw the trouble going into decline.Withoccasional breaks for war, the rates of death andinfection in the Europe and America dropped75. __________ steadilythrough the 19th and 20th centuries. In the 1950s,theintroduction of antibiotics (抗菌素) strengthened thetrend in rich countries, and the antibiotics wereallowed76. __________ to be imported to poor countries. Medicalresearchersdeclared victory and withdrew.They are wrong. In the mid-1980s the frequency77. __________ ofinfections and deaths started to pick up again aroundtheworld. Where tuberculosis vanished, it came back; in 78. __________79. __________ many places where it had never been away, it grewbetter.The World Health Organization estimates that 1.7billion people (a third of the earth’s population)sufferfrom tuberculosis. Even the infection rate wasfalling, population growth kept the number ofclinicalcases more or less constantly at 8 million a year.80. __________ Around3 million of those people died, nearly all of them inpoorcountries.71. in → for 72. seventh → seven73. were → was 74. now → then75. the → / 76. imported → exported77. are → were 78. vanished → had ~79. better → worse 80. constantly → constantPassage 7When you start talking about good and bad mannersyouimmediately start meeting difficulties. Many people justcannotagree what they mean. We asked a lady, who replied thatshe71. __________ thought you could tell a well-manned person on the waytheyoccupied the space around them—for example, whensuch a72. __________ person walks down a street he or she is constantlyunaware ofothers. Such people never bump into other people.However, a second person thought that this wasmore a73. __________ question of civilized behavior as good manners. Instead,thisother person told us a story, it he said was quite well74. __________ known,about an American who had been invited to an Arab meal75. __________ atone of the countries of the Middle East. The Americanhasn’t76. __________been told very much about the kind of food he mightexpect. Ifhe had known about American food, he might havebehaved77. __________better.Immediately before him was a very flat piece ofbread thatlooked, to him, very much as a napkin（餐巾）. Picking it78. __________up, he put it into his collar, so that it falls across his shirt. 79. __________ His Arab host, who had been watching, said of nothing,but80. __________ immediately copied the action of his guest.And that, said this second person, was a fineexample ofgood manners.71. (on the way) → in the way 72. unaware → aware73. as → than 74. it → which75. at → in 76. hasn’t →hadn’t77. American → Arab 78. as → like79. falls → fell 80. of → /Passage 8Until the very latest moment of his existence, man hasbeenbound to the planet on which he originated and devel-oped. Now he had the capability to leave that planet and move 71.__________out into the universe to those worlds which he has knownpreviously only directly. Men have explored parts of the moon. 72.__________put spaceships in orbit around another planet and possibly withinthe decade will land into another planet and explore it. Can we be 73.__________too bold as to suggest that we may be able to colonize other 74.__________planet within the not-too-distant future? Some have advocated 75.__________such a procedure as a solution to the population problem: ship theexcess people off to the moon. But we must keep in head the 76.__________billions of dollars we might spend in carrying out the project. Tomaintain the earth’s population at its present level, we would haveto blast off into space 7,500 people every hour of every day of theyear.Why are we spending so little money on space ex- 77.__________ploration? Consider the great need for improving many aspects 78.__________of the global environment, one is surely justified in hisconcern for the money and resources that they are poured into 79.__________the space exploration efforts. But perhaps we should lookatboth sides of the coin before arriving hasty conclusions. 80.__________71. had → has 72. directly → indirectly73. into → on 74. too → so75. planet → planets / worlds 76. head → mind77. little → much 78. Consider → Considering79. they → /80. (arriving) → (arriving) at 或arriving → reaching/drawing/makingPassage 9Most people work to earn a living and theyProduce goods and services. Goods are eitheragricultural (like maize) or manufactured (likecars). Services are such things like education, 1.________ medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.________ goods; some provide services. Other people provideboth goods or services. For example, in the same 3.________ garage a man may buy a car or some service whichhelps him maintain his car.The work people do is called as economic 4.________ activity. All economic activities taken together makeup the economic system of a town, a city, a country,or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5._________ of what people do and what they want. The workpeople do either provides what they need or providesthe money with that they can by essential 6.________ commodities. Of course, most people hope to haveenough money to buy commodities and services whichare essential but which provide some particular 7.________ personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8._______ the cinema, and books.The science of economics is basic upon the facts 9.________ of our everyday lives. Economists study our every daylives and the general life of our communities in orderto understand the whole economic system of which weare a part. They try to describe the facts of theeconomy in which we live, and to explain how itworks. The economist methods should of course be 10.________ strictly objective and scientific.2．these －> some3．or －> and4．as －> \ 去掉as5．Such economic system －> Such∧an economic system6．that －> which7．are essential －> are∧not essential 或者essential －> non-essential 8．visits the cinema －> visits∧to the cinema9．basic －> based10．The economist methods －> The economist’s methodsThe economists’ methodsPassage 10Parents can be supportive of suspicions. Theycan be helpful to the teacher, or are in need of help 1.themselves. Sometimes, I think parents are too hardto their children. I have seen many parents of this 2.kind. I often have the problem of parents coming inand telling me what they really treat their kids. They 3.tell me that they usually stand over their kinds whenthey do their homework. They check their work andmake big fuss over the grades. They criticize the kids 4.over everything having to do with school. Myresponse usually is: ”well, yo u know, he is really agood kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you shouldnot be too strict with them.” 5.We want parents to realize the fact that teachersare professors at working with children. They have 6.observed many children and many parents. Becauseof this, and because of their specialized training,teachers can be realistic about children. Teachersknow whether parents want their children to do well 7.and to behave well. But teachers know less what 8.children should be able to do at different ages andstages. They don’t expect the 8-year-olds to do thework that can only be done by the 12-year-olds.Parents, in the contrary, often expect their children 9.to do what is usually beyond their age and ability.Obviously, this may make great harm to the 10.children’s development.2．be hard to －> be hard on3．what －> how4．make big fuss －> make a big fuss5．them －> him6．professors －> expertsprofessional7．whether －> \that8．less －> morebetter9．in the contrary －> on the contrary10．make harm to －> do harm toPassage 11Closure is the positive felling you get when youfinish a task. Lack of closure results from the 1.________ panicked feeling that you still have a million things todo. One way to obtain closure is divide a task into 2.________ manageable goals, list them, and check them offyour list as you finish them. For example, supposeyour historic teacher assigns three chapters to be 3.________ read. If your goal is to read all three chapters, youmay feel discouraged if you don’t complete thereading at one time. A more effective way tocomplete the assignment is to divide the reading intosmaller goals by thinking each chapter as a separate 4.________ goal. Thus you experience success as you complete.each chapter. While you have completed the overall 5.________ goal, you know you have progressed toward it.A second block to obtaining closure is unfinishedbusiness. You may have several tasks with the samedeadline. If changing from one task to another serves 6. ________ as a break, changing tasks too often waste time. 7. ________ Each time you switch, you lose momentum. Youmay be unable to change mental gears fast enough.You may find yourself thinking about the old projectwhen you should be concentrating in the new one. In 8. ________ addition, when you return to your first task, youhave to review where you are and what steps were 9. ________ left for you to finish.Often you solve this problem by determininghow much time you have free to work. If the timeavailable is short (i.e. ,an hour or less), you need towork on only one task. Alternate tasks when youhave more time. Completing one task or a largeportion of a task attributes to the feeling of closure. 10.______ 1．result from －> result in2．is divide －> is to divide3．historic teacher－> history teacher4．think each chapter －> think∧of each chapter5．have completed－> have∧not completed6．If－>Although7．waste －> wastes8．concentrate in －> concentrate on9．review where you are－>review where you were10．attributes to －> contribute toPassage 12Oral health care is, these days, a big, boom 1. business. According to Ralph Nader, American 2. spend some $5 billion on dental care each year. Yet,although the tremendous amounts of money, time 3.and energy giving over to oral health, dental 4. literature indicates that about half the population inthis country has lost all of his natural teeth by age 5.65. Nearly half of all people over age 20 wear a bridgeor denture, and more than 30 percent havecomplete upper and lower dentures. By age 50, oneout of every two persons have gum disease. 6.The dental profession blames neglectfulAmericans themselves. About half the population, itclaims, fails in visit the dentist regularly and some 30 7. million never did. Critics, on the other hand slam 8. the profession. It can be conservatively estimatedthat at least 15 percent of United States dentists are 9. incompetent, honest, or both, says a former 10. Pennsylvania Commissioner of Insurance. Some haveset the figure as high as 50 percent.1．boom －> booming2．American－>Americans3．although－>despite4．giving－>given5．his －> its6．have －> has7．fails in visit －> fails to visit8．never did－> never do9．United States－> the United States10．incompetent，honest，or both－> incompetent, dishonest, or both。

六级测试改错冲刺模拟题(一）The European Union had approved a number of genetically modified crops until late 1998. But growing public concern over its supposed environmental and health risks led several 1. EU countries to demand a moratorium （暂时禁止） on imports of any new GM produce. By late 1999 there were enough such country to block any new approvals of GM produce. 2. Last year， America filed a complaint at the WTO about the moratorium，arguing that it was an illegal trade barrier because there is no scientific base for it. 3. As more studies have been completed on the effects of GM crops， the greens’ case for them has weakened. 4. Much evidence has emerged of health risks from eating 5. them. And，overall， the studies have shown that the environmental effects on modified crops are not always 6. as serious as the greens claim. Nevertheless， environmentalists continue to find fault of such studies and argue that 7. they are答案：1. its改为their;2. country改为countries;3. base 改为basis;4. for 改为 against;5. much 改为little;6. on 改为of;7. of 改with;8. seem后面加to;9. which 改为that;10. clear 改为unclear或者前面加not.解析：1. 本题考查了大家识别代词所指的能力，its 指代genetically modified crops(为复数), 所以应该改成their；2. such country是指前面要求暂停进口转基因农产品的某些欧盟国家, 所以应该改成复数；3. 此处意为：因为没有科学根据支持暂停(进口), it 指the moratorium； base 基础, 基地, 根据地；basis (for) 基础, 基本, 根据; 科学根据只能说scientific basis, 有的同学把base 后面的for 改为 on , 应该是受到了base on 这个短语的影响；4. the greens = the environmentalists 环保主义者。

六级冲刺备考的改错练习（7）第七篇：Error CorrectionA good way to get information for essays andreports is to interview people who are experts in --71.your topic or whose opinions may be interesting.Interviews are also a good way to get a sampling ofpeoples opinions on various questions. Here aresome suggestions that will help you make most of a --72.planned interview:1. If the person to be interviewed is busy, cancel an appointment in --73.advance.2. Prepare your questions before the interview sothat you make best use of your time. In preparingthink about the topic about what the interviewer is --74.likely to know.3. Use your questions, but dont insist in sticking to --75.them or proceeding in the order you have listed.Often the interviewee will have importantinformation that was never occurred to you, or one --76.question may suggest another very useful one.4. If you dont understand something theinterviewee has said, say politely and ask him or --77. her to clarify it or to give an example.5. Take notes, if the interviewee goes too slowly --78. for you, ask him or her to stop for a moment, especially if the point is important. A taperecorder lets you avoid this problem. Therefore, --79. be sure the interviewee agrees to be taped.6. As soon as possible after the interview, readover your notes. They may need clarified while the --80. topic is still fresh in your mind.。

2017年大学英语六级改错练习及答案详解Directions: This part consists of one passage. In each passage there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change word, add a word or delete(删去) a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.TELEVISION NETWORK.One of the three major commercial networks, CBS were organized 1. ____in l928 which its founder, William Paley, acquired 2. ____ownership of a group of radio stations. As theColumbia Broadcasting System expanded its operations,soon become the largest radio network in the 3. ____United States, it precociously recognized the potentialfor the rapidly evolved television broadcasting 4. ____technology. On July 13th, 1931, it began experimentally 5. ____television broadcasting in New York, and ten years laterbegan regular black and white week broadcasts over 6. ____its WCBW TV station in the same city, that became 7. _ __WCBS TV in November 1946. With Television Cityin Hollywood, CBS launched the industry’s first fullscale production studio.Today CBS owns television stations, radio stations,and home video production and distribution interests.The CBS \ Broadcasting Group composed of six 8. ____divisions ： television network, entertainment, sports,news, local television stations, and radio.For most of commercial television history, CBShas been the leader in prime-time ratings, having thehighest-rated shows in almost every year from themid 1950s through the mid 1980s. During the late1980s, however, CBS lost its top position from NBC. 9. ____CBS has traditionally been strong in the TVnews area. The network began the first regular TV newsprogram in l948 with Douglas Edwards as anchor,Journalism legends such as Edward R. Murrow andWalter Cronkite gave CBS its reputation as quality 10. ____news broadcaster.答案部分1.【参考答案】将were改为was。

心之所向，所向披靡Error CorrectionPassage OneConflict is a necessary element in fiction. Indeed, it isthe backbone of a story; it is conflict that gives us the senseof a story going somewhere.The conflict in a story must first be obvious importance 62 ___to the characters involved. We can illustrate this byreference to experience. All of us face constant conflicts ourdaily lives-whenever we cross a street, for example, orwhenever the alarm goes off and we have to get up for aclass. Most of our conflicts are easily resolved-we wait fortraffic and then cross the street without fear, or we shut offthe alarm, get up, and after two cups of coffee forget ourpain. Furthermore, we also experience conflicts that are not 63 ___ easily resolved. All of us, for example, are faced almostdaily with conflicts which have some kind of a permanenteffect to us-which alter our basic values or our conception 64 ___of human nature. Should we report the fellow student whomwe look cheating on an examination? Should we pad (虚报) 65 ____ our accounts for books and supplies in that letter home-particularly since we know that father cheats a little hereand there on his income-tax returns? None of us have 66 ____ witnessed teachers or ministers or high public officialspreach one thing and practice other. All of us have found 67 _____ ourselves in that most common of all dilemmas-the choicebetween holding to a set of moral and ethical convictionsand violate them in order to be accepted by our group. 68 ____ These are the kinds of conflicts which we find fiction; and 69 _____ because they are of this nature, we call fictional conflictscrisis situations. We mean by this that as a result of a givenconflict, the character or characters involving will never 70 ____ again be quite the same people that they are before the 71 _____ incident occurred.Passage TwoWomen are a force that is changing in Australiansociety. The pride of place given to women as almost the 62 _sole shapers of Australian history is being challenged.Today husbands more often than not share householdchores and more men are finding women alongside them inthe workplace. It may be some time after there is a woman 63prime minister of Australia, but the need of women at the 64 _top- and their right to be there-is now widely recognized.The growing role of women in the Australian work forceis both a cause and a consequence of change attitudes and 65 lifestyles in Australian society.In offices, laboratories and factories, in social andpolitical organizations, women are making their presencefeel.There are few remaining legal barriers against women 66 in Australia in jobs, commercial contracts, politics andsocial life. The barriers that exist mainly stem from modern 67 attitudes built into society and are easily changed by new laws. 68 _ Women have brought about the most significant changein the Australian work force simply by entering it inthousands, and by seeking which before were assumed to be 69 suitable for men only. There are now women in Australiadrive buses, trams, taxis, racing cars and 50-tonne trucks. 70 They are race-horse jockeys. They are apprenticeelectricians and mechanics. They are air-traffic controllers.They shear sheep and work like laborers. They are judges 71 and Members of Parliament.Passage ThreeThe problems which face the learners of English canbe divided into three categories: psychological, culture, 62 and linguistic. The largest category seems to be linguistic.When foreign learners first have the opportunity to speaking 63 to a native speaker of English, they may have a shock: theyoften have little difficulty in understanding spoken English 64 of native speakers. There are a number of reasons to this. 65 First, it seems to students that English people speak veryquickly. Secondly, they say with a variety of accents. 66 Thirdly, different styles of speech are used in differentsituations, for example, everyday spoken English, which iscolloquial and idiomatic, are different from the English 67 used for academic purposes. For all of these reasonsstudents will have difficulty, mainly because we lack 68 practice in listening to English people speaking English.What can a student do then to overcome thesedifficulties? Well, obviously, he can benefit in attending 69 English classes and he should take every opportunityavailable to speak with native speakers of English. Heshould be aware, consequently, that English people are, by 70 temperament, often reserved and may be willing to start a 71 conversation. So he should have the courage to take the initiative.Passage FourBusiness visits tend to be extremely punctual. If youarrive late to a business appointment, it will reflect badlyon you. So try to arrive on time, or even if a little earlier. 62 If you know that you will be arriving late, you shouldtelephone ahead to let them know of the delay. If abusiness meeting takes place over a meal, expect thebusiness discussions to begin after everyone has orderedtheir meal, sometimes as soon as everyone is seating. 63 Socializing tends to occur after the business is concluded,not before. This is in contrast with the practice inmany other countries, where the purpose of the meal is tosocialize with and get to know each other after any business 64 is discussed. Many American companies have men in 65 management positions. So don't be surprised if the personwho meets you is a woman, not a man. They are just ascompetent as their male counterparts. If you feeluncomfortable, focusing on the business at hand and ignore 66 the fact what she happens to be a woman. Do not, 67 however, ask personal questions like you might with a male 68 colleague. In particular, do not ask whether she is marriedor has children. When businessmen or businesswomenmeet, they usually introduce themselves through shaking 69 right hands. When you shake hands, don't crush theirfingers, neither hold their hand so lightly. A firm 70 handshake is best. Business cards are not normallyexchanged with meeting. If you need a colleague's contact 71 information, it is okay to ask them for their cards. It is alsookay to offer someone your card. But there is not anelaborate ritual of exchanging cards as in other cultures.Passage FiveTeachers believe that students' responsibility with 62. ____ learning is necessary. If a long reading assignment isgiven, instructors expect students to be familiar withthe informations in the reading even if they do not 63. ___ discuss it in class or give an examination. The idealstudent is considered to be one who motivated to learn 64. ___for the sake of learning, not the one who is interestedonly in getting high grades. Grade-conscious studentsmay be frustrated with teachers who do not believe itis necessary to grade every assignment. Sometimeshomework is returned with brief writing comments but 65. ____ without a grade. When research is assigned, theprofessor expects the student to make the initiative 66. ___ and complete the assignment with minimal guidance.Professors do not have time to explain how the libraryworks; they expect students, particular graduate students, 67. ___to be able to use the reference sources in the library.In the United States, professors have other duties except 68. ___ teaching. Often they either have administrative work to door may be obliged to publish articles and books. But the 69. ___ time that a professor can spend with a student outside ofclass is very limited. Educational practices such as studentparticipation indicates a respect for individual responsibility 70. ___ and independence. The manner which education is provided 71. ____ in any country reflects basic cultural and social beliefs of that country.。

六级改错冲刺模拟题（5）Many describe Freud as the most influential psychologist of all time. Yet not everyone recognize the profound effect of 71. psychoanalytic theory in the way most of us look at human 72. behavior, regardless of any formal exposure to Freud’s w orks. For example, most adults in Western society aept the idea that behavior can be influenced by an unconscious part of the mind. We say things like “I must have done that consciously” or “Even 73. though I didn’t realize it consciously, maybe unconsciou sly I did.” Although Freud was not the first to talk about the unconscious, no one ago, or probably since, has placed 74. so many emphasis upon unconscious processes in explaining 75. human behavior. Do you believe that dreams hold important psychological information, revealing inner fears and desires? If so, you are backing on an idea that Freud popularized. 76. As people had been interpreting dreams for thousands of 77. years, Freud was the first to incorporate dream interpretation into a larger psychological theory. When we talk about our dreams and try to figure it out, we are informally following a therapeutic 78. procedure outlining by Freud at the turn of the century. 79. Numerous examples of Freudian thought can be found in our daily language, as well as in modern literature and in motion pictures. Thus, an understanding of Freudian psychology ispart of a good liberal arts education; it can aid the observant student to appreciating subtle and not-so-subtle references 80.答案： 71. recognize > recognizes 72. in > on 73. consciously > unconsciously 74. ago > before 75. many > much 76. on 去掉或者改成up 77. As > Although 78. it > them 79. outlining > outlined 80. to > in。

2017年上半年英语六级真题模拟测试题附答案解析（2）2017年上半年英语六级真题模拟测试题附答案解析36. Not many young people eligible for voting are interested in local or national elections thesedays.37. Parents are concerned that their children may get involved in criminal offences once theyreach their teens.38. Even during the turbulent years of last century, youth rebellion was often exaggeratedin the media.39. Teenagers of today often turn to their parents for advice on such important matters ascareer choice.40. The incidence of teenage crime and misbehavior is decreasing nowadays.41. Young people should have lofty ideals in life and strive to be leaders.42. Some young people like to keep something to themselves and dont want their parents toknow about it.43. It is beneficial to encourage young people to explore the broader world and get ready tomake it a better place.44. Many teenagers now offer to render service to the needy.45. Interviews with students find many of them are only concerned about personal matters.七、Section C 仔细阅读Section CDirections: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A. , B. , C. and D.. Youshould decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer sheet with asingle line through the centre.Passage OneQuestions 46 to 50 are based on the following passage.Manufacturers of products that claim to be environmentally friendly will face tighter rules onhow they are advertised to consumers under changes proposed by the Federal TradeCommission.The commissions revised "Green Guides" warn marketers against using labels that make broadclaims, like "eco-friendly". Marketers must qualify their claims on the product packaging andlimit them to a specific benefit, such as how much of the product is recycled."This is really about trying to cut through the confusion that consumers have when they arebuying a product and that businesses have when they are selling a product," said Jon Leibowitz, chairman of the commission.The revisions come at a time when green marketing is on the rise. According to a new study, the number of advertisements with green messages in mainstream magazines has risen since1987, and peaked in 2008 at 10.4%. In 2009, the number dropped to 9%.But while the number of advertisements may have dipped, there has been a rapid spread ofecolabeling. There are both good and bad players in the eco-labeling game.In the last five years or so, there has been an explosion of green claims and environmentalclaims. It is clear that consumers dont always know what they are getting.A handful of lawsuits have been filed in recent years against companies accused of usingmisleading environmental labels. In 2008 and 2009, class-action lawsuits (集体诉讼) were filedagainst SC Johnson for using "Greenlist" labels on its cleaning products.The lawsuits said thatthe label was misleading because it gave the impression that the products had been certifiedby a third party when the certification was the companys own."We are very proud of our accomplishments under the Greenlist system and we believe that wewill prevail in these cases," Christopher Beard, director of public affairs for SC Johnson, said, while acknowledging that "this has been an area that is difficult to navigate."Companies have also taken it upon themselves to contest each others green claims.David Mallen, associate director of the Council of Better Business Bureau, said in the last twoyears the organization had seen an increase in the number of claims companies were bringingagainst each other for false or misleading environmental product claims."About once a week, I have a client that will bring up a new certification Ive never even heardof and Im in this industry, said Kevin Wilhelm, chief executive officer of Sustainable BusinessConsulting. "Its kind of a Wild West, anybody can claim themselves to be green." Mr. Wilhelmsaid the excess of labels made it difficult for businesses and consumers to know which labelsthey should pay attention to.46. What do the revised "Green Guides" require businesses to do?A) Manufacture as many green products as possible.B) Indicate whether their products are recyclable.C) Specify in what way their products are green.D) Attach green labels to all of their products.47. What does the author say about consumers facing an explosion of green claims?A) They can easily see through the businesses tricks.B) They have to spend lots of time choosing products.C) They have doubt about current green certification.D) They are not clear which products are truly green.48. What was SC Johnson accused of in the class-action lawsuits?A) It gave consumers the impression that all its products were truly green.B) It gave a third party the authority to label its products as environmentally friendly.C) It misled consumers to believe that its products had been certified by a third party.D) It sold cleaning products that were not included in the official "Greenlist".49. How did Christopher Beard defend his companys labeling practice?A) There were no clear guidelines concerning green labeling.B) His companys products had been well received by the public.C) It was in conformity to the prevailing practice in the market.D) No law required the involvement of a third party in certification.50. What does Kevin Wilhelm imply by saying "Its kind of a Wild West" (Line 3，Para. 11)?A) Businesses compete to produce green products.B) Each business acts its own way in green labeling.C) Consumers grow wild with products labeled green.D) Anything produced in the West can be labeled green.Passage TwoQuestions 51 to 55 are based on the following passage.Americas education system has become less a ladder of opportunity than a structure totransmit inequality from one generation to the next.Thats why school reform is so critical. This is an issue of equality, opportunity and nationalconscience. Its not just about education, but about poverty and justice.Its true that the main reason inner-city schools do poorly isnt teachers unions, but poverty. Southern states without strong teachers ，unions have schools at least as awful as those inunion states. Some Chicago teachers seem to think that they shouldnt be held accountableuntil poverty is solved. Therere steps we can take that would make some difference, andMayor Rahm Emanuel is trying some of them—yet the union is resisting.Id be sympathetic if the union focused solely on higher compensation. Teachers need to bemuch better paid to attract the best college graduates to the nations worst schools. But, instead, the Chicago union seems to be using its political capital primarily to protect weakperformers.Theres solid evidence that there are huge differences in the effectiveness of teachers. The goldstandard study by Harvard and Columbia University scholars found that even in high-povertyschools, teachers consistently had a huge positive or negative impact.Get a bottom 1% teacher, and the effect is the same as if a child misses 40% of the schoolyear. Get a teacher from the top 20%, and its as if a child has gone to school for an extramonth or two.The study found that strong teachers in the fourth through eighth grades raised the skills oftheir students in ways that wouldlast for decades. Just having a strong teacher for oneelementary year left pupils a bit less likely to become mothers as teenagers,a bit more likelyto go to college and earning more money at age28.How does one figure out who is a weak teacher? Yes, thats a challenge. But researchers areimproving systems to measure a teachers performance throughout the year, and, with threeyears of data, ifs usually possible to tell which teachers are failing.Unfortunately, the union in Chicago is insisting that teachers who are laid off—often for beingineffective—should get priority in new hiring. Thats an insult to students.Teaching is so important that it should be like other professions, with high pay and goodworking conditions but few job protections for bottom performers.This isnt a battle between garment workers and greedy bosses. The central figures in theChicago schools strike are neither strikers nor managers but 350,000 children. Protecting theunion demand sacrifices those students, in effect turning a blind eye to the injustice in theeducation system.51. What do we learn about Americas education system?A) It provides a ladder of opportunity for the wealthy.B) It contributes little to the elimination of inequality.C) It has remained basically unchanged for generations.D) It has brought up generations of responsible citizens.52. What is chiefly responsible for the undesirable performance of inner-city schools?A) Unqualified teachers. C) Unfavorable learning environment.B) Lack of financial resources. D) Subconscious racial discrimination.53. What does the author think the union should do to win popular support?A) Assist the city government in reforming schools. C) Demand higher pay for teachers.B) Give constructive advice to inner-city schools. D) Help teachers improve teaching.54. What is the finding of the gold standard study by Harvard and Columbia Universityscholars?A) Many inner-city school teachers are not equal to their jobs.B) A large proportion of inner-city children often miss classes.C) Many students are dissatisfied with their teachers.D) Student performance has a lot to do with teachers.55. Why does the author say the Chicago unions demand is an insult to students?A) It protects incompetent teachers at the expense of students.B) It underestimates students, ability to tell good teachers from poor ones.C) It makes students feel that they are discriminated against in many ways.D) It totally ignores students，initiative in the learning process.八、翻译Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to translate a passage from Chinese intoEnglish. You should write your answer on Answer Sheet 2.旗袍(qipao)是一种雅致的中国服装，源于中国的满族(Manchu Nationality)。

大学英语六级考试改错冲刺模拟题汇总大学英语六级考试改错冲刺模拟题（一）The European Union had approved a number of geneticallymodified crops until late 1998. But growing public concernover its supposed environmental and health risks led several 1.EU countries to demand a moratorium (暂时禁止) on importsof any new GM produce. By late 1999 there were enough suchcountry to block any new approvals of GM produce. 2.Last year, America filed a complaint at the WTO about themoratorium, arguing that it was an illegal trade barrierbecause there is no scientific base for it. 3.As more studies have been completed on the effectsof GM crops, the greens’case for them has weakened. 4.Much evidence has emerged of health risks from eating 5.them. And, overall, the studies have shown that theenvironmental effects on modified crops are not always 6.as serious as the greens claim. Nevertheless, environmentalistscontinue to find fault of such studies and argue that 7.they are inconclusive.While Americans seem happy enough to consume food madefrom GM crops, opinion polls continue to show that Europeanconsumers dislike the idea. Europeans seem be taking the attitude 8.which , since there remains the slightest possibility of adverse 9.consequences and since it is clear how they, as consumers, benefit 10.from GM crops, they would rather not run the risk.答案：1. its改为their;2. country改为countries;3. base 改为basis;4. for 改为against;5. much 改为little;6. on 改为of;7. of 改with;8. seem后面加to;9. which 改为that;10. clear 改为unclear或者前面加not.解析：1. 本题考查了大家识别代词所指的能力，its 指代genetically modified crops(为复数), 所以应该改成their；2. such country是指前面要求暂停进口转基因农产品的某些欧盟国家, 所以应该改成复数；3. 此处意为：因为没有科学根据支持暂停(进口), it 指the moratorium；base 基础, 基地, 根据地；basis (for) 基础, 基本, 根据; 科学根据只能说scientific basis, 有的同学把base 后面的for 改为on , 应该是受到了base on 这个短语的影响；4. the greens = the environmentalists 环保主义者。

英语六级改错模拟试题错误类型逻辑表达错误2.介词使用错误3.代词使用错误4.非谓语动词使用错误 5.主谓语前后不一致错误6.名词的使用错误7.冠词的使用错误8.词性使用错误9.句子结构的错误10.时态语态和语气的使用错误11.易混淆词的使用错误。

易混淆词的使用错误英语词汇中有很多词在拼写上、语义上很相似，如assure/ensure ，rise/arise/raise ，effect/affect ，但是它们的用法却迥然不同。

这些易混淆的词构成六级改错的一个重要错误类型，也是比较难的一种类型，这个需要考生在平时的学习过程中注意知识的积累，并多做些总结和归纳，从中找出一些规律。

例1His persistence was awarded when the car finally started.1.__________句中“ award ”是“颁发，授予(奖赏)”之义，而文中要表达的意思是“汽车终于启动了，那就是对他坚持不懈精神的回报”，应把award 改成reward .例2Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are prepared to put up with in the name of better health is a highly personal matter, not a decision we should remain to doctors 1.__________ alone.“ remain ”意为“保持，仍然”，是一个表示状态的动词，其用法和系动词“ be ”相似，后面所接成分一般是名词或形容词，作表语，而“ leave sth. to sb. ”意思是“把某物留给某人”。

本句很明显是“ leave…to… ”的句型，所以应该把remain 改为leave .例3Of course the press means more than newspaper. A vastamount of magazines are published, aimed at readers1.__________interested in all sorts of subjects.因为amount 表示数量时只与不可数名词连用，而本句中后面所接名词为“ magazines ”，是复数名词，应该使用表示复数形式的number ，故应该把amount 改为number .例4Today, flint has small importance as an industrial product.1.__________“small”用于表示人或物的体积尺寸，不能修饰抽象名词importance ，因此应把small 改为可以修饰不可数抽象名词的little .练习题1 Industry officials predicted that mobile communicationsservice will soon be comparative in many respects to the 1.__________ service provided by telephone that do not move.2 In today's society, “Smoking effects your health” has 2.__________become a warning which is known to almost every house hold.3 For his outstanding achievements in graduate teachinghe is held in big esteem by his students and colleagues. 3.__________4 Supersonic craft may disturb the upper atmosphere tosuch an extent that dangerous radiation from the sun mightreach the earth, with unimaginative effects on life there. 4.__________5 In the late nineteen century, farm work and life were not 5.__________much changed from what they had been in the old days.6 Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparedto put up with in the name o better health is a high personal 6.__________ matter, not a decision we should remain to doctors alone. 7.__________7 Whenever the subject of smoking and health is risen, 8.__________the governments of most countries hears no evil, see no eviland smell no evil.8 If I were to live my life over again, I would pay moreattention to the cultivation of the memory. I would strengthenthat faculty by every possible mean, and on every possible 9.__________ occasion.9 The government of most countries spending huge sum ofmoney for international defense. 10.__________答案解析：1. comparative→comparable.当仅仅表达“比较的，比较性的”意思，而没有涉及到具体的比较时，应该用第一个词，但是当设计到具体的两者之间的比较时，则应该使用comparable.此句属于第二种情况。

大学英语四六级考试改错专项训练题（1）Heavy falls of ash and rock fragments occurred over all of the inhabited parts of Montserrat. The ashfall deposit was 115 mm in thick at Lime Kiln Bay. The ash burdenresulted from the collapse of several wooden buildings inthe Salem area. Vegetation damage was extensively withMany birds were killed by the ash or trapped live in it.the close of several airports. At 09:10 on 13 July anexplosive eruption occurred, followed 2 hours of verylow seismic activity. The Washington V AAC estimated a cloud height of ~12 km a.s.l.During a helicopter reconnaissance flight in the morningValley was extensively modified also eroded with a deepcanyon gouged the pyroclastic flows. The fan had beencoast. The area the north of the Tar River Valley 1（2）Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilitiesto make life difficult. If a child has good parents, heis fed, looked after and loved, what he may do, It is 11. ____ improbable that he will ever again in his life be givenso much without having to do anything in turn. In addition, 12. ____life is always presenting new things to the child—thingsthat have lost their interesting for older people because 13. ____they are too well-known. A child finds pleasure in playingin the rain, or in the snow. [JP+2]His first visit to theseaside is a marvelous adventure. But a child has his pains:He is not so free to do as he wishes as he thinks old 14. ____people do; he is continually being told not to do things,or being punished for that he has done wrong. 15. ____His life is therefore not perfectly happy.16. ____When the young man starts to earn his own living, hebecomes free from the discipline of school and parents;but at the same time he is forced to accept responsibilities.He can not longer expect others to pay for his food, hisclothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to livecomfortable. If he spends most of his time playing about in 17. ____the way that he used to as a child, he will suffer hungry. 18. ____And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to breakthe laws of his parents, he may . If, therefore, 19. ____he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health,he can have the great happiness of seeing himself making 20. ____steady progress in his job and of building up for himselfhis own position in society.（3）Pronouncing a language is a skill. Every normal person isexpert in the skill of pronouncing his own language, and 21. ____few people are even moderately proficient at pronouncingforeign languages. Now there are many reasons about this, 22. ____some obvious, some perhaps not so obvious. But I suggestthat the fundamental reason why people in general do notspeak foreign languages very better than they do is that 23. ____they fail to grasp the true name of the problem of learningto pronounce, and consequently never set about tacklingit by the right way. Far too many people fail to realize 24. ____that pronounce a foreign language is a skill, one that 25.____needs careful training of a special kind, and one thatcannot be acquired by just leaving it to take care of himself. 26. ____I think even teachers of language, while recognizing theimportance of a good accent, tend to neglect, in their practicalteaching, the branch of study concerning with speaking the 27. ____language. So the first point I want to make is that Englishpronunciation must be taught; the teacher may be prepared to 28. ____devote some of the lesson time to this, and by his wholeattitude to the subject he should get the student to feelthat here is a matter worth of receiving his close attention. 29. ____So, there should be occasions where other , 30. ____such as grammar or spelling, are allowed for the moment totake a secondary place.（4）People often dream of living in a perfect place where noone would be poor, and everyone would be considerable of 31. ____ everyone else. Such a place, however, is very good to be true: 32. ____ such a place is nowhere, and that's what the word "Utopia"means. It is made up two Greek words meaning "not a place". 33. ____ The word was first used by Thomas More, a sixteen century 34. ____ English writer whose book Utopia, published in 1516,describing a perfect island country. More's idea for tale came 35. ____from Plato. Plato's The Republic described what would be aperfect state. Early legends told a perfect place existing 36. ____ somewhere in Atlantic. These legends were no longer believed 37. ____when the explorations of Americans began, but after More'stime they became common for there places 38. ____ Utopia, if is effected, would not suddenly make everything 39. ____perfect because people are of nature imperfect. 40. ____改错专项训练题参考答案（1）1. 去掉in。

Error Correction (15 minutes)Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if --71.you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book a present. You may even have entered the shopjust to find shelters away a sudden shower. --72. Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pickup a book with an attractive dust jacket is irresistible, even this method of selection ought --73. not to be followed, as you might end up with arather bored book. You soon become engrossed in --74. some book or other, and usually it is only muchlater that you realise you have spent far much --75.time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment -- without buying a book, of course.This opportunity to escape the realities ofeveryday life is, I think, the main attraction of a bookshop. There are not many places where it is impossible to do this. A music shop is very much --76. like a bookshop. You can wander round such placesto your heart's content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach to you with the inevitable --77. greeting: "Can I help you, Sir?" You needn't buy anything if you don't want. In a bookshop anassistant should remain the background until you --78. have finished browsing. Then, only then, are his services necessary. Of course, you may want tofind out where a particular section is, since when he --79. has led you there, the assistant should retire discreetly and look as he is not interested in --80. selling a single book.答案：71. if -- whether72. (away) from73. (even) although74. bored -- boring75. (far) too76. impossible -- possible77. /78. (remain) in79. since -- but80. (as) if∙Error Correction (15 minutes)The key to being a winner is to have desireand a goal from which you refuse to be deterred (被吓住).That desire fuels your dreams and thespecial goal keeps you focusing. --71.Deeply down we all have a hope that our --72.destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyonetalks about a good game, but the winner goes outand do something. To win, there has to be movement --73.and physical action. Attitudes and persistence canhelp us become who we want to be. --74.Competition is the best motivator. Because --75.many people use competition as an excuse for notdoing something, those who really want to success --76.see competition as an opportunity, and they'rewilling to do the tough work necessarily to win. --77.Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatestdeterrent to taking risk. People worry so much --78.about failing that their fear paralyzes them,drained the energy they might otherwise be using to --79.grow.You can cultivate self-respect by developing acommitment to your own talents. It may benecessary to do the thing you fear the most inorder to put that fear in rest, so that it can no --80.longer control you.答案：71. focused72. Deep73. does74. what75. While/Although76. succeed77. necessary78. risks79. draining80. to∙Error Correction (15 minutes)Changes in the way people live bring about changes in thejobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and citiesinstead on farms and in villages. Cities and states have to provide --71.services city people want, such like more police protection, more --72.hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen,more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology has also changed people's lives. --73.Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once doneby the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances --74.means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running --75.properly.People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads --76.changes in the way of life. As income goes down, people may not --77.want more food to eat or more clothes to wear. But they maywant more and better care from doctors, dentists and hospitals.They are likely to travel more and to want more educationNevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. --78.The government also affects the kind of works people do. --79.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of moneyfor international defense. They hire thousands of engineers, --80.scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the manydifferent aspects of defense.答案：71. (instead) on --- of72. like --- as73. has --- have74. the --- /75. it --- them76. leads --- causes77. down --- up78. Nevertheless --- Therefore79. works --- work/job/jobs80. international --- nationalTraditionally, the American farmer has always beenindependent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmerswere quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almostnothing it needed. The surplus crop would be sold to buy a new --71.items in the local general store.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to --72.the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still inthe country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life --73.were not much changed from that they had been in old days. The --74.farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with --75.his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, --76.spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done --77.in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the onlyimprovement on the candle. The family's recreation and social lifechiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78.village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighborswho had also come to town.The children attended a small elementary school (often ofjust one room) to that they had to walk every day, possibly for a --79.few miles. The school term was short so that the children couldnot help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life --80.was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.答案：71. nothing --- everything72. because --- although73. nineteen --- nineteenth74. that --- what75. aroused --- rose/got up76. like --- as77. complicated --- simple78. consisted后加of79. that --- which80. and --- /。

The day before the speech contest (比赛) English teacher1. _______ talked to me. She said that she and my schoolmate all 2. _______wished me success, but it didn’t matter that I would 3. _______win or not. When I was on the stage the next day, I felt 4. _______so nervous as I shook like a leaf. There were so many 5. _______people present! Suddenly, I caught a sight of my English 6. _______ teacher in the crowd. She was smiling but nodding at 7. _______me. I remembered her words and calm down. 8. _______I did a good job and won the first prize.Now my picture and the prize is hanging in the library.9. _______Whenever I see them I will often think of my English teacher. 10. ______ 答案及解析1. teacher 前加 my。

根据下行 She said that she and my schoolmate all wished me success，可判断 English teacher 应是特指。

2. schoolmate 改为 schoolmates。

17年英语六级考试真题模拟预测练习题17年英语六级考试真题模拟预测练习题现在，我怕的并不是那艰苦严峻的.生活，而是不能再学习和认识我迫切想了解的世界。

对我来说，不学习，毋宁死。

以下是店铺为大家搜索整理的17年英语六级考试真题模拟预测练习题，希望能给大家带来帮助!想了解Passage ThreeQuestions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage:When imaginative men turn their eyes towards space and wonder whether life exist in any part of it, they may cheer themselves by remembering that life need not resemble closely the life that exists on Earth. Mars looks like the only planet where life like ours could exist, and even this is doubtful. But there may be other kinds of life based on other kinds of chemistry, and they may multiply on Venus or Jupiter. At least we cannot prove at present that they do not.Even more interesting is the possibility that life on their planets may be in a more advanced stage of evolution. Present-day man is in a peculiar and probably temporary stage. His individual units retain a strong sense of personality. They are, in fact, still capable under favorable circumstances of leading individual lives. But man's societies are already sufficiently developed to have enormously more power and effectiveness than the individuals have.It is not likely that this transitional situation will continue very long on the evolutionary time scale. Fifty thousand years from now man's societies may have become so close-knit that the individuals retain no sense of separate personality. Then little distinction will remain between the organic parts of the multipleorganism and the inorganic parts (machines) that have been constructed by it. A million years further on man and his machines may have merged as closely as the muscles of the human body and the nerve cells that set them in motion.The explorers of space should be prepared for some such situation. If they arrive on a foreign planet that has reached an advanced stage (and this is by no means impossible), they may find it being inhabited by a single large organism composed of many closely cooperating units.The units may be “secondary” —machines created millions of years ago by a previous form of life and given the will and ability to survive and reproduce. They may be built entirely of metals and other durable materials. If this is the case, they may be much more tolerant of their environment, multiplying under conditions that would destroy immediately any organism made of carbon compounds and dependent on the familiar carbon cycle.Such creatures might be relics(遗物) of a past age, many millions of years ago, when their planet was favorable to the origin of life, or they might be immigrants from a favored planet.31. What does the word “cheer” (Line 2, Para. 1) imply?A) Imaginative men are sure of success in finding life on other planets.B) Imaginative men are delighted to find life on other planets.C) Imaginative men are happy to find a different kind of life existing on other planets.D) Imaginative men can be pleased with the idea that there might exist different forms of life on other planets.32. Humans on Earth today are characterized by .A) their existence as free and separate beingsB) their capability of living under favorable conditionsC) their great power and effectivenessD) their strong desire for living in a close-knit society33. According to this passage, some people believe that eventually .A) human societies will be much more cooperativeB) man will live in a highly organized worldC) machines will replace manD) living beings will disappear from Earth34. Even most imaginative people have to admit that .A) human societies are as advanced as those on some other planetsB) planets other than Earth are not suitable for life like ours to stayC) it is difficult to distinguish between organic parts and inorganic parts of the human bodyD) organism are more creative than machines35. It seems that the writer .A) is interested in the imaginary life formsB) is eager to find a different form of lifeC) is certain of the existence of a new life formD) is critical of the imaginative peoplePassage FourQuestions 36 to 40 are based on the following passage:The American baby boom after the war made unconvincing U.S. advice to poor countries that they restrain their births. However, there has hardly been a year since 1957 in which birth rates have not fallen in the United States and other rich countries, and in 1976 the fall was especially sharp. Both East Germany and West Germany have fewer births than they have deaths, and theUnited States is only temporarily able to avoid this condition because the children of the baby boom are now an exceptionally large group of married couples.It is true that Americans do not typically plan their births to set an example for developing nations. We are more affected by women's liberation: once women see interesting and well-paid jobs and careers available, they are less willing to provide free labor for child raising. From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive. And to the high cost of children are added the uncertainties introduced by divorce; couples are increasingly unwilling to subject children to the terrible experience of marital (婚姻的) breakdown and themselves to the difficulty of raising a child alone.These circumstances — women working outside the home and the instability of marriage — tend to spread with industrial society and they will affect more and more countries during the remainder of this century. Along with them goes social mobility, ambition to rise in the urban world, a main factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the nineteenth century.Food shortage will happen again when the reserves resulting from the good harvests of 1976 and 1977 have been consumed. Urbanization is likely to continue, with the cities of the developing nations struggling under the weight of twice their present populations by the year 2000. The presently rich countries are approaching a stable population largely because of the changed place of women, and they incidentally are setting an example of restraint to the rest of the world. Industrial society will spread to the poor countries, and aspirations (渴望) will exceed resources. All this will lead to a population in the twenty-first century that is smaller than was feared a few years ago. For thoseanxious to see world population brought under control the news is encouraging.36. During the years from 1957 to 1976, the birth rate of the United States .A) increasedB) was reducedC) experienced both falls and risesD) remained stable37. What influences the birth rate most in the United States is .A) highly paid jobsB) women's desire for independenceC) expenses of child raisingD) high divorce rate38. The sentence “From costing nothing, children suddenly come to seem impossibly expensive.” (Line 4, Para. 2) implies that .A) food and clothing for babies are becoming incredibly expensiveB) prices are going up dramatically all the timeC) to raise children women have to give up interesting and well-paid jobsD) social development has made child-raising inexpensive39. A chief factor in bringing down the births in Europe in the 19th century is .A) birth controlB) the desire to seek fortune in citiesC) the instability of marriageD) the changed place of women40. The population in the 21st century, according to thewriter, .A) will be smaller than a few years agoB) will not be as small as people expectC) will prove to be a threat to the worldD) will not constitute as serious a problem as expected。

大学英语六级短文改错习题I used to love science class—all of them—1. _______biology, chemistry ,geography, physics. I think I 2. _______liked those classes because I felt that it helped me 3. _______understand what the world works. For example, when4. _______I was a child , the rain was a mystery (奥秘). In one5. _______class, I learned it rained. I think science classes 6. _______clear up mysteries. But then there is always more 7. _______mysteries look into. What was my least favorite class? 8. _______That was maths. After learn the basics of the subject, 9. _______nothing else seemed very practically to me . I never 10.______saw how I could use it in my daily life.答案及解析1. class 改为 classes。

class 为可数名词，根据下文，这里 class 为复数，故改为 classes。

2. 此行无错。

3. it 改为 they。

这里指代上文的 those classes。

4. what 改为 how。

work 此处为不及物动词，不可用连接代词 what 作宾语，只可用连接副词 how 作状语。