大学英语六级改错题12篇

大学英语六级改错题12篇

Passage 1

Error 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/period

Many of the arguments having used for the study of

literature

2. ／

___________

as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3.

the___________ One major decision which faces the American student

ready to

begin higher education is the choice of attending a large

university or a small college. The large university provides

a

wide range of specialized departments, as well numerous 71.

__________

courses within such departments. The small college, therefore, 72.

__________

generally provides a limited number of courses and

specializations 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 its

students to many different culture, social and out-of-class 76.

__________ programmes. On the other hand, the smaller, more

homogeneous(同性质的) student body of the big college 77.

__________

affords greater opportunities in such activities. Finally, the

university closely approximates the real world and which 78.

__________ provides a relaxed, impersonal, and sometimes anonymous

(隐姓埋名的) existence, on the contrast, the intimate 79.

__________

atmosphere of the small college allows the student four years of

structural living in which to expect and preparing for the real 80.

__________

world. In making his choice among educational institutions

the

student must, there fore, consider a great many factors.

71. (well) → (well) as 72. therefore → however

73. offer → offers 74. permit → permitting

75. in → of 76. culture → cultural

77. big → small 78. and → / 或and → which, this

79. contrast → contrary 80. preparing → prepare

Passage 2

Thomas Malthus published his "Essay on the Principle

of 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's

demand 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 risen

steadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble S3. _____ spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of

good harvests, the world's food crisis has remained just S4. _____ around the corner. Most experts believe this can continue

even as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, S5. _____ although feeding I0 billion people will not be easy for

politics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists S6. _____ point to concrete examples of continued improvements

in yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, more S7. _____ fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more than

double 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 plant

breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding

crop, but most researchers see their success to date as reason S10. _____ for hope.

S1. being→been S2. their→its

S3. relative→relatively S4. good→bad

S5. as→去掉S6. politics→political

S7. by→for S8. double→doubled

S9. few→more S10. reason→the reason

Passage 3

The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper

firm that

has recognized the need for change and done