英语六级考试短文改错冲刺训练(14)

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        　　Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of
        　　hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer __1__
        　　is revealed as a member of a disguised hunting pack. His
        　　killing weapon has turned into a harmless football and his prey
        　　into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate and he scores a goal, ___2___
        　　enjoys the hunter’s triumph of killing his prey. ___3___
        　　To understand how this transformation has taken place we
        　　must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a ___4___
        　　million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival ___5___
        　　depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure
        　　their whole way of life, even if their bodies, became radicaily ___6___
        　　changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers,
        　　throwers and prey-killers. They cooperate as skillful male-group ___7___
        　　attackers.
        　　Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely ___8___
        　　long formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers.
        　　Their improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life,
        　　were put to a new use―that of penning (把……关在圈中), ___9___
        　　controlling and domesticating their prey. The food was there on
        　　the farms, awaiting their needs. The risks and uncertainties of
        　　farming were no longer essential for survival. ___10___
        　　参考答案及解析：
        　　1. Viewing -> viewed
        　　本句的主语the modern footballer也就是view的逻辑主语，两者之间为被动关系。
        　　2. inaccurate -> accurate
        　　根据上下文，显然inaccurate使句意前后矛盾，若目标不正确，就不可能score a goal。故应该把inaccurate改为accurate。
        　　3. enjoys前加he
        　　这是由一个条件状语从句引导的复合句。但主句只有谓语动词enjoys，缺少主语，因此要步上主语。根据从句的his aim可推断应该加上主语he。
        　　4. up -> / 或 back
        　　表示“看，了解一下”时，只能用look at。
        　　5. year -> years
        　　6. if -> /
        　　even if 表示“即使”，后接分句。本句的大意是说压力让人们发生了变化，一是生活方式，二是身体。此处只能用even“甚至”来引导their bodies，表示递进。
        　　7. cooperate -> cooperated
        　　事情是our ancient ancestors在过去所从事的，所以要用一般过去时。
        　　8. when -> after
        　　this immensely long formative period of hunting for food是名词短语，when 后面不能接名词及其短语作时间状语，故when使用不当，根据句子的意思应该改为after。
        　　9.were -> was
        　　本句的主语是 Their improved intelligence，intelligence表示“智力，智能”时是不可数名词，谓语动词要用单数。
        　　10. farming -> hunting
        　　根据上下文，这里说的是狩猎。