2013年12月英语六级改错练习（9）

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Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting
　　behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a S1.________
　　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 S2.________
　　and he scores a goal, enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey. S3._________
　　To understand how this transformation has taken place we
　　must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a S4.________
　　million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival S5._______
　　depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole
　　way of life, even if their bodies, became radically changed. They became S6.________
　　chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers.
　　They co-operate as skillful male-group attackers. S7.________
　　Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long S8.________
　　formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their
　　improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new S9._______
　　use-that of penning ( 把……关在圈中), 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. S10._______
　　参考答案：
　　S1. Viewing→Viewed
　　S2. inaccurate→accurate
　　S3. (,)∧(enjoys)→he
　　S4. up→/
　　S5. year→years
　　S6. if→/
　　S7. co-operate→co-operated
　　S8. when→after
　　S9. were→was
　　S10.farming→hunting