英语六级写作8： 改错
Passage 2
Until the very latest moment of his existence, man
has been bound to the planet on which be originated and
developed. Now he had the capability to leave that planet 1. __had改has__
and move out into the universe to those worlds which he
had known previously only directly. Men have explored 2.__directly改indirectly__
parts of the moon. put spaceships in orbit around another
planet and possibly within the decade will land into anoth- 3.__ into改on__
er planet and explore it. Can we be too bold as to sug- 4.__too改so__
gest that we may be able to colonize other planet 5. __planet改planets__
within the not-too-distant future? Some have advocat-
ed such a procedure as a solution to the population
problem: ship the excess people off to the moon. But
we must keep in head the billions of dollars we might 6.__head改mind__
spend in carrying out the project. To maintain the
earth's population at its present level, we would
have to blast off into space 7,500 people every hour of
every day of the year.
Why are we spending so little money on space 7. __little改much__
exploration? Consider the great need for improving 8.__ Consider改Considering__
many aspects of the global environment, one is surely
justified in his concern for the money and resources
that they are poured into the space exploration ef- 9. they去掉
forts. But perhaps we should look at both sides of the
coin before arriving hasty conclusions. 10. arriving改arriving at/reaching
Passage 3
Most people work to earn a living and they
Produce goods and services. Goods are either
agricultural (like maize) or manufactured (like
cars). Services are such things like education, 1. like 改as
medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2. These改Some
goods; some provide services. Other people provide
both goods or services. For example, in the same 3. or改and
garage a man may buy a car or some service which
helps him maintain his car.
The work people do is called as economic 4. as去掉
activity. All economic activities taken together make
up the economic system of town, a city, a country,
or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5. economic 之前加an
of what people do and what they want. The work
people do either provides what they need or provides
the money with that they can buy essential 6.that改which
commodities. Of course, most people hope to have
enough money to buy commodities and services which
are essential but which provide some particular 7.essential 改 nonessential
personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8. visits之后加to
the cinema, and books.
The science of economist is basis upon the facts 9. basis改based
of our everyday lives. Economists study our everyday
lives and the general life of our communities in order
to understand the whole economic system of which we
are a part. They try to describe the facts of the
economy in which we live, and to explain how it
works. The economist methods should of course be 10. economist改economists’
strictly objective and scientific.
Passage 4
British people don't drink as many tea as they 1. many 改much
used to, but Great Britain still takes almost twenty-
five per cent of all world exports of the commodity.
The world largest producers of tea are India, China 2. world改world's
and the Sri Lanka. 3. the去掉
The quantity of tea is affected by the climate, 4. quantity改quality
by the latitude at which it is grown and also by
that part of the tea bush is plucked. In fact, as 5.that改 which
Dominic Beddard, a tea taster, tells us, favour can 6. favour改flavour
even depend on which day the leaf is plucked:
"There are very considerable differences between teas
from the same estate made on different day," he says. 7. day改days
Processing tea is a complicated procedure. After
the green leaf has been plucked, it is processed in a
factory. Quickly and carefully, the tea is reduced to 8. Quickly改slowly
a small brittle particle, which is then dried and looks
like the tea you see in a packet. The tea companies
then rely on tasters as Donimic to value the tea. This 9. tasters 之前加such
has to be done on a day-to-day basis because of
fluctuations in quality. Having to taste up to six
hundred cups of tea a day certainly causes Dominic's 10. causes改makes
job an unusual one!
take = account for
9题或者把as改成like
cause sb. to do
make sb sth 不是双宾语，而是宾语和补语
Passage 5
Parents can be supportive of suspicions. They
can be helpful to the teacher, or are in need of help 1. are 改be
themselves. Sometimes, I think parents are too hard
to their children. I have seen many parents of this 2. to改on
kind. I often have the problem of parents coming in
and telling me what they really treat their kids. They 3. what改how
tell me that they usually stand over their kinds when
they do their homework. They check their work and
make big fuss over the grades. They criticize the kids 4. big 之前加"a"
over everything having to do with school. My
response usually is: "well, you know, he is really a
good kid. He is fine in my class. Maybe you should
not be too strict with them." 5. them改him
We want parents to realize the fact that teachers
are professors at working with children. They have 6. professors 改professional
observed many children and many parents. Because
of this, and because of their specialized training,
teachers can be realistic about children. Teachers
know whether parents want their children to do well 7. whether改that
and to behave well. But teachers know less what 8. less 改better
children should be able to do at different ages and
stages. They don't expect the 8-year-olds to do the
work that can only be done by the 12-year-olds.
Parents, in the contrary, often expect their children 9. in改on
to do what is usually beyond their age and ability.
Obviously, this may make great harm to the 10.make改 do
children's development.
stand over 密切监视某人
what 后面必须缺少主语或者宾语
make a big fuss 大惊小怪
Passage 6
Thus you experience success as you complete
each chapter. While you have completed the overall 5. have改haven’t
goal, you know you have progressed toward it.
Passage 7
although the tremendous amounts of money, time 3. although 改despite
and energy giving over to oral health.
Although 后面必须接句子
Critics, on the other hand, slam the profession.
It can be conservatively estimated that at least
15 percent of United States dentists are
incompetent, honest, or both, says a former 10. honest改dishonest
Passage 8
All these tokens of success are in a sense merely bribes
provided by another person. Therefore, they can be 10. Therefore改However\But
effective and useful.
in a sense 某种意义上
Passage 9
It is not just in academy that children are been pushed 4. been 改being
too far and too fast. Some parents start their preschool
We need to abandon the false notions that we can
create exceptional children by early instruction and
such children are symbols of our competence as 8. such 之前加"that"
parents.
