英语六级短文改错20篇(共10页)

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上第一篇： 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. Whethe

2、r women who have started a career.will 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 -75to work part time, will slow its raises and promotions. becaus

3、e 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 -78happened. Many men, for example, have committed their -79. lives to teaching careers, yet relative few have become

4、-80. principals or headmasters.答案：71. from fact - from the fact72. recently - frequently. 73. 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,

5、 if -71. you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book apresent. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelters away a sudden shower. 72.Whatever the reasons, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket is irres

6、istible, even this method of selection ought -73. not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather bored book. You soon become engrossed in -74. some book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far much -75. time there and must dash off to keep some forgotte

7、n appointment - without buying a book, of course. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday 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

8、your hearts content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach to you with the inevitable -77. greeting: Can I help you, Sir? You neednt buyanything if you dont want. In a bookshop anassistant should remain the background until you -78. have finished browsing. Then, only then, are hisservices

9、 necessary. Of course, you may want to.find 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) too7

10、6. 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 the special goal keeps you focusing. -71. Deeply down we all hav

11、e a hope that our -72. destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyone talks about a good game, but the winner goes out and do something. To win, there has to be movement -73. and physical action. Attitudes and persistence can help us become who we want to be. -74. Competition is the best motivat

12、or. Because -75. many people use competition as an excuse for not doing something, those who really want to success -76. see competition as an opportunity, and theyre willing to do the tough work necessarily to win. -77. Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatest deterrent to taking risk. People

13、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 be necessary to do the thing you fear the most in order to put that fear in rest, so t

14、hat it can no -80. longer control you.答案：71. focused 72. Deep 73. does 74. what 75. While/Although 76. succeed 77. necessary 78. risks 79. draining 80. to 第四篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and more people live in towns

15、 and cities instead 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

16、 has also changed peoples lives. -73. Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done by 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 -

17、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 may want 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 t

18、hese services. -78.The government also affects the kind of works people do. -79.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of money for international defense. They hire thousands of engineers, -80.scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the many different aspects of defense.答案：

19、71. (instead) on - of72. like - as73. has - have 74. the - /75. it - them76. leads - causes77. down - up78. Nevertheless - Therefore79. works - work/job/jobs 80. international - national第五篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Traditionally, the American farmer has always been independent and hard-working.

20、 In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almost nothing 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 A

21、merican population was still in the 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.sp

22、ades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done -77.in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvement on the candle. The familys recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or -78.village to transact some business as

23、 well as to chat with neighbors who had also come to town.The children attended a small elementary school (often of just 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 could not help on the farm. Although the whole family wo

24、rked, and life -80.was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.答案：71. nothing - everything 72. because - although73. nineteen - nineteenth 74. that - what75. aroused - rose/got up76. like - as77. complicated - simple78. consisted后加 of79. that - which80. and - /第六篇： Error Corre

25、ction (15 minutes)Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car,flying, swallowing an aspirin table or eating a chicken sandwich-they can all be fatal.Clearly some risks worth taking, especially when the -61.rewards high: a man surrounded by flames and smoke generally considers that jumping out

26、of a second-floor window 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 be sound medicine reasons are totally dependent -64.in the balance of risks and benefits for the -65.patients.Surgery

27、for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the removal of tonsils(扁桃体） cannot save anything a -66.sore throat. Blood pressure drugs definitely help some people live after a heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and harmful for those with only -67.mild blood pressure problems. Deci

28、ding 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 his 63. a few few64. medicine medical65. in on 或 upon66. anything a but 或 except67. nec

29、essary unnecessary 68. preparing prepared 或 ready 或 willing 69. high highly70. remain leave 第七篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)A good way to get information for essays and reports is to interview people who are experts in -71. your topic or whose opinions may be interesting.Interviews are also a good

30、 way to get a sampling ofpeoples opinions on various questions. Here are some 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 so tha

31、t 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 important information that was never occu

32、rred to you, or one -76. question may suggest another very useful one.4. If you dont understand something the interviewee 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 mo

33、ment,especially if the point is important. A tape recorder 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 - on7

34、2. the (most) 73. cancel - make 74. interviewer - interviewee 75. in - on 76. 去掉was 77. (say) so 78. slowly - fast 79. Therefore - However 80. clarified - clarifying 第八篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say that humans will be living in space within the next hundred or

35、so years. Planet Earth will be crowded,irty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus -71. of mankind will begin. Spaceships will be assembled so that they revolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced by space buses. We saw the first space bus launch in -

36、72. April 1981. This was Columbia, it made several -73. orbits around the earth and then returned, landing on a huge dry lake bed in California. Columbia will be used again. Previous spaceships have been abandoned, only the nose cone being used to bring the crews back to earth. -74.Upon established,

37、 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 of new materials. Driving through sp

38、ace will no -78.longer need Earth fuel- the energy would come from 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, who knows about what the future holds?答案：71. lack-

39、short 72. launch-launched 73. it-which 74. crews-crew 75. upon-once 76. rotation-rotate 77. inwards-outwards 78. will-would 79. from-into 80. fantastically-fantastic第九篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say that humans will be living in space within the next hundred or s

40、o 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 they revolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced by space buses. We saw the first space bus launch

41、 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. Columbiawill be used again. previous spaceships have been abandoned, only the nose cone being used to bring the crews back to earth. -74.Upon established

42、, 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 of new materials. Driving throu

43、gh space will no -78.longer need Earth fuel-the energy would come from 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, who knows about what the future holds?答案：71. sor

44、t - short72. launch launched 73. it - which74. crews - crew75. Upon - Once76. rotation - rotate77. inward outwards 78. will - would79. from - into80. fantastically - fantastic第十篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)People often dream of living in a perfect place where no one would be poor, and everyone wo

45、uld be considerable of -71.everyone else. Such a place, however, is very good to be true: -72.such a place is nowhere, and thats 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

46、Utopia, published in 1516, describing a perfect island country. Mores idea for tale came -75. from Plato. Platos The Republic described what would be a perfect state. Early legends told a perfect place existing -76.somewhere in Atlantic. These legends were no longer believed -77.when the exploration

47、s of Americans began, but after Mores time 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 considerate 72. very too 73. made up made up of 74. sixteen si

48、xteenth 75. describing described 76. told told of/about 77. Atlantic the Atlantic 78. they it 79. is effected effected 或 it is effected 80. of nature by nature第十一篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)More people die of tuberculosis(结核病)than of any other disease caused by a single agent. This has probably

49、been the case in quite a while. During the -71.early stages of the industrial revolution. Perhaps one in every seventh -72.deaths in Europes crowded cities were caused by the disease. From -73.now on, Though, western eyes, missing the global picture, saw the trouble going -74.into decline. With occa

50、sional breaks for war, the rates of death and infection in the Europe and America dropped steadily through the 19th and -75.20th centuries. In the 1950s,the introduction of antibiotics(抗菌素) strengthened the trend in rich countries, and the antibiotics were allowed to be imported to poor countries. M

51、edical researchers declared victory and -76.withdrew. They are wrong. In the mid-1980s the frequency of infections and deaths -77.started to pick up again around the world. Where tuberculosis vanished, it -78.came back; in many places where it had never been away, it grew better. The -79.World Healt

52、h Organization estimates that 1.7 billion people (a third of the earths population) suffer from tuberculosis. Even when the infection rate was falling, population growth kept the number of clinical cases more or less constantly at 8 million a year. Around 3 million of those people -80.died, nearly a

53、ll of them in poor countries. 答案：71. infor 72. seventhseven 73. werewas 74. nowthen 75. 去掉Europe前的the 76. importedexported 77. arewere 78. tuberculosisvanishedhad 79. betterworse 80. constantlyconstant第十二篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Most studies suggest that when women and men do the same job and

54、 have the experience, pay rates tend to be similar. 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 career will attain pay equality with men rest on at least two factors. -73. First,

55、 will most of them continue part time at their jobs after -74. they have children? A break in its employment, or a decision -75. to work part time, will slow its raises and promotions because it would for men. Second, will male-dominated -76. companies elevate women to higher-paid jobs at the differ

56、ent -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 fact 72. recently - frequently 73. rest - rests

57、74. part - full 75. its - their 76. because - as 77. different - same 78. On - In 79. men - women 80. relative - relatively第十三篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)When you start talking about good and bad manners you immediately start meeting difficulties. Many people just cannot agree what they mean. We

58、 asked a lady, who replied that she thought you could tell a well-mannered person on the way they -61.occupied the space around them-for example, when such a person walks down a street he or she is constantly unaware of -62.others. Such people never bump into other people. However, a second person thought that this was more a question of civilized behavior a