历年六级短文改错真题

2005年12月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

EveryweekhundredsofCVs(简历)landonourdesks.

We'veseenitall:CVsprintedonpinkpaper,CVsthatare10

pageslongandCVswithsillymistakesinfirstparagraph.ASI

goodCVisyourpassporttoaninterviewand,ultimate,toS2

thejobyouwantInitialimpressionsarevital,andabadlypresentedCV

couldmeanacceptance,regardlessofwhat'sinit.S3

Hereareafewwaystoavoidenclupontherejectpile.S4

PrintyourCVongood-qualitywhitepaper.

CVswithflowerybackgroundsorpinkpaperwill

standoutuponallthewrongreasonsS5

Getsomeonetocheckforspellingandgrammatical

errors,becauseaspell-checkerwillpickupeveryS6

mistake.CVswitherrorswillberejected-itshows

thatyoudon'tpayattentiontodetail.

Restrictyourselftooneortwopages,and

listinganypublicationsorrefereesonaseparatesheet.S7

IfyouaresendingyourCVelectronically,checkthe

formattingbysendingittoyourselffirst,keepupS8

theformatsimple.

Donotsendaphotounlessspecificallyrequested.If

youhavetosendon,makesureitisonetakinginaS9

professionalsetting,ratherthanaholidaysnap.

Gettingthepresentationrightisjustthefirststep.What

aboutthecontent?TheRulehereistokeepitfactualand

Truthful-exaggerationsusuallygetfindout.AndrememberS10

totailoryourCVtoeachdifferentjob.

2005年12月24日英语六级考试短文改错答案

SI.infirst：inthefirst

S2.ultimate：ultimately

S3,acceptance：unacceptance

S4.avoidend：ending

S5.standout：upon

S6.pickup：pickout

S7.listing：list

S8.keepup：keep

S9.taking：taken

2005年1月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

TheWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)saysitsten-year

campaigntoremoveleprosy(麻风病)asaworldhealth

problemhasbeensuccessful.DoctorBrundtland,headofthe

WHO,saysanumberofleprosycasesaroundtheworldhasS1.

beencutofninetypercentduringthepasttenyears.ShesaysS2.

effortsarecontinuingtocompleteendthedisease.S3.

Leprosyiscausedbybacteriaspreadthroughliquidfrom

thenoseandmouth.ThediseasemainlyeffectstheskinandS4.

nerves.However,ifleprosyisnottreateditcancausepermanent

damagefortheskin,nerves,eyes,armsorlegs.S5.

In1999,aninternationalcampaignbegantoendleprosy.

TheWHO,governmentsofcountriesmostaffectedbythe

disease,andseveralothergroupsarepartofthecampaign.

Thisallianceguaranteesthatallleprosypatients,eventheyS6..

arepoor,havearighttothemostmoderntreatment.

DoctorBrundtlandsaysleprosyisnolongeradisease

thatrequireslife-longtreatmentsbymedicalexperts.Instead,

patientscantakethatiscalledamulti-drugtherapy.ThisS7.

modemtreatmentwillcureleprosyin6to12months,

dependontheformofthedisease.ThetreatmentcombinesS8.

severaldrugstakendailyoronceamonth.TheWHOhas

givenmulti-drugtherapytopatientsfreelyforthelastfiveS9.

years.Themembersoftheallianceagainstleprosyplanto

targetthecountrieswhichstillthreatenedbyleprosy.AmongS10..

theestimated600,000victimsaroundtheworld,theWHO

believesabout70%areinIndia.Thediseasealsoremainsa

probleminAfricaandSouthAmerica.

2005年1月大学英语六级短文改错答案

SI.a：the

S2.of：by

S3,complete：completely

S4.effects：affects

S5.for：to

S6.even：evenif/eventhough

S7.that：what

S8.depend：depending

S9.freely：free

S10.which：whichare

2004年6月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

Culturereferstothesocialheritageofapeople-thelearned

patternsforthinking,feelingandactingthatcharacterizea

populationorsociety,includetheexpressionofthesepattersinSI.

materialthings.Cultureiscomposeofnonmaterialculture-S2.

abstractcreationslikevalues,beliefs,customsandinstitutional

arrangements-andmaterialculture-physicalobjectlikeS3.

cookingpots,computersandbathtubs.Insum,culturereflects

boththeideasweshareoreverythingwemake.InordinaryS4.

speech,apersonofcultureistheindividualcanspeakanotherS5.

language-thepersonwhoisunfamiliarwiththearts,music,S6.

literature,philosophy,orhistory.Buttosociologists,tobe

humanistobecultured,becauseofcultureisthecommonworldS7.

ofexperiencewesharewithothermembersofourgroup.

Cultureisessentiallytoourhumanness.ItprovidesakindS8.

ofmapforrelatingtoothers.Considerhowyoufieelyourway

aboutsociallife.Howdoyouknowhowtoactinaclassroom,

oradepartmentstore,ortowardapersonwhosmilesorlaughS9.

atyou?Yourculturesuppliesyoubybroad,standardized,S10.

ready-madeanswersfordealingwitheachofthesesituations.

Therefore,ifweknowaperson*sculture,wecanunderstand

andevenpredictagooddealofhisbehavior.

2004年6月大学英语六级短文改错及参考答案

1.include：including

2.compose：composed

3.object：objects

4.or：and

5.individual后+who

6.unfamiliar：familiar

7.of去掠

8.essentially：essential

9.laugh：laughs

10.by：with

2004年1月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

ThomasMalthuspublishedhis"EssayonthePrinciple

ofPopulation"almost200yearsago.Eversincethen,

forecastershavebeingwarningthatworldwidefaminewasSI

justaroundthenextcorner.Thefast-growingpopulation's

demandforfood,theywarned,wouldsoonexceedtheirS2

supply,leadingtowidespreadfoodshortagesandstarvation.

Butinreality,theworld'stotalgrainharvesthasrisen

steadilyovertheyears.ExceptforrelativeisolatedtroubleS3

spotslikepresent-daySomalia,andoccasionalyearsof

goodharvests,theworld'sfoodcrisishasremainedjustS4

aroundthecorner.Mostexpertsbelievethiscancontinue

evenasifthepopulationdoublesbythemid-21stcentury,S5

althoughfeeding10billionpeoplewillnotbeeasyfor

politics,economicandenvironmentalreasons.OptimistsS6

pointtoconcreteexamplesofcontinuedimprovements

inyield.InAfrica,byinstance,improvedseed,moreS7

fertilizerandadvancedgrowingpracticeshavemorethan

doublecomandwheatyieldsinanexperiment.Elsewhere,S8

riceexpertsinthePhilippinesareproducingaplantwithfewS9

stemsandmoreseeds.Thereisnoguaranteethatplant

breederscancontinuetodevelopnew,higher-yielding

crop,butmostresearchersseetheirsuccesstodateasreasonS10

forhope.

2004年1月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

SI.being-been

S2.their-its

S3,relativerelatively

S4.good--poor/bad/scanty

S5.as一/

S6.politics-political

S7.by-for

S8.doubledoubled

S9.few--fewer

S10.reason——areason

2003年9月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

"Home,sweethome,'isaphrasethatexpressesan

essentialattitudeintheUnitedStates.Whetherthereality

oflifeinthefamilyhouseissweetornosweet,theSI.________

cherishedidealofhomehasgreatimportanceformany

people.

ThisidealisavitalpartoftheAmericandream.This

dream,dramatizedinthehistoryofnineteenth-century

EuropeansettlersoftheAmericanWest,wasinfind

apieceofplace,buildahouseforone*sfamily,andS2.________

startedafarm.ThesesmallhouseholdswereportraitsofS3.________

independence:theentirefamily-mother,father,children,

evengrandparents—liveinasmallhouseandworkingS4.________

togethertosupporteachother.AnyoneunderstoodthelifeS5.________

anddeathimportanceoffamilycooperationandhardwork.

AlthoughmostpeopleintheUnitedStatesnolonger

liveonfarms,but〜heidealofhomeownershipisjustasS6.________

stronginthetwentiethcenturyasitwasinthenineteenth.

WhenU.S,soldierscamehomebeforeWorldWarII.forS7.________

example,theydreamedofbuyinghousesandstarting

families.ButtherewasatremendousboominhomeS8.________

building.Thenewhouses,typicallyitthesuburbs,were

oftensmallandmoreorlessidentical,butitsatisfiedS9.________

adeepneed.Manyregardedthesingle-family

housethebasisoftheirwayoflife.S10.____

2003年9月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

1.no：not

2.place：land

3.started：start

4.working：work

5.anyone：everyone

6.but：(去掉)

7.before：after

8.But：And

9.it：they

10.在house后增加as

2003年6月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minute)

TheSeattleTimesCompanyisonenewspaperfirmthat

hasrecognizedtheneedforchangeanddonesomethingabout

it.Inthenewspaperindustry,papersmustreflectthediversity

ofthecommunitiestowhichtheyprovideinformation.

ItmustreflectthatdiversitywiththeirnewscoverageorriskSI

losingtheirreaders'interestandtheiradvertisers'support.

OperatingwithinSeattle,whichhas20percentsracialS2.

minorities,thepaperhasputintoplacepoliciesan

dproceduresforhiringandmaintainadiverseworkforce.TheS3,

underlyingreasonforthechangeisthatforinformationtobe

fair,appropriate,andsubjective,itshouldbereportedbytheS4.

samekindofpopulationthatreadsit.

Adiversitycommitteecomposedofreporters,editors,and

photographersmeetsregularlytovaluetheSeattleTimes*S5.

contentandtoeducatetherestofthenewsroomstaffabout

diversityissues.Inanaddition,thepaperinstitutedacontentS6.

audit(审查)thatevaluatesthefrequencyandmannerof

representationofwomanandpeopleofcolorinphotographs.S7.

Earlyauditsshowedthatminoritieswerepicturedfartoo

infrequentlyandwerepicturedwithadisproportion

atenumberofnegativearticles.TheauditresultsfromS8.

improvementinthefrequencyofmajorityrepresentationandS9.

theirportrayalinneutralorpositivesituations.And,withaS10.

result,theSeattleTimeshasimprovedasanewspaper.

ThediversitytrainingandcontentauditshelpedtheSeattle

TimesCompanytowinthePersonnelJournalOptimalAward

fbrexcellenceinmanagingchange.

2003年6月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

SI.it：they

S2.percents：percent

S3,maintain：maintaining

S4.subjective：objective

S5.value：evaluate

S6.an：/

S7.woman：women

S8.from：in

S9.majority：minority

S10.with：as

2002年6月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

Agreatmanycitiesareexperiencingdifficulties

whicharenothingnewinthehistoryofcities,except

intheirscale.Somecitieshavelosttheiroriginal

purposeandhavenotfoundnewone.AndanylargeorrichS1___

cityisgoingtoattractpoorimmigrants,whofloodin,S2

fillingwithhopesofprosperitywhicharethenoften

disappointing.TherearebackwardtownsontheedgeofS3―

BombayorBrasilia,justasthoughtherewereontheedgeof

seventeenth-centuryLondonorearlynineteenth-centuryS4—

Paris.Thisisnewisthescale.

Descriptionswrittenbyeighteenth-centurytravelersofthepoorS5_

ofMexicoCity,andtheenormouscontraststhatwastobefoundS6

there,areverydissimilartodescriptionsofMexicoCitytoday-

thepoorcanstillbenumberedinmillions.

Thewholemonstrousgrowthrestsoneconomicprosperity,but

behinditliestwomyths:themythofthecityasapromisedland,S7

thatattractsimmigrantsfromruralpovertyandbringsitfloodingS8

intocitycenters,andthemythofthecountryasaGardenofEden,S9_

which,afewgenerationslate,sendsthemfloodingoutagaintoS10.

thesuburbs.

2002年6月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

SI.new:anew

S2.filling:filled

S3,though:if

S4.This:What

S5.was:were

S6.dissimilar:similar

S7.lies:lie

S8.that:which

S9.it:them

S10.late:later

2002年1月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

Sportingactivitiesareessentiallymodifiedformsof

huntingbehavior.Viewingbiologically,themodernSI.

footballerisrevealedasamemberofadisguisedhunting

pack.Hiskillingweaponhasturnedintoaharmlessfootball

andhispreyintoagoal-mouth.IfhisaimisinaccurateandheS2.

scoresagoal,enjoysthehuntefstriumphofkillinghisprey.S3.

Tounderstandhowthistransformationhastakenplacewe

mustbrieflylookupatourancientancestors.TheyspentoveraS4.

millionyearevolvingasco-operativehunters.TheirverysurvivalS5.

dependedonsuccessinthehunting-field.Underthispressure

theirwholewayoflife,eveniftheirbodies,becameradicallyS6.

changed.Theybecamechasers,runners,jumpers,aimers,

throwersandprey-killers.Theyco-operateasskillfulmale-groupS7.

attackers.

Then,abouttenthousandyearsago,whenthisimmenselyS8.

longformativeperiodofhuntingforfood,theybecamefarmers.

Theirimprovedintelligence,sovitaltotheiroldhuntinglife,

wereputtoanewuse-thatofpenning(把...关在圈中)，S9.

controllinganddomesticatingtheirprey.Thefoodwasthereon

thefarms,awaitingtheirneeds.Therisksanduncertaintiesoffarming

werenolongeressentialforsurvival.S10.

2002年1月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

SIViewing:Viewed

S2inaccurate:accurate

S3.在enjoys前加he

S4lookupat:lookat

S5year:years

S6evenif:even

S7and:or

S8when:after

S9were:was

S10farming:hunting

2001年6月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection

Morepeopledieoftuberculosis（结核病）thanofany

otherdiseasecausedbyasingleagent.Thishasprobably

beenthecaseinquiteawhile.Duringtheearlystagesof71.

theindustrialrevolution,perhapsoneineveryseventh72.

deathsinEurope'scrowdedcitieswerecausedbythe73.

disease.Fromnowon,though,westerneyes,missingthe74.

globalpicture,sawthetroublegoingintodecline.With

occasionalbreaksforwar,theratesofdeathand

infectionintheEuropeandAmericadroppedsteadily75.

throughthe19thand20thcenturies.Inthe1950s,the

introductionofantibiotics（抗菌素）strengthenedthe

trendinrichcountries,andtheantibioticswereallowed

tobeimportedtopoorcountries.Medicalresearchers76.

declaredvictoryandwithdrew.

Theyarewrong.Inthemid-1980sthefrequencyof77.

inflectionsanddeathsstartedtopickupagainaroundthe

world.Wheretuberculosisvanished,itcameback;in78.

manyplaceswhereithadneverbeenaway,itgrewbetter.79.

TheWorldHealthOrganizationestimatesthat1.7

billionpeople（athirdoftheearth'spopulation）suffer

fromtuberculosis.Eventheinfectionratewas

falling,populationgrowthkeptthenumberofclinical

casesmoreorlessconstantlyat8millionayear.Around80.

3millionofthosepeopledied,nearlyalloftheminpoor

countries.

2001年6月大学英语六级短文改错参考答案

71.in：for

72.seventh：seven

73.were：was

74.now：then

75.the：/

76.imported：exported

77.are：were

78.vanished前加had

79.better：worse

80.constantly：constant

2000年6月英语六级短文改错真题

PartIVErrorCorrection(15minutes)

Whenyoustarttalkingaboutgoodandbadmannersyou

immediatelystartmeetingdifficulties.Manypeoplejustcannot

agreewhattheymean.Weaskedalady,whorepliedthatshe

thoughtyoucouldtellawell-manneredpersononthewaythey71.

occupiedthespacearoundthem—forexample,whensucha

personwalksdownastreetheorsheisconstantlyunawareof72.

others.Suchpeopleneverbumpintootherpeople.

However,asecondpersonthoughtthatthiswasmorea

questionofcivilizedbehaviorasgoodmanners.Instead,this73.

otherpersontoldusastory,ithesaidwasquitewellknown,74.

aboutanAmericanwhohadbeeninvitedtoanArabmealat75.—

oneofthecountriesoftheMiddleEast.TheAmericanhasn't76.

beentoldverymuchaboutthekindoffoodhemightexpect.If

hehadknownaboutAmericanfood,hemighthavebehaved77.

better.

Immediatelybeforehimwasaveryflatpieceofbreadthat

looked,tohim,verymuchasanapkin(餐巾)Pickingit78.

up,heputitintohiscollar,sothatitfallsacrosshisshirt.79.

HisArabhost,whohadbeenwatching,saidofnothing,but80.

immediatelycopiedtheactionofhisguest.

Andthat,saidthissecondperson,wasafineexamp