Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a member of a disguised __1__
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 million __4__
year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival depended on success __5__
in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole way of life, even if their __6__
bodies, became radically changed. They became chasers, runners, jumpers,
aimers, throwers and prey-killers. They co-operate as skillful male-group __7__
attackers.
Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long formative __8__
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, __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 __10__
essential for survival.
參考答案及解析:
1. 將viewing改為viewed
非謂語動詞view和句子的主語是邏輯動賓關系。
2 .將inaccurate改為accurate
如果真的目標不準確，也就不可能進球了(he scores a goal)。
3 .在enjoys前面加he
由于前面if his aim is accurate and he scores a goal 是條件狀語從句，因此可見這里是主句，主句的主語he是不可以省略的。
4 .將look up at的up省略
5 .將year變?yōu)閺蛿?shù)
6 .將if去掉
7 .將co-operate 改為co-operated
8 .將when改為after
9.將were改為was
該謂語動詞的主語是Their improved intelligence，是單數(shù)。
10. 將farming改為hunting
縱觀全文，在從事種植業(yè)后，“狩獵”而不是“農(nóng)耕”的危險和不確定性對人們的生存已經(jīng)不再那么重要了。