第五篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)
Traditionally, the American farmer has always been
independent and hard-working. 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 American 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.
spades 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 family's recreation and social life
chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78.
village to transact some business as 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 worked, and life --80.
was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.
答案：
71. nothing --- everything
72. because --- although
73. nineteen --- nineteenth
74. that --- what
75. aroused --- rose/got up
76. like --- as
77. complicated --- simple
78. consisted后加 of
79. that --- which
80. and --- /
第六篇： Error Correction (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 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 for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but
the removal of tonsils(扁桃體） 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.
Deciding 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 → are
62. its → his
63. a few → few
64. medicine → medical
65. in → on 或 upon
66. anything ∧ a → but 或 except
67. necessary → unnecessary
68. preparing → prepared 或 ready 或 willing
69. high → highly
70. remain → leave
Traditionally, the American farmer has always been
independent and hard-working. 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 American 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.
spades 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 family's recreation and social life
chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or --78.
village to transact some business as 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 worked, and life --80.
was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.
答案：
71. nothing --- everything
72. because --- although
73. nineteen --- nineteenth
74. that --- what
75. aroused --- rose/got up
76. like --- as
77. complicated --- simple
78. consisted后加 of
79. that --- which
80. and --- /
第六篇： Error Correction (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 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 for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but
the removal of tonsils(扁桃體） 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.
Deciding 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 → are
62. its → his
63. a few → few
64. medicine → medical
65. in → on 或 upon
66. anything ∧ a → but 或 except
67. necessary → unnecessary
68. preparing → prepared 或 ready 或 willing
69. high → highly
70. remain → leave