2007年12月英語六級短文改錯(四十六)

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The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
    newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
    Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
    morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
    repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
    virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
    and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
    newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
    The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
    Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
    each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
    that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
    election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
    viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
    Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
    its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
    public.
    答案及解析:
    1. influenced -> influence
    根據(jù)上下文的時態(tài)可以判斷,這里應(yīng)該用一般現(xiàn)在時。
    2. with -> by
    begin…by doing sth意為“以…方式開始”。
    3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
    根據(jù)意思,新聞應(yīng)該是通過電臺和電視(被)播放的,所以要用被動語態(tài)。
    4. virtue -> feature
    virtue意為“優(yōu)點,美德”;feature意為“特點,特色”。根據(jù)上下文語境,此處的意思應(yīng)該是用“特色”,所以要將virtue改為feature。
    5. later -> late
    late at night意為“在深夜”。
    6. them后加with
    此處是固定搭配provide sb with sth,意為“給某人提供..”,還有另一種同義表達就是provide sth for sb。
    7. Therefore -> However
    8. that -> as
    such as 后接名詞或名詞短語(作列舉),such that后須接從句。
    9. complaining -> complain
    此處complain與choose是并列關(guān)系
    10. its -> whose
    由于逗號后沒有并列連詞,所以斷定逗號前后兩句不是并列關(guān)系,只能是主從關(guān)系,所以將形容詞性物主代詞改為關(guān)系代詞。此處whose引導非限制性定語從句修飾逗號前的news media。