2007年12月英語六級短文改錯(三十五)

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    If women are mercilessly exploited year after year, they
    Hhave only themselves to blame. Because of they tremble at the ___1___
    thought of being seen in puplic in clothes that is out of fashion, ___2___
    they are always taking advantage of by the designers. Clothes ___3___
    which have been worn only a few times have to be put aside
    because of the change of fashion. A woman is usually capable of
    standing in front of a wordrobe packed full of clothes and
    announced sadly that she has nothing to wear. ___4___
    Changing fashions are anything more than the international ___5___
    creation of waste. Many women spend vast sums of money each
    year to replace clothes that have hardly worn. Women cannot ___6___
    afford to throw away clothing in this way waste hours of their
    time altering the dresses they have.
    No one can claim that the fashion industry contributes anything
    really important for society. Fashion designers are usually ___7___
    concrened with vital things like warmth, comfort and durability.
    They are only interested in outward appearance and they take
    advantge of the fact which women will put up with any amount ___8___
    of discomfort, as far as they look right. There can hardly be a
    man who hasn’t at some time in his life smiled at the sight of
    a woman shaking in a thin dress on awinter day, or delicately
    picked he way through deep snow in high-heeled shoes. ___9___
    When comparing men and women in the matter of fashion,
    the conclutions to be drawn are obvious. Do the constantly
    changing fashions of women’s clothes, one wonders, reflects ___10___
    basic qualities of inconstancy and indurability? Do men’s
    Uunchanging stytles of dress reflect basic basic qualities of
    stability and reliability? That is for you to decide.
    答案及解析:
    1. of -> /
    本行中only have oneselve to blame為習慣用法,意為“只能怪自己”。由本行后半部分的because of 后是一個完整的句子可確定because of 中的of 應刪掉,因為because of相當于一介詞,后面只能接名詞或動名詞。而because后接的應該是句子。
    2. is -> are
    That引導定語從句,修飾clothes,因為此處clothes為復數(shù),所以從句的謂語動詞也要用復數(shù)形式。
    3. taking -> taken
    本句前半部分是由because引導的原因狀語從句,主句為逗號后的they are ….designers;take advantage of sb意為“利用某人,占某人便宜”,根據(jù)by the designers 可知,此處是在講女性被服裝設計師所利用。
    4. announced -> announcing
    capable of后standing ….and …為其并列的賓語,故將announced 改為announcing
    5. anything -> nothing
    由該句中creation of waste可判斷,本句在表達否定或消極意見,而anything本身并沒有否定意義。Nothing more than和no more than的意思和用法相近,意為“不過,僅僅”,故將anything改為nothing。
    6. cannot前加who 或that
    cannot afford和waste均為動詞,中間沒有連詞及waste所在行沒有錯誤,由此可確定waste是該句的謂語,那么cannot afford就是定語從句的謂語。定語從句中,當現(xiàn)行詞為人時,一般用who或that來引導定語從句。
    7. usually -> rarely
    contribute…for…意為“為…貢獻出…”,后接貢獻的對象,類似的用法還有contribute…to / towards…;usually“常常,經常”,與上句NO one…for society和下句they are only interested in…look right在語意上矛盾,故將usually改為rarely。
    8. which -> that
    Tthe fact是抽象名詞,后常接同位語從句,which不能引導同位語從句,只有that才能。
    9. picked -> picking
    上一行中的or使其前后形成并列,故前后動詞形式要保持一致(與shaking保持一致)。
    10. reflects -> reflect
    本句為助動詞do置于句首的一半疑問句,謂語應為動詞原形;one wonders在此作插入語,是修飾成分,不與reflect形成并列或轉折關系。