Why does the idea of progress loom so large in the modern world? Surely because progress of particu-lar kind is actually taking place around us and is more and more manifesting. Although mankind has underg- __1__ one no general improvement in intelligence or morality, it has made extraordinary progress in the accumu-lation of knowledge. Knowledge begins to increase as __2__ soon as the thoughts of one individual could be com-municated to another by mean of speech. With the in- __3__ vention of writing, knowledge could be communicated and stored. Libraries made education possible, and education in turn added libraries: the growth of knowl- __4__ edge followed a kind of compound-interest law,which was greatly enhanced by the invention of printing. All this was comparatively slow until, with the coming of science, the tempo was suddenly risen. __5__ then knowledge began to be accumulated according to a systematic plan. However, as soon as new knowl- __6__ edge is acquired, it is now turned to practical account. What is called “modern civilization” is not the result of a balanced development of all man's nature,but not of accumulated knowledge applied to practical __7__ life. The problem now facing humanity is: what is going to be done with all this knowledge? Like is often __8__ pointed out, knowledge is a two edged weapon which could be used equally for good or evil. It is now being __9__ used indifferently for both. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that gunners __10__ using science to shatter men's bodies while, close at hand, surgeons use it to restore them.
【答案】
1.把manifesting改為manifest.manifesting不能做形容詞,而如果把它理解成現(xiàn)在進行詞,后面又缺乏賓語,所以應(yīng)該改為形容詞manifest,表示 “顯然的,明顯的”.
2.把begins改為began.根據(jù)下一行出現(xiàn)的could可以判斷本句是過去時.
3.把mean改為means. by means of 是固定用法.
4.在added后面加上to.如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把圖書館加到某個事物上去”,加上to,表示給圖書館增加了內(nèi)容,符合句義.
5.把risen改為raised.rise是不及物動詞,不能用于被動語態(tài).
6.把However改為Moreover.此句的意思是:新知識一經(jīng)獲得,馬上就得到實際應(yīng)用.這是對上文的追加,不存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,因此應(yīng)該用moreover.
7.刪除but后面的not
8.把Like改為As
9.把could改為can.主句為現(xiàn)在時,而從句也不表示虛擬,所以應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在時.
10.在that后面加上of.為了避免重復(fù),這里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的內(nèi)容.因此應(yīng)該用介詞of引出.
【答案】
1.把manifesting改為manifest.manifesting不能做形容詞,而如果把它理解成現(xiàn)在進行詞,后面又缺乏賓語,所以應(yīng)該改為形容詞manifest,表示 “顯然的,明顯的”.
2.把begins改為began.根據(jù)下一行出現(xiàn)的could可以判斷本句是過去時.
3.把mean改為means. by means of 是固定用法.
4.在added后面加上to.如果add后面不加to,此句就表示 “把圖書館加到某個事物上去”,加上to,表示給圖書館增加了內(nèi)容,符合句義.
5.把risen改為raised.rise是不及物動詞,不能用于被動語態(tài).
6.把However改為Moreover.此句的意思是:新知識一經(jīng)獲得,馬上就得到實際應(yīng)用.這是對上文的追加,不存在轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系,因此應(yīng)該用moreover.
7.刪除but后面的not
8.把Like改為As
9.把could改為can.主句為現(xiàn)在時,而從句也不表示虛擬,所以應(yīng)該用現(xiàn)在時.
10.在that后面加上of.為了避免重復(fù),這里用that指代spectacle,后面的gunner using是that 的內(nèi)容.因此應(yīng)該用介詞of引出.