专八改错训练附讲解100篇:Passage 21
日期:2016-01-26 18:12

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It's the holiday season and that means kids by the millions are asking Santa for the opportunity to blow away enemy soldiers and aliens on the Xbox or PlayStation. Would parents be worried about buying such gifts?(1)____ Violent video games are now an established part of our culture; recent releases of games such as Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Skyrim have setting sales records for media releases (topping even blockbuster movies) and garnishing lavish reviews for their artistic merits. Ten years ago, scholars and politicians raised the possibility such games might contribute to school shootings or other youth violence.(2)____(3)____
Our modem fears over Violent video games appear to be in
line with prior moral panics over media as diversely as jazz music, comic books and Harry Potter.(4)____ Granted, too much passive activity, including video games, can contribute to obesity. Unlike anything else, gaming should be enjoyed in moderation, balanced with outdoor activity, allowed enough time for family and schoolwork.(5)____(6)____ A very small number of kids exhibit signs of pathological gaming. And regarding concerns about aggression, it appears to be that, fairly early on, children leam to distinguish between fantasy and reality, and their brains don't treat these phenomena the same.(7)____ Santa Claus is a primary example.(8)____ Despite that not only their parents but all of society conspiring to lie to children about the reality of this fellow, children can reason out the improbability of its existence by the mid-elementary years.(9)____ With those kinds of reasoning powers, kids can handle a video game that doesn't even claim to be real.(10)____

答案解析
文章大意
本文讨论的是电子游戏。暴力电子游戏已经成为我们文化的一部分,最近一些电子游戏的发行几经突破销售的历史纪录。然而10年前,学者和政治家指出暴力游戏可能导致学校的枪击案和其他暴力事件。我们现在对电游的恐惧似乎和先前对媒体道德的恐慌如出一辙。太多的静态活动,如玩电子游戏,可以导致肥胖。但是玩电游似乎不会影响孩子的暴力倾向,因为孩子具有推理能力,租早就学会区分幻想和现实。
答案详解
1.Would→Should词汇错误。would表主观上的意愿,should表客观上的应该,此句问的是父母应不应该为买此类札物担心,而不是愿不愿意担心,故应改为Should。
2.∧setting→been语法错误。乍一看可能以为此句是用现在完成时,故把现在分词setting改为过去分词set,但是看完整句发现句中用and连接了两个并列的谓语动词set和gamish,而后者用的是现在分词形式,那前面的set也应该用现在分词形式,故应该在前面加上been,变成现在完成进行时。
3.∧such→that语法错误。根据上下文语义,分句such games...other youth violence是用来解释possibility的内容,应该是possibility的同位语。故应该用连词that引导,that在从句中不充当任何成分,只起连接作用。
4.diversely→diverse语法错误。as+a./ad.+as表示同级的比较,意为“和……一样”,作后置定语修饰名词media,应该用形容词diverse。
5.Unlike→Like语篇错误。根据上下文语义,玩电子游戏和做其他事情是一样的,都应该要适度,故此处应改为Like。意为“像,和……一样”。
6.allowed→allowing语法错误。此处分词短语作伴随状语,修饰前面句子,应该用现在分词形式,故应改为allowing。注意不要误以为allowing与前面的谓语动词enjoyed和balanced并列,不然它们共同主语就是gaming,意为“游戏使得足够多的时间留给家庭和作业。”明显语意不对。
7.And→But语篇错误。由上下文语义判断,此句与前句之间应该是转折的关系,不是并列关系,前句指出玩电子游戏的负面影响——一小部分接于表现出病态游戏的征兆,本句则指出孩子们似乎很早就学会区分幻想和现实,因而玩电游不会影响孩子的攻击性。前后对照,故应该用表示转折意义的连词But。
8.prima→prime词汇错误。primary和prime作形容词都有“主要的,最初的”的意思,但prime还有“最好的,典型的”之意,此句要表达的意思是“圣诞老人是最好的例子”,故用prime符台上下文语义。
9.that→that语篇错误。despite作介词,意为“尽管”,通常后面接名词、代词或动名词短语,此处后接的是动名词结构,而不是完整的句子,故应该删掉that。
10.its→his语法错误。此处指代的是前句的this fellow,即Santa Claus(圣诞老入),指人,故应改为his。

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重点单词
  • primaryadj. 主要的,初期的,根本的,初等教育的 n. 最主
  • fantasyn. 幻想 v. 幻想
  • aggressionn. 进攻,侵犯,侵害,侵略
  • diverseadj. 不同的,多种多样的
  • passiveadj. 被动的,消极的 n. 被动性
  • lavishadj. 大方的,丰富的,浪费的 vt. 浪费,慷慨给予
  • moderationn. 缓和,适度,节制
  • handlen. 柄,把手 v. 买卖,处理,操作,驾驭
  • artisticadj. 艺术的
  • reasoningn. 推论,推理,论证