Directions: This part consists of one passage. In each passage there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change word, add a word or delete(刪去) a word. If you change a word, cross it out and write correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark (∧) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.
TELEVISION NETWORK.
One of the three major commercial networks, CBS were organized 1. ____
in l928 which its founder, William Paley, acquired 2. ____
ownership of a group of radio stations. As the
Columbia Broadcasting System expanded its operations,
soon become the largest radio network in the 3. ____
United States, it precociously recognized the potential
for the rapidly evolved television broadcasting 4. ____
technology. On July 13th, 1931, it began experimentally 5. ____
television broadcasting in New York, and ten years later
began regular black and white week broadcasts over 6. ____
its WCBW TV station in the same city, that became 7. _ __
WCBS TV in November 1946. With Television City
in Hollywood, CBS launched the industry’s first full
scale production studio.
Today CBS owns television stations, radio stations,
and home video production and distribution interests.
The CBS \ Broadcasting Group composed of six 8. ____
divisions : television network, entertainment, sports,
news, local television stations, and radio.
For most of commercial television history, CBS
has been the leader in prime-time ratings, having the
highest-rated shows in almost every year from the
mid 1950s through the mid 1980s. During the late
1980s, however, CBS lost its top position from NBC. 9. ____
CBS has traditionally been strong in the TV
news area. The network began the first regular TV news
program in l948 with Douglas Edwards as anchor,
Journalism legends such as Edward R. Murrow and
Walter Cronkite gave CBS its reputation as quality 10. ____
news broadcaster.
答案部分
1.
【參考答案】將were改為was。
【參考譯文】 作為美國三大商業(yè)廣播電視網(wǎng)之一,哥倫比亞廣播公司成立于1928年。
【詳細解答】 本句的主語為CBS (哥倫比亞廣播公司),而不是networks。因此,將were organized改為 was organized。
2.
【參考答案】將which改為when/in which。
【參考譯文】 那年,它的創(chuàng)始人威廉·佩利獲得了數(shù)家廣播電臺的所有權。
【詳細解答】 作“年代”的定語從句,其引導詞可以是that, which, in which或when。這須判
斷定語從句缺少什么成分,its founder William Paley, acquired ownership of a group of radio stations中,缺少時間狀語,故引導詞應為when或in which。
3.
【參考答案】將become改為becoming。
【參考譯文】 隨著哥倫比亞廣播公司業(yè)務范圍的拓展,它很快成了美國的最大廣播網(wǎng)。
【詳細解答】 As the Columbia Broadcasting System expanded its operations,是一個由as引導伴隨狀語,與soon become the largest radio network in the United States之間有一種邏輯上的因果關系,而不是并列關系,而且soon become…在句法上也與并列句子不合。(由and連結),因此,用become是不合適的,由于become的邏輯主語是the Columbia Broadcasting System,因而將become變?yōu)閎ecoming,使這個句子成為結果狀語后,就使整個句子符合邏輯連貫性了。
4.
【參考答案】將evolved改為evolving。
【參考譯文】 它一開始就認識到了未來廣播電視技術迅猛發(fā)展的趨勢。
【詳細解答】 作前置定語時,現(xiàn)在分詞表示“正在或?qū)⒁l(fā)生”,過去分詞表示“已經(jīng)成為過去”。根據(jù)句意,發(fā)展趨勢是未來的,因此,evolved是不合適的。要將evolved改為evolving。
5.
【參考答案】將experimentally改為experimental。
【參考譯文】 1931年7月13日,它開始在紐約試播電視節(jié)目。
【詳細解答】 副詞作狀語時,通常在實義動詞之前,助動詞之后。那么,experimentally放在began之后,是不合適的,那么,experimentally 應修飾television broadcasting。但修飾名詞應用形容詞experimental,而不是experimentally。
6.
【參考答案】將week改為weekly。
【參考譯文】 10年后,開始在紐約通過其WCBWTV電視臺每周播放一定的黑白電視節(jié)目。
【詳細解答】 名詞也可以作定語,但一定要符合句意。week意為“周,星期”,與broadcast的搭配,沒有什么合乎邏輯的含義,若將之換為weekly,“每周播放”則合乎句意。
7.
【參考答案】將that改為which。
【參考譯文】 1946年11月,WCBWTV電視臺改為WCBSTV。
【詳細解答】 從邏輯意義上講,that became WCBWTV in November 1946是非限定性定語從句,that代替WCBWTV。但非限定性定語從句的引導詞,只能用which。
8.
【參考答案】將composed改為is composed。
【參考譯文】 該廣播電視集團有六大組成部分:電視網(wǎng)、娛樂、體育、新聞、地方電視臺以及廣播電臺。
【詳細解答】 “在表示由……組成”時,一般用be composed of。
9.
【參考答案】將from改為to。
【參考譯文】 然而,到了80年代末,哥倫比亞廣播公司失去了其領先地位,由全國廣播公司取而代之。
【詳細解答】 from,表示“從……來”。本句因from的誤用,使句子失去了邏輯意義,則將from改為to,就表示了“將位置丟給了NBC”,to表示的意義剛好和from相反。
10.
【參考答案】將quality前加一個“a”。
【參考譯文】 新聞界的傳奇人們愛德華·默羅和沃爾特·克朗凱特給哥倫比亞廣播公司帶來了盛譽,使其被稱為信得過的新聞廣播電視臺。
【詳細解答】 quality news broadcaster 的中心詞是broadcaster(廣播電視臺),是可數(shù)名詞的單數(shù)形式,所以,應在quality前加上不定冠詞a。