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1、Four short words sum up what has lifted most successful individuals above the crowd: a little bit more.-author-date英语六级短文改错20篇第一篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)第一篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Most studies suggest that when women and men do thesame job and have the experience, pay rates tend to bes

2、imilar. Most of the dollar differences stem from fact that -71. women tend to be more recently employed and have more -72. years on the job. Whether women who have started a career.will attain pay equality with men rest on at least two factors. -73. First, will most of them continue part time at the

3、ir jobs after -74. they have children? A break in their employment, or a decision -75to work part time, will slow its raises and promotions. because it would for men. Second, will male-dominated -76. companies elevate women to higher-paid jobs at the different -77. rate as they elevate men? On some

4、fields, this had clearly not -78happened. Many men, for example, have committed their -79. lives to teaching careers, yet relative few have become -80. principals or headmasters.答案：71. from fact - from the fact72. recently - frequently. 73. rest - rests74. part - full75. its - their76. because - as7

5、7. different - same78. On - In79. men - women80. relative - relatively第二篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Time spent in a bookstore can be enjoyable, if -71. you are a book-lover or merely there to buy a book apresent. You may even have entered the shop just to find shelters away a sudden shower. 72.W

6、hatever the reasons, you can soon become totally unaware of your surroundings. The desire to pick up a book with an attractive dust jacket is irresistible, even this method of selection ought -73. not to be followed, as you might end up with a rather bored book. You soon become engrossed in -74. som

7、e book or other, and usually it is only much later that you realise you have spent far much -75. time there and must dash off to keep some forgotten appointment - without buying a book, of course. This opportunity to escape the realities of everyday life is, I think, the main attraction of a booksho

8、p. There are not many places where it is impossible to do this. A music shop is very much -76. like a bookshop. You can wander round such placesto your hearts content. If it is a good shop, no assistant will approach to you with the inevitable -77. greeting: Can I help you, Sir? You neednt buyanythi

9、ng if you dont want. In a bookshop anassistant should remain the background until you -78. have finished browsing. Then, only then, are hisservices necessary. Of course, you may want to.find out where a particular section is, since when he 79.has led you there, the assistant should retire.discreetly

10、 and look as he is not interested in 80.selling a single book.答案：71. if - whether72. (away) from73. (even) although74. bored - boring75. (far) too76. impossible - possible77. /78. (remain) in79. since - but80. (as) if第三篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)The key to being a winner is to have desireand a

11、goal from which you refuse to be deterred (被吓住). That desire fuels your dreams and the special goal keeps you focusing. -71. Deeply down we all have a hope that our -72. destiny is not to be average and prosaic. Everyone talks about a good game, but the winner goes out and do something. To win, ther

12、e has to be movement -73. and physical action. Attitudes and persistence can help us become who we want to be. -74. Competition is the best motivator. Because -75. many people use competition as an excuse for not doing something, those who really want to success -76. see competition as an opportunit

13、y, and theyre willing to do the tough work necessarily to win. -77. Learn to deal with fear. Fear is the greatest deterrent to taking risk. People worry so much -78. about failing that their fear paralyzes them, drained the energy they might otherwise be using to -79. grow. You can cultivate self-re

14、spect by developing a commitment to your own talents. It may be necessary to do the thing you fear the most in order to put that fear in rest, so that it can no -80. longer control you.答案：71. focused 72. Deep 73. does 74. what 75. While/Although 76. succeed 77. necessary 78. risks 79. draining 80. t

15、o 第四篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Changes in the way people live bring about changes in the jobs that they do. More and more people live in towns and cities instead on farms and in villages. Cities and states have to provide -71. services city people want, such like more police protection, more -7

16、2. hospitals, and more schools. This means that more policemen, more nurses and technicians, and more teachers must be hired.Advances in technology has also changed peoples lives. -73. Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done by the hand. The widespread use of such electrical app

17、liances -74. means that there is a need for servicemen to keep it running -75. properly. People are earning higher wages and salaries. This leads -76.changes in the way of life. As income goes down, people may not -77. want more food to eat or more clothes to wear. But they may want more and better

18、care from doctors, dentists and hospitals.They are likely to travel more and to want more education Nevertheless, many more jobs are available in these services. -78.The government also affects the kind of works people do. -79.The governments of most countries spend huge sums of money for internatio

19、nal defense. They hire thousands of engineers, -80.scientists, clerks, typists and secretaries to work on the many different aspects of defense.答案：71. (instead) on - of72. like - as73. has - have 74. the - /75. it - them76. leads - causes77. down - up78. Nevertheless - Therefore79. works - work/job/

20、jobs 80. international - national第五篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Traditionally, the American farmer has always been independent and hard-working. In the eighteenth century farmers were quite self-sufficient. The farm family grew and made almost nothing it needed. The surplus crop would be sold to

21、buy a new -71.items in the local general store.In 1860, because some of the farm population had moved to -72. the city, yet eighty percent of the American population was still in the country. In the late nineteen century, farm work and life -73.were not much changed from that they had been in old da

22、ys. The -74.farmer aroused at dawn or before and had much work to do, with -75.his own muscles like his chief source of power. He used axes, -76.spades and other complicated tools. In his house cooking was done -77.in wood-burning stoves, and the kerosene lamp was the only improvement on the candle.

23、 The familys recreation and social life chiefly consisted a drive in the wagon to the nearby small town or -78.village to transact some business as well as to chat with neighbors who had also come to town.The children attended a small elementary school (often of just one room) to that they had to wa

24、lk every day, possibly for a -79.few miles. The school term was short so that the children could not help on the farm. Although the whole family worked, and life -80.was not easy, farmers as a class were self-reliant and independent.答案：71. nothing - everything 72. because - although73. nineteen - ni

25、neteenth 74. that - what75. aroused - rose/got up76. like - as77. complicated - simple78. consisted后加 of79. that - which80. and - /第六篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Living is risky. Crossing the road, driving a car,flying, swallowing an aspirin table or eating a chicken sandwich-they can all be fata

26、l.Clearly some risks worth taking, especially when the -61.rewards high: a man surrounded by flames and smoke generally considers that jumping out of a second-floor window is an acceptable risk to save its life. But in -62.medicine a few procedures, drugs, operations or tests -63.are really a mater

27、of life and death. There may be sound medicine reasons are totally dependent -64.in the balance of risks and benefits for the -65.patients.Surgery for cancer may cure or prolong a life, but the removal of tonsils(扁桃体） cannot save anything a -66.sore throat. Blood pressure drugs definitely help some

28、people live after a heart attack, but these same drugs may be both necessary and harmful for those with only -67.mild blood pressure problems. Deciding how much discomfort and risk we are preparing -68.to put up with in the name of better health is a high -69.personal matter, not a decision we shoul

29、d remain to -70.doctors alone.答案：61. risks worth are62. its his 63. a few few64. medicine medical65. in on 或 upon66. anything a but 或 except67. necessary unnecessary 68. preparing prepared 或 ready 或 willing 69. high highly70. remain leave 第七篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)A good way to get informati

30、on for essays and reports is to interview people who are experts in -71. your topic or whose opinions may be interesting.Interviews are also a good way to get a sampling ofpeoples opinions on various questions. Here are some suggestions that will help you make most of a -72. planned interview:1. If

31、the person to be interviewed (the interviewee) is busy, cancel an appointment in -73. advance.2. Prepare your questions before the interview so that you make best use of your time. In preparingthink about the topic about what the interviewer is -74. likely to know. 3. Use your questions, but dont in

32、sist in sticking to -75. them or proceeding in the order you have listed. Often the interviewee will have important information that was never occurred to you, or one -76. question may suggest another very useful one.4. If you dont understand something the interviewee has said, say politely and ask

33、him or -77. her to clarify it or to give an example.5. Take notes, if the interviewee goes too slowly -78. for you, ask him or her to stop for a moment,especially if the point is important. A tape recorder lets you avoid this problem. Therefore, -79. be sure the interviewee agrees to be taped.6. As

34、soon as possible after the interview, readover your notes. They may need clarified while the -80. topic is still fresh in your mind.答案：71. in - on72. the (most) 73. cancel - make 74. interviewer - interviewee 75. in - on 76. 去掉was 77. (say) so 78. slowly - fast 79. Therefore - However 80. clarified

35、- clarifying 第八篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say that humans will be living in space within the next hundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded,irty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus -71. of mankind will begin. Spaceships will be assembled so that they

36、 revolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced by space buses. We saw the first space bus launch in -72. April 1981. This was Columbia, it made several -73. orbits around the earth and then returned, landing on a huge dry lake bed in California. Columbia

37、 will be used again. Previous spaceships have been abandoned, only the nose cone being used to bring the crews back to earth. -74.Upon established, each space station will -75.generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. It will need to rotation to provide -76.an artificial gravity; peo

38、ple will be forced inwards -77.from the center by centrifugal force.The moon and Mars could become new sources of new materials. Driving through space will no -78.longer need Earth fuel- the energy would come from the sun. This energy would be converted from -79.electricity to work magnetic rockets.

39、 That all sounds quite fantastically but, with -80. the rapid development of moderns technology, who knows about what the future holds?答案：71. lack-short 72. launch-launched 73. it-which 74. crews-crew 75. upon-once 76. rotation-rotate 77. inwards-outwards 78. will-would 79. from-into 80. fantastical

40、ly-fantastic第九篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)Some people, in all seriousness, say that humans will be living in space within the next hundred or so years. Planet Earth will be crowded,dirty and lack of resources. A sort of exodus -71. (移居) of mankind will begin. Spaceships will be assembled so that

41、 they revolve around the earth. Some may orbit around Mars. These space stations will be serviced by space buses. We saw the first space bus launch in -72.April 1981. This was Columbia, it made several -73.orbits around the earth and then returned, landingon a huge dry lake bed in California. Columb

42、iawill be used again. previous spaceships have been abandoned, only the nose cone being used to bring the crews back to earth. -74.Upon established, each space station will -75.generate its own atmosphere and have its own agriculture. it will need to rotation to provide -76.an artificial gravity; pe

43、ople will be forced inwards -77.from the center by centrifugal（向心的）force.The moon and Mars could become new sources of new materials. Driving through space will no -78.longer need Earth fuel-the energy would come from the sun. This energy would be converted from -79.electricity to work magnetic rock

44、ets.That all sounds quiet fantastically but, with -80. the rapid development of modern technology, who knows about what the future holds?答案：71. sort - short72. launch launched 73. it - which74. crews - crew75. Upon - Once76. rotation - rotate77. inward outwards 78. will - would79. from - into80. fan

45、tastically - fantastic第十篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)People often dream of living in a perfect place where no one would be poor, and everyone would be considerable of -71.everyone else. Such a place, however, is very good to be true: -72.such a place is nowhere, and thats what the word Utopia mea

46、ns. It is made up two Greek words meaning not a place. -73.The word was first used by Thomas More, a sixteen century -74.English writer whose book Utopia, published in 1516, describing a perfect island country. Mores idea for tale came -75. from Plato. Platos The Republic described what would be a p

47、erfect state. Early legends told a perfect place existing -76.somewhere in Atlantic. These legends were no longer believed -77.when the explorations of Americans began, but after Mores time they became common for writers to imagine there places. -78.Utopia, if is effected, would not suddenly make ev

48、erything -79.perfect because people are of nature imperfect. -80.答案：71. considerable considerate 72. very too 73. made up made up of 74. sixteen sixteenth 75. describing described 76. told told of/about 77. Atlantic the Atlantic 78. they it 79. is effected effected 或 it is effected 80. of nature by nature第十