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2003年12月六级考试试题及参考答案(3)

part iv error correction (15 minutes)

directions: this part consists of a short passage, hz this passage, there are altogether io mis-takes, one in each numbered line. you may have to change ti word. add a word ordelete a word. mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided.lf you change a word, cross it out and write the 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, lf you delete a word, cross rout and put a slash (/) in tile blank.

example:

television is rapidly becoming the literature of our period 1.time/times/period many of the arguments having used for the study of literature as a 2.school subject are valid for^study of television. 3. the thomas malthus published his "essay on the principle of population" almost 200 years ago. ever since then,forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine was s1_____just around the next corner. the fast-growing population's demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed their s2_____supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.but in reality, the world's total grain harvest has risen steadily over the years. except for relative isolated trouble s3_____spots like present-day somalia, and occasional years of good harvests, the world's food crisis has remained just s4_____around the corner. most experts believe this can continue even as if the population doubles by the mid-21st century, s5_____although feeding i0 billion people will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons. optimists s6_____point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. in africa, by instance, improved seed, more s7_____fertilizer and advanced growing practices have more than double corn and wheat yields in an experiment. elsewhere, s8_____rice experts in the philippines are producing a plant with few s9_____stems and more seeds. there is no guarantee that plant breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding crop, but most researchers see their success to date as reason s10_____for hope.

1. being—been

2. their—its

3. relative—relatively

4. good—bad

5. as—去掉

6. politics—political

7. by—for

8. double—doubled

9. more—fewer

10. reason— the reason

part v writing (30 minutes)

reduce waste on campus

1.有些大学校园浪费现象日益严重
2.浪费的危害
3.杜绝浪费, 从我做起