2010年12月英语四六级备考：改错练习题(4)

　　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 --72.

　　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 people's lives. --73.

　　Dishwashers and washing machines do jobs that were once done

　　by the hand. The widespread use of such electrical appliances --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 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 international 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 --- of

　　72. like --- as

　　73. has --- have

　　74. the --- /

　　75. it --- them

　　76. leads --- causes

　　77. down --- up

　　78. Nevertheless --- Therefore

　　79. works --- work/job/jobs

　　80. international --- national