2010年12月英语四六级备考：改错练习题(10)

　　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 that's what the word "Utopia"

　　means. 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. More's idea for tale came --75.

　　from Plato. Plato's The Republic described what would be a

　　perfect 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 More's

　　time they became common for writers to imagine there places. --78.

　　Utopia, if is effected, would not suddenly make everything --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