Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Have you ever heard that we humans use only ten percent of our brains? This myth holds  1.  certain appeal because if it  2. (be) true, then we could instantly become ten times  3. (intelligent) just by firing up that sleepy majority of the brain!

The idea that we use only a small fraction of the brain dates back to animal experiments in the 19th century. When scientists 4.    (stimulate) a specific part of the brain, the animal moved  5.  leg or tail. And some scientists assumed that large parts of the brain were simply useless.

Then,  in the early 20th century,  scientists observed that stimulating certain regions of the brain had no physical effects, which are called the “silent cortex”. Today we know that in humans, much of the “silent cortex” is actually devoted to complex activities  6.  language,  learning,  and imagining.

Actually, even 7.  we sleep, many areas of the brain are extremely active. Would you be smarter if your entire brain constantly worked to maximum capacity?  8.  (interest) enough, the opposite is probably true. The less brain activity you need to perform a 9. (give) task, the more the brain as a whole is capable   10. doing.

Answer

1.a

2.were

3.more intelligent

4.stimulated

5.its

6.like

7.as/when

8.Interestingly

9.given

10.of

【解析】

试题分析：本文属于应用文，介绍了人脑中很多区域并没有发挥出作用，如果我们的大脑都被看开发出来，那么人类就会更加聪明。

1.a 考查固定搭配。固定短语a certain一些，表示泛指。这件奇怪的事情引起了一些人的注意。

2.were 考查虚拟语气。本句是一个虚拟语气，与现在事实相反，所以从句中使用一般过去时，be动词使用were。

3.more intelligent 考查倍数表达。句式：A is +倍数+比较级+than.....意为“A是B的...倍”，句意：如果这是真的，那么我们就会比现在聪明10倍。

4.stimulated 考查时态。本句叙述的是19世纪科学家进行的科学研究，本句要使用一般过去时stimulated。

5.its 考查代词。本句中its指代本句主语the animal。句意：当科学家刺激大脑中某一个特殊区域的时候，那个动物就会移动它的腿或尾巴。

6.like 考查介词。介词like 像....一样；该词通常表示列举事例。句意：现在我们知道在人的身上，很多不应区实际上是一夜一些复杂的活动有关，像语言、学习和想象。

7.as/when 考查连词。本句中as/when引导时间状语从句。句意：实际上，甚至当我们睡觉的时候，大脑的很多区域都是活动的。

8.Interestingly 考查副词。英语中的副词通常做状语修饰形容词、副词或动词。本句中使用副词interestingly修饰后面整个句子。

9.given 考查副词用法。本句中名词task与动词give构成被动关系，所以使用过去分词given做前置定语修饰名词task。

10.

【名师点睛】

词法的测试

1.名词：主要是查名词是否可数，与其修饰语是否一致。

eg: 1) I have many hobby, such as football, sing, listen music.

hobby是可数名词，这要用复数形式；playing football是一项运动，football只是一种球； sing和listen to 要用动名词形式。

2) Do exercises do good to our healthy.

exercise作运动讲是不可数名词，do exercise作主语要用动名词形式，谓动用单数；healthy是形容词，要用名词形式。

3) Reading books is one of my hobby. one of 后的名词应用复数形式。

2. 代词：对于短文中出现的每一个代词都要查一下它所指代的

内容及在句中的作用，注意其数、格、词性是否正确和前后是否一致，常考的代词包括人称代词、指示代词、反身代词、关系代词及疑问代词等。

1).He drove too fast, and the police stopped her.

前面提到的是he而后面却用her来代，故应将her改为him.

2).This is the best film which I have ever seen.

先行词前有最高级修饰应用关系代词that 而不是which。

3. 冠词：英语中只有三个冠词，但用起来却很复杂，在短文改

错中，错误不外乎该用冠词时没有用，不该用时却用了；该用an用了a，该用a(n)却用了the.

1) I meant to write letter and tell you all the things… letter为可数名词,故write后应加a.

2) I like playing the football. 去the

3) He is a honest boy. a改为an

4. 介词：检查介词主要是查介词与动词、形容词、名词的搭配， 介词惯用词组等是否正确。

1) I am writing to thank you with your kind help.

thank sb. for sth.为固定搭配，故应将with 改为for.

2) …I’m the happiest in all.

此句想表达的意思是“我是所有人中最高兴的”。故应将in改为 of.

3) Under the help of my father, I … under 改为 with

4) He went to Beijing in next Sunday. in 改为on

5. 形容词、副词：形容词、副词的误用主要指在该用形容词的地方用了副词，该用副词的地方用了形容词。改错行中出现形容词或副词时就要仔细分析该形容词或副词修饰什么，形式是否正确，是原级、比较级还是最高级。形容词、副词误

用也是常考的改错项目之一。

1) I had not interest in English .interest是名词，应用形容词no来修饰，而not是副词，副词不能修饰名词。

2) These are the happier girls I’ve ever seen.(NMET2007)

此处有I’ve ever seen限定，应用最高级，故happier应改为 happiest.

3) You can borrow a book very easy. easy 改为easily.

4) These books are very worth reading. 用well 修饰

6. 连词：短文改错中出现连词就要判断连词用的是否正确，是否 符合句子意思；连接的是词还是句子，是否符合逻辑关系。此 外如果是平行结构就要注意前后时态、语态、词性一致问题 平行结构常借助与并列连词and , or , but ,

not only…but also…, …not…but…, either…or…, neither …nor…, as well as等。

1) As it has been raining these days, so we have decided to put off our sports meeting.

由于前句有As引导原因状语从句，因此后句不能再用so,故应把so 去掉。

2) The population is growing, but the earth must support too many people.

根据上下文意思判断，前后两个并列分句不存在意义上的折，所以but应改为and或so.这是典型的并列连词误用。

考点：考查短文改错