2007年12月英语六级短文改错(四十六)

The new media in the United States consists of radio, television and
newspaper. Together they influenced the lives of many Americans. Most ___1___
Americans begin their day with reading the newspaper or watching a ___2___
morning news program. Throughout the day the news is broadcasting ___3___
repeatedly on the radio and television. In the evening news is a prime
virtue on television with up to two hours of news in the early evening ___4___
and more news later at night. For those who pefer reading , the evening ___5___
newspapers provide them the possibility of reading the news. ___6___
The news media must interest the public , and it is a big business.
Therefore, it is very competetive since stations or papers compete with ___7___
each other for listeners and readers. Each tries to present the latest news
that Americans want to know. When it comes to an item such that an ___8___
election , all the news media will report the same. As a result listeners,
viewers or readers may find it hard to choose and complaining. ___9___
Nevertheless, most Americans will not criticize their news media too hard,
its credibility is generally acknowledged and accepted by the American ___10___
public.



答案及解析:
1. influenced -> influence
根据上下文的时态可以判断，这里应该用一般现在时。

2. with -> by
begin…by doing sth意为“以…方式开始”。

3. broadcasting -> broadcast / broadcasted
根据意思，新闻应该是通过电台和电视（被）播放的，所以要用被动语态。

4. virtue -> feature
virtue意为“优点，美德”；feature意为“特点，特色”。根据上下文语境，此处的意思应该是用“特色”，所以要将virtue改为feature。

5. later -> late
late at night意为“在深夜”。

6. them后加with
此处是固定搭配provide sb with sth，意为“给某人提供..”，还有另一种同义表达就是provide sth for sb。

7. Therefore -> However

8. that -> as
such as 后接名词或名词短语（作列举），such that后须接从句。

9. complaining -> complain
此处complain与choose是并列关系

10. its -> whose
由于逗号后没有并列连词，所以断定逗号前后两句不是并列关系，只能是主从关系，所以将形容词性物主代词改为关系代词。此处whose引导非限制性定语从句修饰逗号前的news media。