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After months of speculation about what Amazon.com would
do with its mysterious search-engine company, A9, Web
surfers finally got their first taste on Apr. 14.
Yet despite of some intriguing new features not yet found 1._______________
on leading sites such as Google and Yahoo! , the site
(www.a9.com) -- still in test mode -- rises as many questions 2_______________
as it answers.
The biggest question remains is whether Amazon, 3._______________
through A9, would clash into Google more directly. 4._______________
Google itself is testing a search engine for products
called Froogle that's starting to appeal Web shoppers. 5._______________
At the same time, Amazon clearly isn't looking to limit A9's horizons.
How directly A9 eventually goes up against the reigned 6. _______________
search champion, it faced lots of challenges. For one, 7._______________
it may run into some of the same privacy issues that
recently have plagued Google. A9's privacy policy points
out that information provided through entering search term 8._______________
or by signing into one's Amazon account could supply the company
with information that could personally identify the searcher.
Those may be somewhat less intrusive（打扰的，冒犯的） than 9._______________
Google's upcoming Gmail free e-mail offering, which could search
the contents of messages to pitch personalized ads. But comments
posted on some sites already indicate some people are
uncomfortable with Google's potential threats to privacy. 10._______________
答案：
1.of去掉，despite sth.;
2. rises 改raise (提出，引起问题) ；
3. question后加that;
4. into 改with , clash with 与…冲突；
5. appeal 后面加to, appeal to 吸引；
6. reigned 改reigning,此处是指占搜索引擎统治地位的Google, 不能用被动；
7. faced 改 faces;
8. term 改 terms 条款；
9. Those 改That , 这里that指上句话的意思，不用复数指代；
10. Google改A9, 逻辑上的错误。 The European Union had approved a number of genetically
modified crops until late 1998. But growing public concern
over its supposed environmental and health risks led several 1. _______________
EU countries to demand a moratorium (暂时禁止) on imports
of any new GM produce. By late 1999 there were enough such
country to block any new approvals of GM produce. 2. _______________
Last year, America filed a complaint at the WTO about the
moratorium, arguing that it was an illegal trade barrier
because there is no scientific base for it. 3._______________
As more studies have been completed on the effects
of GM crops, the greens’ case for them has weakened. 4._______________
Much evidence has emerged of health risks from eating 5. _______________
them. And, overall, the studies have shown that the
environmental effects on modified crops are not always 6._______________
as serious as the greens claim. Nevertheless, environmentalists
continue to find fault of such studies and argue that 7._______________
they are inconclusive.
While Americans seem happy enough to consume food made
from GM crops, opinion polls continue to show that European
consumers dislike the idea. Europeans seem be taking the attitude 8. _______________
which , since there remains the slightest possibility of adverse 9. _______________
consequences and since it is clear how they, as consumers, benefit 10. _____________
from GM crops, they would rather not run the risk.
答案：
1. its改为their; 本题考查了大家识别代词所指的能力，its 指代genetically modified crops（为复数）, 所以应该改成their;
2. country改为countries; such country是指前面要求暂停进口转基因农产品的某些欧盟国家, 所以应该改成复数;
3. base 改为basis; 此处意为: 因为没有科学根据支持暂停(进口), it 指the moratorium; base 基础, 基地, 根据地; basis (for) 基础, 基本, 根据; 科学根据只能说scientific basis, 有的同学把base 后面的for 改为 on , 应该是受到了base on 这个短语的影响;
4. for 改为 against; the greens = the environmentalists 环保主义者。 Case 论点，论据， case for 后面的them指GM crops, case for sth. 支持某物的论点，case against sth. 反对某物的论点（削弱了）；
5. much 改为little; 逻辑错误，本句正常语序为Much evidence of health risks from eating them has emerged. 根据And, overall, 或后的语意，此行应该把much 改为little, 说明没有什么迹象、根据表明吃GM crops对健康有什么危险。
6. on 改为of; 本句的意思为：研究表明modified crops对环境造成的后果并没有环保主义者所声称的那样严重。 Environmental effects of modified crops (modified crops对环境造成的后果); 很多同学看到effects 以为后面一定跟on 就错了。
7. of 改with; find fault with 批评，找茬；
8. seem后面加to; seem to be taking固定结构，be 不能少；
9. which 改为that; taking the attitude that ..后为同位语从句，不能用which;
10. clear 改为unclear或者前面加not. 注意since 前面的and 表示前后语意一致。 因为欧洲人觉得仍然存在使用GM food的不利后果，并且他们作为消费者从GM food中会如何获得好处也不清楚，所以他们不愿意冒风险。
Many Americans mindlessly oppose hunting. They do so even in
cases where animal populations are dangerous high. In 1._______________
some areas of Alaska, wolves have become so rare that they 2________________
are running out of hunting ground and prey heavily on
moose, deer, and occasionally dogs. In past, game 3_______________
managers curbed wolf populations for trapping and aerial 4_______________
hunting without wiping away the species. Still, whenever 5______________
they propose do this nowadays, they receive tens 6_______________
of thousands letters of protest. Growing deer populations in 7________________
parts of California threat to starve themselves out. Seaotter 8_______________
colonies, booming in the Pacific coast, are fast running 9________________
out of food, too, as good as putting commercial fisher- 10____________
men out of business.
答案：
1.dangerous 改为dangerously
2.rare改为 numerous
3.in past 改为in the past
4.for 改为 by
5.away 改为 out
6.do 改为 doing
7.thousands letters 改为 thousands of letters
8.threat 改为 threaten
9.in 改为 along
10.good 改为 well Many describe Freud as the most influential psychologist
of all time. Yet not everyone recognize the profound effect of 1._______________
psychoanalytic theory in the way most of us look at human 2._______________
behavior, regardless of any formal exposure to Freud’s works.
For example, most adults in Western society accept the idea that
behavior can be influenced by an unconscious part of the mind.
We say things like “I must have done that consciously” or “Even 3._____________
though I didn’t realize it consciously, maybe unconsciously
I did.” Although Freud was not the first to talk about the
unconscious, no one ago, or probably since, has placed 4._______________
so many emphasis upon unconscious processes in explaining 5._______________
human behavior.
Do you believe that dreams hold important psychological
information, revealing inner fears and desires? If so, you are
backing on an idea that Freud popularized. 6._______________
As people had been interpreting dreams for thousands of 7.____________
years, Freud was the first to incorporate dream interpretation
into a larger psychological theory. When we talk about our dreams
and try to figure it out, we are informally following a therapeutic 8.____________
procedure outlining by Freud at the turn of the century. 9._____________
Numerous examples of Freudian thought can be found in our
daily language, as well as in modern literature and in motion
pictures. Thus, an understanding of Freudian psychology
is part of a good liberal arts education; it can aid the observant
student to appreciating subtle and not-so-subtle references 10.____________
答案：
1. recognize 改为 recognizes
2. in 改为 on
3. consciously 改为 unconsciously
4. ago 改为 before
5. many 改为 much
6. on 去掉或者改成up
7. As 改为 Although
8. it 改为 them
9. outlining 改为 outlined
10. to 改为 in
Learning does not happen passively. It is an activity which a person does.
It is a task which can be attempted in various of ways, some of which are 1._____
more appropriate than others. When the material to be learned is 2._____
a brief and simple kind which is familiar with the person and of intense 3._____
interest to him, effective learning usually proceeds automatically.
In the first place, the person at once relates the material to other
material which has already securely learned. Subsequently, the relevance 4._____
of the newly learned material to his interests assures its being 5.______
recalled on many occasions; and one repetition minimizes 6.______
the likelihood of remembering. Furthermore, the subsequent use 7.______
of the new material is likely to take place in a variety of contexts
and, so, the material becomes related to a narrower range of other material. 8.___
Because of all this, the material is rapidly learned, long retained,
and recalled with increasingly readiness in a variety of 9._____
contexts. Without really trying, the person had fulfilled a 10._____
few important conditions of effective learning.
答案及详解：
1. of 去掉 ； in various ways或者说in a variety of ways 以各种各样的方式；
2. is 后加 of； be of a brief and simple kind 属于简短和简单的类型； be of …. kind是固定表达,意思为：属于…类型，比如说: sth of the same kind 同样类型的事物；
3. with 改为to；sb. be familiar with sth; sth be familiar to sb. ;
4. has改为 is 或者在has后加been; other material which has already securely learned 这里应该是已经被学习的材料的意思，所以应该用被动；
5. assures 改为 ensures；本句意思：所学习材料与他兴趣的相关性确保了这个学习材料可以在很多场合被回忆起来；assure和ensure是四六级常见考点；
6. one 改为this / the；这里是特指，“这个重复”指上文中新学习的材料与其它已经学习的材料以及个人兴趣的联系，也就是材料被学会之后被“重复”地使用；
7. remembering改为 forgetting；重复将遗忘的可能性减到最少；
8. narrower 改为 wider； 新材料的后续使用可能在很多背景下发生，因此，这个材料就与更广泛范围的材料联系在一起；
9. increasingly改为 increasing；副词修饰形容词或者动词等，比如increasingly popular; speak loudly; 形容词修饰名词；increasing readiness 表示“越来越方便；越来越迅速”；
10. had 改为 has；综合全段，这里应该是现在完成时。
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