The most important starting point for improving the under-
standing of science is undoubtedly an adequate scientific education
at school. Public attitudes towards science owe much the way sci- S1. _________
ence is taught in these institutions, Today, school is what most S2. _________
people come into contact with a formal instruction and explanation
of science for the first time. At least in a systematic way, It is at
this Point which the foundations are laid for an interest in science. S3. _________
What is taught (and how) in this first encounter will largely deter-
minc an individual’s view of the subject in adult life. Understand-
ing the original of the negative attitudes towards science may help S4._________
us to modify them . Most education system neglect exploration, S5. _________
understanding and reflection, Teachers in schools tend to present
science as a collection of facts, often by more detail than necessa- S6. _________
ry, As a result, children memorize processes such as mathematical
formulas or the periodic table, only to forget it shortly afterwards. S7. _________
The task of learning facts and concepts, one at a time, makes
learning laborious, boring and efficient, Such a purely empirical S8._________
approach, which consists of observation and description, is also,
in a sense, unscientific or incomplete. There is therefore a need
for resources and methods of teaching that facilitates a deep under- S9. _________
standing of science in an enjoyable way, Science should not only
be “fun” in the same way as playing a video game, but “hard
fun” a deep feeling of connection made possibly only by imagi- S10. ________
native engagement.
答案解析:
1. Call→Calling/To call。本句主语是一个动词短语,但是动词短语做主语时,其中的动词只能用作动名词或不定式的形式,因而把Call改成Calling或To call。
2. not∧,to。该句中后半部分实际上和“to make it easier”同为表语成分,结构相同,为和前面保持一致,此处也应该使用不定式结构。
3. 删去being。只有当句中出现表示现在的时间状语时,才会用现在分词的被动式来做定于修饰名词,而原句中未出现表示现在时的时间状语成分,故应该将being删去。
4. depend→depending。英语里,一个句子不能在没有任何连接手段的情况下,同时使用两个并列的谓语动词,所以错在depend,应改为现在分词depending形式。
5. Guiding→Guided。该句中,过去分词做原因状语,相当于原因状语从句Because he was guided,意为“因为受……引导”。
6. are→is。该句中,主语成分为“The child”,所以谓语应该使用单数形式。
7. is→are。该句为一个倒装句,真正的主语成分是“3 groups of young pioneers”,故谓语动词应该使用复数形式。
8. were→was。该句中,定语从句引导词“that”指代前文中的“The book”故该从句中的谓语应该为单数形式。
9. are→is。在“there + be +doing”结构中,谓语动词使用单数形式。
10. have→has。名词性从句做主语谓语动词一般做单数对待。
S1.在much和the way间插入to
S2.what→where
S3.which→that
S4.original→origin
S5.system→systems
S6.by→in
S7.it→them
S8.efficient→inefficient
S9.facilitates→facilitate
S10.possibly→possible