大学英语六级改错试题及答案（9）

Sporting activities are essentially modified forms of hunting

behavior. Viewing biologically, the modern footballer is revealed as a S1.________

member of a disguised hunting pack. His killing weapon has turned into

a harmless football and his prey into a goal-mouth. If his aim is inaccurate S2.________

and he scores a goal, enjoys the hunter's triumph of killing his prey. S3._________

To understand how this transformation has taken place we

must briefly look up at our ancient ancestors. They spent over a S4.________

million year evolving as co-operative hunters. Their very survival S5._______

depended on success in the hunting-field. Under this pressure their whole

way of life, even if their bodies, became radically changed. They became S6.________

chasers, runners, jumpers, aimers, throwers and prey-killers.

They co-operate as skillful male-group attackers. S7.________

Then, about ten thousand years ago, when this immensely long S8.________

formative period of hunting for food, they became farmers. Their

improved intelligence, so vital to their old hunting life, were put to a new S9._______

use-that of penning ( 把……关在圈中), controlling and domesticating

their prey. The food was there on the farms, awaiting their needs. The

risks and uncertainties of farming were no longer essential for survival. S10._______

参考答案：

S1. Viewing→Viewed

S2. inaccurate→accurate

S3. (,)∧(enjoys)→he

S4. up→/

S5. year→years

S6. if→/

S7. co-operate→co-operated

S8. when→after

S9. were→was

S10.farming→hunting