| After study all night for an important exam; most college | 【B1】________ |
| students find themselves wishing for one thing before their | 【B2】________ |
| big test: sleep. Although the exact reasons how people sleep | 【B3】________ |
| are still being debated, researchers have came up with a | 【B4】________ |
| number of theory to explain the functions of sleep. First of all, | 【B5】________ |
| sleepless is believed to give the body time to repair | 【B6】________ |
| burned-out brain cell and make more of the special chemical | 【B7】________ |
| that makes possible for the brain to think. Another theory | 【B8】________ |
| holds that sleep ables the body to save energy because when | 【B9】________ |
| we sleep, the body temperature is high, so less energy is | 【B10】________ |
| needed to create heat. This method with energy conservation | 【B11】________ |
| may have helped people survive thousand of years ago when | 【B12】________ |
| food was hard find. Sleep may also have helped humanity | 【B13】________ |
| survive by keeping people out trouble. In prehistoric times, | 【B14】________ |
| when few large predators like the saber-toothed tiger hunted | 【B15】________ |
| in darkness, the habit of sleeping in night helped prevent | 【B16】________ |
| people from being an animals dinner. Scientists also believe | 【B17】________ |
| that sleep, in addition to be a survival tactic, is used to | 【B18】________ |
| reduce memory. It allows the brain to forget or learn things | 【B19】________ |
| that are not necessary. However, the mind would become | 【B20】________ |
| cluttered and overwhelmed with unneeded informations. | 【B21】________ |
【B1】
study→studying
(after为介词,后面接动词的ing形式,故将study改为studying。)
【B2】
before→after
(根据上文已经表明学生熬夜准备考试了,就不可能希望在考试前睡觉了,应该是考试后睡个好觉。故将 before改为after。)
【B3】
how→why
(根据句意,尽管人们为什么睡觉的具体原因仍在热议。故将how改为why。)
【B4】
came→come
(此句时态为现在完成时,故将came改为come。)
【B5】
theory→theories
(根据前面的a number of许多,可知此处理论应用复数。故将theory改为theories。)
【B6】
sleepless→sleep
(sleepless意为缺少睡眠的,而非睡眠的名词形式。故将sleepless改为sleep。)
【B7】
cell→cells
(cell细胞,此处应当使用名词复数形式cells。故将cell改为cells。)
【B8】
makes∧possible→it
(makes possible缺少成分,整句话语义不连贯,故在makes和possible之间加it。)
【B9】
able→enables
(able为形容词,要表示使……能够的意思时应该用enable。故将able改为enable。)
【B10】
high→low/lower
(根据后半句“因此需要较少的能量以创造热量”可知睡眠时体温低,或者较低。故将high改为low或者 lower。)
【B11】
with→of
(“……的方法”用method来表示时应该用介词of。故将with改为of。)
【B12】
thousand→thousands
(thousands of数以千计的。为固定搭配。故将thousand改为thousands。)
【B13】
hard∧find→to
(be hard to do.做……很困难。hard后不能直接加动词原形。故在hard和find之间加to。)
【B14】
out∧trouble→of
(keep people out of trouble使人们免于困难。out后不能直接加名词。故在out和trouble之间加of。)
【B15】
few→many
(根据后文人们在晚上睡觉能够免于成为食肉动物的晚餐可知很多食肉动物在晚上捕猎。故将few改为 many。)
【B16】
in→at
(at night在夜晚。为固定搭配。故将in改为night。)
【B17】
animals→animal's
(此处意为动物的晚餐,故将animals改为animal's。)
【B18】
be→being
(in addition to后加动词ing形式。故将be改为being。)
【B19】
learn→unlearn
(根据前面并列的forget可知此处词义应与forget相近,unlearn忘却。故将learn改为unlearn。)
【B20】
However→Otherwise
(上文提到睡眠使大脑忘记不必要的东西,下文提到“大脑会变得杂乱无章,充斥着不必要的信息”,连接两 句话应使用“otherwise(否则)”。故将However 改为Otherwise。)
【B21】
informations→information
(information为不可数名词。故将informations改为information。)