短文改错
(一)
There was once a man cared much more for money than 1．_____________
for anything else．one day he
took his son to buy a 2．_____________
box of match，and told the
boy that he must see that 3．_____________
every one match in the box was good．Soon the boy 4．_____________
came back．The man took
out a match and strike it 5．_____________
carefully，but it failed
to light．He tried
several 6．_____________
more，but none was
good．He got very
angrily and said， 7．_____________
"I told you every match must be good，don’t I ?" "Yes， 8．_____________
Dad，”the boy
replied in a low voice，"I tried all the 9．_____________
matches in box and even match lit．" 10．_____________
参考答案：
1．man后加who
2．took改为sent
3．match改成matches
4．去掉one
5．strike改成struck
6．tries改为tried
7．angrily改为angry
8．don’t改成didn’t
9．√
10．in后加the
(二)
Nowadays，almost every
family has TV set，and almost
1.__________
everyone likes watching TV．TV has become part of our lives． 2.__________
TV has many advantages，for example，it informs us the 3.__________
latest news which is happening in the world；it can open our 4.__________
eyes，enlarge our
knowledge and also help us to see more 5.__________
about the worId．But，it also has some disadvantages．People 6.__________
waste too much time in watching TV and his normal life 7.__________
and work are affected．To the children whoney spend too 8.__________
much time in watching Tv，it can do harmful to their sight 9.__________
and healthy．So we should
control the time of watching TV． 10.__________
答案与解析：
1．TV前面加a。TV set是可数名词的单数形式，TV前面要用不定冠词。
2．lives改为life。life意为“生活”时为不可数名词。
3．us后面加of。inform sb of sth为—固定搭配，意为“通知／告知某人某事”。
4．which改为that。定语从句先行词被最高级修饰，定语从句应由that引导。
5．正确。
6．But改为However。此处要求用副词，而But为连词。
7．his改为their。指代前面的people。
8．去掉they。定语从句已有主语who。
9．harmful改为harm。do后面要用名词。
10．healthy改为healh。此处要用名词。
(三)
A professor shared with a seat in a bus with a farmer，and 1.__________
proposed a exchange of riddles(谜语)to help pass the time． 2.__________
“When I miss a riddle，” suggested the scholar，“I’ll pay your 3.__________
a dollar. But since obviously I’ve had much opportunity than 4.__________
you to acquire knowledge, when you miss a riddle you need 5.__________
pay me only fifty cents．” The fanner agreed to and said，“What 6.__________
is it that weighs 600 pounds on pound and only 15 7.__________
pounds when it fly?”“I don’t know?”confessed the 8.__________
scholar,“so here is my dollar．" “I don’t know too，” 9.__________
admitted the farmer but handed back fifty cents to the scholar. 10.__________
答案与解析：
1．去掉第一个with。shared是及物动词。
2．a改为an。
3．your改为you。此处用代词的宾格。
4．much改为more。从后面的than可以看出这是一个比较级句型
5．正确。
6．去掉to。后面没有宾语，to是多余的。
7．ground前要加定冠词the.
8．fly改为flies。这里是一般现在时的第三人称单数形式。
9．too改为either。这是—个否定句。
10．but改为and。因为这里没有转折的意思。
(四)
Most of us use salt every day．We used it to make our 1．_____________
food taste better. We think nothing of it．It is there，so we 2．_____________
use it．There was
time，however，when salt was not so common． 3．_____________
In the ancient world，salt was a luxury(奢侈)and only for the 4．_____________
riches．Greek tales
tell of people who did not live near the sea． 5．_____________
They used no any salt in their food．Salt was once so hard to 6．_____________
get when it was used as money．Roman workers were once paid all 7．_____________
and part of their wages(工资)in salt．That is why we have 8．_____________
the expression "not worth his salt"．We know that an English word 9．_____________
"salary" comes from the Latin word, salarium，which meant "salt money "．10．_____________
答案与分析：
1．used改为use，因为这里的时态环境为一般现在时。
2．so改为and，因为这里不属因果关系，而属递进式并列关系。
3．was后加a，构成there was a time when句型。
4．正确。
5．riches改为rich，the rich 表“富人”。
6．去掉any，因为no应直接修饰名词。
7．when改为that，构成so…that…结构。
8．and改为or，表“或者”。
9．an改为the，因为这里word表特指。
10．meant改为means，这里应用一般现在时。
(五)
Do you know Chaplin? She made many films． 1．________
Even people whom don’t understand English can enjoy 2．________
Chaplin’s film and they are mostly silent． 3．________
It isn’t he says that makes us laugh．His 4．________
comedy doesn’t depend words or language．It 5．________
depends on little actions which mean the 6．________
same thing as to people all over the world． 7．________
Act out，without words，of common human 8．________
situations play an important part in dances 9．________
and plays of many countries．It’s the kind of world language． 10．_________
参考答案：
1．She改为He 6．√
2．whom改为who 7．去掉as
3．and改为because 8．Act改为Acting
4．he前加what 9．play改为plays
5．wods前加on 10．the改为a
(六)
Edison was interesting in everything．Most of all 1．_________
he interested in electricity．He wanted to know 2．_________
when to use electricity，and he tried his best to 3．_________
find ways to use it．Edison’s tests with electricity has 4．_________
been changed the world a lot．But it was not easy 5．_________
for him to mAe the fIIst elect6clight．He had to 6．_________
make thousands tests and at last he was successful 7．_________
and he world became bright．Today electricity lights 8．_________
towns and villages．They keeps our homes warm． 9．_________
Radio and TV run on it．Science uses every day． 10．_________
参考答案：
1．interesting改为interested
2．interested前加was
3．when改为how
4．has改为have
5．去掉ben
6．正确
7．tests前加of
8．bright改为brighter
9．They改为It
10．every前加it
(七)
It is very hot that afternoon，I was hurrying to 1．_________
school when I saw a lady falling off her bike． 2．_________
The lady laid on the ground．I ran over to her 3．_________
then tried to help her to get up．But she couldn’t 4．_________
stand up，because of
her right leg was broken．At that 5．_________
moment，a policeman
went up．Together with
the 6．_________
policeman sent the lady to a hospital nearby．There 7．_________
I telephoned the lady family，and told them the 8．_________
whole story．
Seeing the lady was well looked after，I said 9．_________
good-bye to him and went to school． 10．_________
参考答案：
1．is改为was
2．falling改为fall
3．laid改为lay
4．then改为and
5．去掉of
6．went改为came
7．sent前加I
8．lady改为lady’s
9．正确
10．him改为her
(八)
Ladies and gentlemen，
May I pay your attention please? Now we are looking 1．______________
for a passenger，Mr Brown，he is from America．And he is now 2．______________
leaving Beijing to America by Flight 2748．But we 3．______________
were told that Mr Brown forgot his passport as well 4．______________
as his wallet in the Friendship Hotel where he had stayed． 5．______________
The manager of the hotel has just called on to tell 6．______________
us it．The manager
has sent his secretary to bring the passport 7．______________
and wallet here and will reach soon．Will Mr Brown 8．______________
go to the gate of our airport and wait your passport and 9．______________
wallet? They will arrive at about ten minutes． 10．______________
That’s all．Thank you.
答案与解析：
1．将Pay改为have。
2．将第—个he改为who。
3．将to改为for。
4．将forgot改为left。
5．此行正确。
6．去掉on。
7．在us后加about
8．将reach改为arrive。
9．在wait后加for。
10．将就改为in。
（九）
One day people on the shore listened shouts 1．__________
for help，They ran up
to the sea．A soldier
jumped 2．__________
into the water and swim to the man．He was a good 3．__________
swimmer and soon pulled the man back the shore． 4．__________
Now everyone saw that the man was a very rich man． 5．__________
He went to the soldier，taking out a shilling 6．__________
and gave it to him．And the soldier refused to take 7．__________
it and went far away．The people there were very 8．__________
angry to the rich man．But an old woman said， 9．__________
laughing，“I’m sure the
rich man knows how many his 10．__________
life is worth!” Everyone there agreed with the woman and laughed too．
答案：
1．listened改为heard。
2．up改为down。
3．swim改为swam。
4．back后加to。
5．正确。
6．taking改为took。
7．And改为But。
8．去掉far。
9．to改为with。
10．many改为much。
（十）
Tony is a middle school student. Yesterday he was praised by 1. ________
the headmaster at the school meeting for turned in the wallet 2. ________
he picked in the street. The headmaster called on the students to 3. ________
learn him. His classmates applauded loudly for his noble deed 4. ________
and Tony felt proud for himself. On his way home, one of his 5. ________
classmate said to him, “You are so lucky, Tony. But can you tell me 6. ________
where you picked up the wallet?” Tony just smiled and didn’t tell a 7. ________
single word. When he went back to home, Tony rushed into the kitchen 8.
________
and said to my granny: “Thank you very much, granny. Now it’s time 9. ________
for you to go to school and take the wallet back!” 10. ________
答案：
1．正确。
2．把turn改为turning。
3．在picked前加had。
4．在learn后加from。
5．把for改为of。
6．把classmate改为classmates。
7．把tell改为say。
8．去掉to。
9．把my改为his。
10．把take改为get或bring。