Question

Correct the mistakes in the following sentences.

1.Eighty percents of the population of our country are farmers.

          A           B         C        D

The underlined part ________is wrong, it should be________.

2.Everyone is tired now. Let’s have a ten minutes’ break, shall we?

             A       B           C             D

The underlined part ________is wrong,it should be________.

3.The street is five kilometers longer and fifty meters wide.

      A          B        C                 D

The underlined part ________is wrong, it should be________.

4.Nobody of our class can jump farther than Tim in the long jump.

A    B                  C                 D

The underlined part ________is wrong, it should be________.

Answer

1. A percent

2. C a ten-minute

3. C long

4. B in

【解析】

1.句意：我国人口的百分之八十是农民。

百分比的表达为：数字+percent，percent不需要变复数，故答案为(1). A (2). percent

2.句意：现在每个人都累了。我们休息十分钟，好吗？

十分钟休息的表达为：a ten-minute’s break 或 ten minutes’ break，注意数量词和名词之间有连字符时,名词不能用复数，ten minutes前不能用a，故答案为(1). C (2). a ten-minute

3.句意：这条街长五公里，宽五十米。

根据句意可知，题干中并没有比较对象，只是单纯描述街道的长和宽，所以不用比较级，故答案为(1). C (2). long

4.句意：在我们的班级中，没有人能比跳远的蒂姆跳得更远。

everybody in our class 我们班上的每个人，everybody后常接in，不接of，故答案为(1). B (2). in