Question

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下短文。短文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

Great changes have taken place in the way of communication in people's life in recent years.

In the past, people kept in touch with each other mainly by written letters or using the public telephone. But now almost everyone have his own mobile phone. People can communicate for each other almost at any place and at any time. What's more, people have easy access to the Internet, what enables them to send and receive e-mails whatever they like.

With this changes, people's pace of life has been quickened and people's work has been made more efficiently. It is used to take several days to hear of each other, but now it takes only several minutes, even if they are on two different continents. In word, people have an easier life nowadays.

Answer

1.written改为writing

2.have改为has

3.for为with

4.what改为which

5.whatever改为whenever

6.this改为these

7.efficiently改为efficient

8.去掉is

9.of改为from

10.word前加a

【解析】本文是一篇说明文。主要讲述了当今社会，人们沟通交流的方式发生了很大的变化，从过去的书信、公用电话到现在的互联网、私人手机，人们之间的沟通变得越来越容易，工作也越来越有效率。

第一处：根据“mainly by written letters or using the public telephone”，by为介词，后面应该加动名词，故将written改为writing。

第二处：根据“everyone have his own mobile phone”，主语everyone表示单数形式的代词，谓语动词应该与之相对应使用三单形式，故将have改为has。

第三处：“People can communicate for each other”，communicate with sb.与某人交流，为固定搭配，故将for改为with。

第四处：“people have easy access to the Internet, what enables them to send and receive e-mails whatever they like”，根据关系词是要代指前面整句话的内容，将what改为which，what不能引导非限制性定语从句。

第五处：“enables them to send and receive e-mails whatever they like”，句子send and receive e-mails收发邮件，表示的是在某一时间进行的动作，结合“People can communicate for each other almost at any place and at any time”，可知作者想表述的是，人们之间的交流不受时间的限制，任何时间都可以进行交流，故将whatever改为whenever。

第六处：“With this changes”，change作为名词表“变化”使用时，为可数名词，根据 changes使用复数，故将this改为these。

第七处：“people's work has been made more efficiently”，make+宾语+形容词，形容词作宾语补语，故将efficiently改为efficient。

第八处：“It is used to take several days to hear of each other”，used to do sth.表示“过去常常做某事”，本身就是一个动词短语，可以用作谓语动词，故将is删掉。

第九处：“It used to take several days to hear of each other”，hear from“收到……的来信”，为固定词组。故将of 改为from。

第十处：“In word, people have an easier life nowadays”，in a word意为“总而言之”，为固定词组。故在word前添加a。

【名师点睛】

单复数的考查是短文改错常考的一个知识点，此题考查修饰复数的名词用复数的代词。

change作为名词单复数都有，区别只有意思的区别。

change表示“零钱”的意思时是不可数名词，例如：

I got to take some change.我得带些零钱。

change表示“变化”的意思时是可数名词，如：

Great changes have taken place in the city.

巨大的变化已经在这个城市发生了。

With this changes中change作为名词表“变化”使用时，为可数名词，故将this改为these。