Question

【题目】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作文。文中共有10处语言错误，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：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

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。

Last week I went to visit to my former neighbor, Mr. Yang. He and I used to living next to each other for many years. About half a year ago, an order came which the old building, along with many other similar ones, were going to be pulled down to make room for a main street.

So I had to move apart. Mr. Yang now lives in the suburbs near a beautiful park. His new apartment is much big than before. The only problem is that it took quite a long time to get to the downtown area. Therefore, Mr. Yang doesn’t seem to worry about the long distance. He says that new subway line is to be built in a few year and he is sure life will be better in the future.

Answer 1

【答案】

【解析】本文主要讲了上周，作者去拜访自己以前的邻居的故事。

1.第一处：去掉第二个to visit作＂拜访，访问＂ 讲时，是及物动词。

2.第二处：living→ live used to do sth.意思是＂曾经做某事（但现在停止）＂ ；注意区分be used to (doing) sth.该短语意思是＂习惯于（做）某事＂。

3.第三处：which→ that that引导同位语从句，说明an order的内容。

4.第四处：were→ was 在从句中，主语the old building是单数，谓语动词仍用单数。注意along with不是并列连词，所以它引导的短语不能被看作并列成分。

5.第五处：I→ We 人称代词的逻辑错误。根据语境，这里指我们（我和住了多年的邻居）分开了。

6.第六处：big→ bigger than before提示上文应使用比较级。

7.第七处：took→ takes ＂去市区要花费相当长的时间＂是杨先生的现状，故表语从句也要使用一般现在时。

8.第八处：Therefore→ However 根据语境，上下文之间构成转折关系，并非因果关系，故应改为副词however。注意连词but通常不用逗号隔开。

9.第九处：that后加a new subway line前需加不定冠词a，泛指＂一条新的地铁线＂。

10.第十处：year→ years a few（一些）修饰可数名词复数。