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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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^）。并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：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。

Sometime in February, my teacher told us about the city speech contest, its topic was “People who have overcome difficulties in their lives”. I thought of my grandma would be my perfect topic. Then I carefully prepared for contest. A couple of weeks later, after the first round I was choosing to be one of the seven finalists! The final was held soon. I was the sixth to presenting the speech. How a relief when I finished it! After the last person finished, the judge made their final decisions and announced that I have won first prize. The audience were going wildly clapping and cheering! I was extremely happy. It was such exciting a moment that I will always remember it.

 

1.its前加and 或把its改为whose或者删掉topic后的was

2.thought 后删of

3.for 后加the

4.choosing →chosen

5.presenting→ present

6.How→ What

7.judge →judges

8.have →had

9.wildly→ wild

10.such →so

【解析】

试题分析：我参加了一次全市英语口语比赛。之前经过认真的准备，和赛场上的出色发挥，我获得了第一名。感到非常高兴。这是一次难忘的经历。

1.1】在its前加and 或把its改为whose或者删掉topic后的was。前后句子没有联系。通过变化，可以在its前加and使前后构成并列句，也可以把its改为whose吧后一句改成定语从句，或者删掉topic后的was变成独立主格结构。

2.2】thought 后是宾语从句，所以去掉of 。think of 意为：认为......怎样。

3.3】第二次提到contest ，所以for 后加the表特指。

4.4】was 后的choosing 变成chosen，使句子成为被动语态，符合主谓的被动关系。

5.5】the sixth 是序数词，后面用动词不定式做定语所以把to presenting改为to present。

6.6】a relief 是名词，How修饰形容词或副词，而What则修饰名词，所以把How改成What。

7.7】根据后面的their final decisions可知，裁判不止一人，所以把 judge 改成复数形式judges。

8.8】announced 是动词的过去式，所以把have 改成had，构成过去完成时。使时态前后一致。

9.9】go wild 是系表结构，所以把副词wildly改成形容词wild做表语。

10.10】so exciting a moment 相当于such an exciting moment.所以把 such 改成so。

考点：短文改错。

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A. has a very long history in North Africa

B. is not celebrated on the same dates each year

C. is attended mainly by the people in the Sahara

D. is celebrated only by travelers from different countries

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A. horsemen, dancers, horses and soldiers

B. horsemen, horses, government leaders and dancers

C. government leaders, horsemen, dancers and soldiers

D. musicians, soldiers, government leaders and soldiers

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A．indoor air pollution can make a person seriously ill

B．man - made building materials give off dangerous gases

C．there may be more harmful gases outside the buildings

D．the air indoors is polluted, which is very harmful

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A. every modern house

B. every old house

C. all kinds of houses

D all kinds of offices

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A. the limit of the flow of air between inside and outside

B. the building way that the builders want to save energy

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A. British English is better than American English

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D. the same language has connected the two nations

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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：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；

2. 只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

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