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【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。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、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。

Insurance companies are normally willing to insure anything, but it must be unique to insure a dish. It was a unusual pie dish, for it was eighteen feet in long and six feet in width. They had been purchased by a local authority so that an enormous pie could baked for an annual fair. The pie committee decided that the best way to transport would be by a canal, so they insured it for the trip. Short after it was launched, the pie committee went to the local inn to celebrate. In the same time, a number of teenager climbed on to the dish and held a little party of their own. Dancing proved to be more than the dish could bear, but during the party it capsized (倾覆) and sink in seven feet of water.

Answer 1

【答案】1. a改成an.

2. long 改成 length.

3. they 改成 it.

4. could 后加 be .

5.去掉a.

6. short 改成 shortly.

7. In 改成 At.

8. teenager 改成 teenagers.

9. but 改成 for 或 because .

10. sink 改成 sank

【解析】考查不定冠词。a 用在以辅音开头的字母前，an 用在以元音开头的字母前。故将a改成an.

考查形容词和名词的用法。In是介词，后面应该跟名词而不是形容词，in length 表示（持续）时间的长短；故将long 改成 length.

考查主语一致性。前面句子的主语是it，所以后面也应该是it，故将 they 改成 it.

考查情态动词的被动语态。Pie 与fair之间的关系是被动关系，情态动词+be+过去分词。故could 后加 be 。

考查名词用法。Canal是泛指，并不是指一条特定的运河。故去掉a。

考查短语。Shortly after意为不久之后，故short 改成 shortly.

考查介词。同时应该是at the same time.故将 In 改成 At.

考查名词的复数形式。a number of 表示一些，应该用复数形式。故将teenager 改成 teenagers。

考查连词。此处表原因，并不是表转折，故将but 改成 for 或 because。

考查动词的过去式。and前后时态应该保持一致，capsized用了过去式，sink也应该用过去式sank，故将 sink 改成 sank。