题目内容
14．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下作文．文中共有10处错误，每句中最多有两处，每处仅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．
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．
Dear Sir or Madam，
I am writing to complain about the poor service I receive when I traveled with your airline on 30th January．I flew from London to New York on Flight TMN 108and I was completely disappointing．The service was very slow but careless．When I asked for a glass of water that took the flight attendant half an hour to bring one．To make matter worse，the glass which she brought were dirty．What's more，the food was cold and tasted terribly．
I am very much dissatisfied indeed．I would like apology．I hope to hear about you as soon as possible．
Yours faithfully，
Ken Hampton．
分析 本文是作者向航空公司写的一一封信．投诉在飞机上所收到的劣质服务．比如，水杯是脏的，饭菜是冷的，味道不好等．
解答 Dear Sir or Madam，
I am writing to complain about the poor service I receive when I traveled with your airline on 30th January．I flew from London to New York on Flight TMN 108and I was completely disappointing．The service was very slow but careless．When I asked for a glass of water that took the flight attendant half an hour to bring one．To make matter worse，the glass which she brought were dirty．What's more，the food was cold and tasted terribly．
I am very much dissatisfied indeed．I would like∧apology．I hope to hear about you as soon as possible．
Yours faithfully，
Ken Hampton．
详解：
1．receive改为received 考查动词时态．根据状语从句when I traveled with your airline on 30th January表示过去，主句也应用一般过去时态．
2．disappointing改为disappointed 考查过去分词．过去分词作表语，多半用来表示人物所处的心理状态或情感变化，其主语多半是人．
3．but改为and 考查连词．slow和careless之间是并列关系，用连词and．
4．that改为it 考查it用法．此处句型it takes sb．time to do sth．意为"花某人时间做某事"，是固定句型．
5．matter改为matters 考查固定搭配．to make matters worse意为"更糟的是"，是固定搭配．
6．were改为was 考查主谓一致．主语the glass是单数，谓语动词也应用单数形式．
7．terribly改为terrible 考查形容词．taste是连系动词，后接形容词作表语．
8．去掉much 考查词语用法．dissatisfied是形容词，用very修饰形容词，very much修饰动词，much是多余的，要去掉．
9．加an 考查冠词．是可数名词，单数形式前加不定冠词a表示泛指，因其读音以发元音开头，用不定冠词an．
10．about改为from 考查词语用法．hear about意为"得悉，听说"，hear from意为"收到…的来信"，此处应是：收到…的来信．
点评 高考短文改错题的形式有说明文，短文故事，书信等，具有很强的实用性．短文的内容和语言都符合高中学生的实际，从表面上看类似一篇学生习作．首先，通读全文，了解短文大意，把握全篇的时态、人称及行文逻辑，在通读全文时把一些容易的错误先改好，再进行逐句改错．其次，要进行逐个句子的改错．这是要对文中的词法、句法和语篇着重分析和特别注意．最后把改好的短文再阅读一遍，检查答案是否正确，感觉是否还有不妥之处，最终形成定稿．
