Question

　　The wind blows down the empty street. There were no cars or　　 1. ______

people on the street. Grass and weeds grow there. The wind　　　　2.______

blows across house. The boards shake. No one cares. The　　　　 3._______

houses are gray or empty. This is a ghost town. Most ghost　　　　4.________

towns are in the mountain. They were built near old mines.　　　　5.________

Men went to work in the mines. They were looking for gold and　　6.________

silver. The men had families built houses. Soon there were　　　　 7._________

stores sell food and other things. There were places to eat.　　　　 8._______

The town was busy place. In twenty years, the gold and silver　　 9.________

were gone. The men left. They brought their families with them. The 10.______

men who owned the stores left, too. All the people moved on.

Answer 1

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解析：

1. were → are 解: 应找准该文动词时态的基准点。 2. Right 3. across → through 解: through 指穿过立面物体, across指穿过平面物体。 4. or → and 5. mountain →mountains 解: NMET短文改错重视对英语中名词复数的屈折变化现象的考查。 【NMET90】Different people speak different [language], ... languages 【NMET91】We stopped to rest for a while and to drink some[waters] from a stream. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 water 【NMET92】We have been to Europe many [time].　　　　　　times 【NMET93】There are branch [library] in many villages.　　libraries 【NMET95】(I hope that you two could come and visit us) some [times] soon. 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 time 【NMET97】We study quite a few [subject], such as maths, Chinese, (English and physics.) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　subjects 【NMET98】(We practise [for] three times) every week and often watch football [match] on TV(together.)　　 matches 【NMET2000】talked to me. She said that she and my [schoolmate] all (wished me success,) 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 schoolmates 6. went → came　　解: 以说话人的叙述为中心, 故用came to the mines. 7. The men had → The men who had 解: who 引导出定语从句。为NMET短文改错常考内容。 8. sell → selling　　解: there is/are + sb. doing sth. 9. busy place → a busy place 解: place为可数名词, 应加用冠词。 10. brought → took 解: bring指带来, take指带走。