第十八篇： Error Correction (15 minutes)
, J1 C8 C! [0 D7 mToday we take for granted that the mail will be delivered --71--
& \8 v1 l0 d4 b% x% adaily at our door. But many years ago it might have been
- y+ e7 S" m0 i1 k+ Pplaced in a tree trunk and underneath a rock. In the early --72--1 `1 b' Z9 {1 l' I
days of the mail no one could be sure about where or when it will arrive. --73--+ {. O- [& Q( I. h( V+ N. A
At the southern tip of Africa there was once a post office --74--8 \. R9 x9 x/ S" D4 e' G
under a rock. At the old days the route from England to . f" M1 M5 y5 J% _& f2 T) v% ^
India was around the Cape of Good Hope. The journey was
& j2 K$ B" L3 b' M! A. Cstormy and danger. It took six long months. Sailors often --75--/ w& {6 K6 i2 d( u3 B9 X( t1 z e( q
wished to send mail home, but they seldom met ships bound
/ J: I6 p2 M S5 m g0 m% ?back to England. So at the cape the sailors would go on
3 A* @# Y! @. m! v1 k/ J; mashore. They headed for a certain large stone. On the --76--
3 b& S- y, p1 m1 n0 D1 istone scratched the words “Look hereunder for letters.” --77--
- i" x! w1 F, o7 W. z7 F) i' G) {They would leave their letters there, knowing that the
, d, {3 Z, w1 H/ c znext homeward ship would stop and pick it up. --78--6 Z9 i, v: u2 t! _) S0 m/ r
There was another post office like this at the southern ) g$ W2 p5 @( V, K* C1 \
tip of South America. During the golden rush days, boats --79--1 ]2 a$ P% I7 t6 a% G
sailed around Cape Horn to California. At Cape Horn was 7 j3 ~# a/ u/ D& U, H& u" x
a keg(小桶) nailed to a post. Boats coming from the east
" i4 ?2 q8 ]2 h/ Q7 U7 ncoast would send some sailors to this post office. They
4 E3 B R7 ]) M/ T4 L& I1 hpicked up any letters in the keg. At the same time they
" m0 S6 [% P3 O5 d3 ?0 ^mailed letters home that boats sail east could pick up.--80--
! f3 A9 u# O4 d A& A答案：
; Z& f8 |9 U2 t1 z) ^71.take for granted 改为take it for granted. take it for granted that: 想当然认为…，在该结构中，it为形式宾语，that引导的从句才是真正宾语。如：Don’t take it for granted that you are bond to win. 别想当然地以为你注定会赢。( p1 r2 J, W, i! Y8 ^! D
72.and 改为or,根据句意知，此处应是选择关系，而非并列关系。! M3 ~9 n! s- i9 [, m* x& o* Z1 l! I
73.will改为would。根据句中In the early days和could 知此句主句时态为一般过去时，故其宾语从句中的将来时应为过去将来时，用would。
8 f" I, k* v# M; u' k74.At改为In。at表时间点，如几时几刻：at five o’clock, at 10∶30表一段时间用in, 如：in two years, in a week, in a few days,自然此处the old days 前应用in。" ~# T- d2 A+ y/ e* {
75.danger 改为dangerous. 由于本句是系数结构，故应用形容词；况且从修辞上看既然stormy 有“风暴的”是形容词，后面and 并列的词性也应是形容词。故应将danger 名词改为其形容词dangerous。
/ A8 m" g# v3 t& e: _76.go on ashore 改为go ashore 或go on shore, ashore 是副词，意为“上岸，在岸上”。此处“上岸”可用go ashore或go on shore来表达。
3 q' A' L# Q( w# m* {77.scratched 改为were scratched或they scratched。若用were scratched，则此句为倒装句，主语是words,用过去时和被动语态。若用they scratched，则words是宾语，该句缺主语，根据上下文，加上they即可。, ?/ h, C6 ]) \: p" K; z$ |1 }
78.it改为them。句中的pick it up 中“it”指的是主句中的letters。根据单复数一致的原则，应用them指代letters。
8 b% k. Q7 K9 v) a8 ~79.golden改为gold。golden 是形容词，意为“金色的”，“黄金般的”，gold 作名词，意为“黄金”，作形容词，意为“全制的”。故“淘金热”应为“gold rush”。
0 U2 {- K( y, P# V- F$ Q80.sail 改为sailing。根据boats sail east could pick up 中could为谓动词，到sail 应变为现在分词，作定语，修饰boats。若无字数限制，改成boats which sailed east 这样的定语从句也可以。 |
发表于 2012-8-14 10:46:58
