英语常见改错

Vocabulary

Exercises

1.Replacetheunderlinedwordswithappropriatewordsorexpressions.

(1)He resides lives in an e1egant mansion.

(2)After breakfast,they commenced started to do their homework. (3)The film show terminated ended at 5p.m.

(4)At last they extinguished put out the forest conflagration. (5)The little gir1 remarked said that she didn't like candy.

(6)Jack endeavored tried to convince his younger sister but failed.

(7)We will give you a discount of 3 percent if the money is made with in15 days of delivery. (8)Hi,Rose!

Hi,Jack! How about coming to my home tomorrow?You are welcome. 2.Choose the appropriate to fill the blanks.

(Going, Tramping) Tramping through the woods one ( time, afternoon) afternoon in the spring of last year, I found a (young, baby) baby owl in a pile of (foliage, leaves) leaves at the foot of a (beech, tree) beech . (Small, Palm sized) Palm sized covered with (grayish-white, light gray) grayish-white fluff, he (looked, stared) stared up at me with dark, shining eyes. Overhead, I could see the (place, hole) hole from

which he had (come, fallen) fallen, a (distance, drop) drop of 30 feet which should have (killed him, broken his neck) broken his neck. But the little bird was apparently (in good condition, alive and kicking) alive and kicking, (moving, fluttering) fluttering his wings and hissing.

3. In each sentence, choose the more precise of the two in italics.

(1) A few listeners were uninterested disinterested/uninterested and dozed off. (2) The audience stood up respectfully respectingly/respectfully when the hero appeared on the platform.

(3) One of the objectives of the campaign is to advise people not to use unclean foul/unclean language.

(4) Though she has grown up, her behavior is often childish childlike/childish.

(5) I am quite envious jealous/envious of your opportunity to study at such a famous university.

(6) I am sorry to decline refuse/decline your invitation.

(7) He was stunned surprised/stunned to find that his little sister had become a pretty, slim slim/skinny young woman

(8) My uncle became stout fat/stout as he grew older

(9) This servile man was especially humble modest/humble when he was talking to his superiors.

(10) The enemy troops were driven back when they attempted attempted/tried to

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cross the border.

(11) Her clothes, though made of' inexpensive cheap/inexpensive material, are quite elegant.

(12) They all felt sympathy sympathy/pity for the victims of the disaster and made donations.

(13) Empress Dowager Cixi was notorious famous/notorious for her cruelty.

(14) Is that elderly old/elderly lady woman/lady sitting on the bench your mother? (15) This homely homely/ugly old man is a well-known musician

(16) She is tall and slender slender /skinny, so she has been chosen by the fashion company to be a model.

(17) He insist on persist in/insist on going with us on the difficult trip although we all tried to persuade him to stay back.

(18) I don’t think it’s wise of him to reject refuse/reject such a good suggestion. (19) Shanghai is farther further/farther from Kunming than it is from Chongqing. (20) In the late 19th century, tens of thousands of people immigrated emigrated/ immigrated from Eastern Europe to the United States.

2. The following sentences are of jargons or slang, or are redundant. Please improve them to make them clear and easy to understand.

(1) Her answer was short but get the point on the end.

(2) Silence reigned supreme when their father gave them a ideas. (3) The president gave a wonderful speech. (4) My brother is extraordinary intelligent.

(5) By two months of the developmental median, the child will smile at his maternal parent’s face.

3. Fill in the blanks with the right word.

(1) A popular sport in Hawaii is boarding. a. serf b. surf (2) A rank lower than general is . a. colonel b. kernel

(3) A row boat needs at more than one . a. oar b. ore c. or (4) A samurai’s most valued possession was his . a. soared b. sword (5) A show dog is a thorough . a. bread b. bred

(6) A snowy owl upon mice, rabbits and other small animals. a. praise b. prays c. preys

(7) A son is a child. a. mail b. male

(8) A wheel is someone who fixes or makes wheels. a. right b. rite c. wright d.write

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(9) All was at the farm on the night before the storm. a. quiet b. quite

(10) After she passed the bar exam she began to as a lawyer in New York. a. practice b. practise (11) After all that I have been , you want me to give this up? a. thorough b. through (12) Apple sauce is a nice to roast pork. a. complement b. compliment (13) Are there any amusement parks in this ? . a. local b. locale

(14) Be sure there is enough daylight to make your down the mountain. a. decent b. descent c. dissent (15) Better than never. a. later b. latter

(16) Birds catch worms that come out with the morning .

a. dew b. do c. due (17) Bread tastes better the longer you the dough. a. need b. knead (18) Can you a way for me to carry three bags at one time? a. device b. devise (19) Can you the apples for me? a. peal b. peel

(20) ① After class, the students made for the dining-room B .

② The audience listened to the President Clinton's speech A . a. respectfully b. respectively

(21) ① The A revolution denotes the changes brought by mechanical inventions in the18th and 19th centuries.

② Under the leadership of the Party the B Chinese people are working hard to turn their country into a rich powerful one.

a. industrial b. industrious

(22) ① There are 3 A houses in our street.

② By the end of the game the stadium was almost B . a. empty b. vacant (23) ① Vitamins are B .

② I want to buy a A kitten. a. healthful b. healthy (24 ) ① During the B of my career as a waitress, I've dealt with some

very A customers. ② As her final project in the weaving A , Lisa made a tablecloth out of in shades of blue. fibers

a. coarse b. course

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(25) ① He bought a A watch.

② It is a B opportunity. a. gold b. golden

(26) ① Although the place is situated in the north, rice is the A food of the local inhabitants.

② The A sport in our high school, basketball, was coached by a man

whose guiding B was team play.

a. principal b. principle (27) ① Charity toward others is the B of her philosophy, the B of her confidence, the B of her belief.

② The A of the monument is made of marble.

a. base b. basis

(28) ① Jack is a man of great musical A .

② The seating B of this theatre is 500.

a. ability b. capacity

(29) ① Since A of jet aircraft, travel has been speeded up.

② Mary stood at the garden gate, waiting for the B of news from the frontier. a. advent b. arrival

(30) ① When you go to a new country you must A yourself to new manners and customers.

② European dress has been B by people in many parts of the world. a. adapt b. adopt

(31) ① The physician A my weight with that of my younger brother.

② His actions B badly with his promises. a. compare b. contrast

(32) ① It is reported that the serious traffic accident resulted from a A drive. ② She was too B to remember anything about the party. a. drunk b. drunken

(33) ① We always A down on the grass and look up at the sky after supper.

② The workman is able to B bricks very quickly. a. lie b. lay

(34) ① The reforms A many peasants. ② The peasants B a few reforms.

③ A dangerous flooding A is created when the full moon B the tides in the spring. a. affect b. effect

(35) ① The victory is B they have lost too many men. ② It is very easy; it is A that it can be finished in one week.

a. out of question b. out of the question

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