Question

【题目】下面短文中有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），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。

A century before, a bird called the passenger pigeon lived in North America. There were so many passenger pigeons when people often saw thousands, even millions of birds flying overhead. Therefore, there is not a single one left today. What happened? How did all passenger pigeons disappear from the earth entire?

The passenger pigeons become extinct for two reason. First, the forests that it lived was cut down to make way with farms and cities. Second, many pigeons were shot and eaten because they were good to eat. At that time, there were no hunting laws protect endangered species as they are now.

Answer 1

【答案】1. before→ago；2. when→that；3. Therefore→However；4. entire→entirely；5. become→became；6. reason→reasons；7. that→where；8. was→were；9. with→for；10. protect前面加to

【解析】第一处：考查副词。ago，before这两个词都可表示“在若干时间以前”，但ago所指的时间是从现在算起。before所指的时间是从过去某一时刻算起。由语境可知，该文中指的“一个世纪前”，是从现在算起，故应将before改为ago。

第二处：考查固定句式。so…that…意为“如此……以至于……”，是固定句式。句意：有如此多的旅鸽以至于人们经常看到数千只旅鸽从头顶飞过。

第三处：考查副词。上文提到一个世纪前，旅鸽数量众多，下文提到现在一只旅鸽也没有了，上下文之间是转折关系，故应将Therefore改为However。

第四处：考查副词。修饰动词disappear用副词entirely。

第五处：考查时态。由第一段可知，现在已经没有旅鸽了，由此可知，旅鸽“become extinct”是过去的事情，因此，该句要用一般过去时态。

第六处：考查名词。reason是可数名词，前面有two修饰，故要用名词复数形式。

第七处：考查定语从句。“the forests that it lived was cut down”里面包含一个定语从句，修饰the forests，关系词在从句中应该作地点状语，故该从句要用where引导。

第八处：考查介词。make way for意为“为……腾地方”，是固定短语，故应将with改为for。

第九处：考查主谓一致。该句主语为名词复数the forests，根据主谓一致原则，应将was改为were。

第十处：考查非谓语动词。to protect endangered species是定语，修饰hunting laws。