Question

14．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
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．
Though great progress has made in science these years，there are still many people living in poor conditions．They make their lives by collecting and selling used thing．Their children cannot go to school because they have not enough money to send their children to there．Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now？The answer lies on the population explosion．A president of a developing country once said；"It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to'produce'child without limit．"Although this few words sound simple enough，they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion．

Answer 1

分析 本文告诉我们尽管近年来科学发展迅速，但仍有很多人生活在贫困之中，究其原因就是无限制的人口增长造成的．

解答 Though great progress has∧made in science these years，there are still many people living in poor conditions．They make their lives by collecting and selling used thing．Their children cannot go to school because they have not enough money to send their children to there．Why∧you think so many people still suffer from poverty now？The answer lies on the population explosion．A president of a developing country once said；"It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to'produce'child without limit．"Although this few words sound simple enough，they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion．
详解：
1．made前面加been；考查动词的语态，progress与动词made之间是动宾关系，故在动词made前面加been构成被动语态．
2．thing改为things；考查名词；thing是可数名词，根据句意"他们靠收集和出售废旧东西为生"可知要用复数形式．   
3．去掉to；考查介词，there是副词，前面不能用介词to．   
4．you前加do；考查句子结构，这是有实意动词think作谓语的特殊疑问句，要借助于助动词do构成．   
5．on改为in；考查介词，lie in在于．句意"答案在于人口过盛．"故答案为on改为in．  
6．us改为we；考查人称代词，本句中的"我们"在句中做主语，所以用主格．用it is…that…来强调主语．
7．child改为children；考查名词，child是可数名词．本句中用名词复数表类指．  
8．this改为these；考查指示代词，此处指示代词指代后面的few words，故用复数形式these．
9．clear改为clearly；考查副词，本句中的clear是修饰动作pointed out，所以应该用副词形式．

点评 短文改错时要注意一下几点：1．快速阅读，整体把握短文大意．2．重视语境以及上下文的关系．3．充分运用基础语言知识找出错误所在．