11。时态的错误
这也是改错中常见的考法。如2000年6月的76题考查的就是时态。综观短文,全部用的是过去时态,因而前后该一致。
下面我们来做做题目,看你都理解这些常见的错误了吗??
改错:(2004年6月真题)
Culture refers to the social heritage of a people---the learned
patterns for thinking,feeling and acting that characterize a
population or society,include the expression of these patterns in s1----------
material things.Culture is compose of nonmaterial culture--- s2----------
abstract creations like values,beliefs,customs and institutional
arrangements---and material culture---physical object like s3----------
cooking pots ,computers and bathtubs.In sum ,culture reflects
both the ideas we share or everything we make.In ordinary s4----------
speech, a person of culture is the individual can speak another s5-----------
language---the person who is unfamiliar with the arts,music, s6-----------
literature,philosophy,or history.But to sociologists,to be
human is to be cultured, because of culture is the common world s7-----------
of experience we share with other members of our group.
Culture is essentially to our humanness.It provides a kind s8-----------
of map for relating to others.Consider how you feel your way
about social life.How do you know how to act in a classroom,
or a department store,or toward a person who smiles or laugh s9-----------
at you ?Your culture supplies you by broad, standardized, s10---------
ready-made answers for dealing with each of these situations.
Therefore, if we know a person’s culture, we can understand
and even predict a good deal of his behavior.
答案:
s1 include-----including
属于非谓语动词的错误。
s2 compose----composed
be composed of是一个固定搭配。
s3 object----objects
这是名词单复数的错误。
s4 or--and
这是连接词的错误,both应该与and搭配。
s5在can前加who
这涉及到关系词的用法。
s6 unfamiliar----familiar
这是反义词的误用。
s7去掉of
这涉及到了连接词的用法,because引导从句。
s8 essentially----essential
这是形容词与副词错误。
s9 laugh---laughs
这是并列结构的问题,laughs与smiles对应。
s10 by---with
这是介词错误。