泽熙美文Error Correction
Directions: This part consists of 50 sentences, in each of which there is an underlined part that indicates a grammatical error. Below each sentence, there are 4 choices respectively marked A, B, C and D. Choose the word or phrase that can best replace the underlined part so that the error is corrected. Tick the letter as the right answer. Please note: Short Answers are provided for 1-10 questions, which you may refer to after finishing answering the questions. This provision is thought to be helpful for aiding and guiding your practice in answering the rest questions.
1. The general manager demanded that the company’s facilities are not used for private purposes, whatever the purposes.
A.are not to be used
B.will not be used
C.be not used
D.would not be used
正确答案：B
[解析] 就demand这个动词的句子结构而言，常为to demand sb. do…或to demand sth. be done，所以C项才是正确的。
2. Young people tend to stay with their family longer on these days for accommodation is expensive but, when they move away to a job or college, there are various options open to them.
A.these days for
B.during these days as
C.these days as
D.within these days for
正确答案：C
[解析] 在此直接用these days作为状语而不必加任何的介词，之后由主语accommodation引导的是原因状语，故用as才对。
3. In Britain, a building society or bank are the official owners and the mortgage is a financial loan for anything that goes up to 100% of the value of the house, repayable over twenty to forty years.
A.that is to 100% of the value of
B.up to 100% of the value of
C.which is up 100% of the value to
D.going up to 100% of the value to
正确答案：B
[解析] 跟随anything的up是个副词，之后的to是介词，所以在up to之前不需加任何的成分。
4. If people cannot afford to buy their own house, they can rent property from a private landlord, as 10% of the population does, or from their local council.
A.as do 10% of the population
B.just as 10% of the population will do
C.the same as 10% of the people do
D.as will do 10% of the population
正确答案：A
[解析] 这里的population是个集体名词，是个复数概念，其动词不应使用第三人称单数。另外，特别应该注意在此状语片语中动词的倒装用法。
5. Regarding their family roles, Chinese wives, Korean wives and American wives differ from each other in both how long they spent at home and their status as an individual.
A.each other in either the time they spend home and their status
B.one another in both how long they spend at home and what their status
C.each other in both the time they spend home and their status
D.one another in both the time they spend at home and their status
正确答案：D
[解析] 此句有两个语法点：一是each other和one another的用法，二是both…and…。首先，each other用于两者之间，而one another则用于三者及以上；第二，both和and连接的一般应该是同类词。举例说，如果位于both之后的是个名词，那么跟随and的也应该是个名词或名词词组。
6. When the Art Gallery was being opened for the public, the Prime Minister was the first entering the gallery following other visitors.
A.was open to…entering the gallery followed with
B.was opened for…to enter the gallery following by
C.was opened to…to enter the gallery followed by
D.was to be opened for…entering the gallery followed with
正确答案：C
[解析] 因该句状语的打头词是带有“点动”的when，因此之后的动词也应使用点动词，而be open主要用来表示事物的状态。跟随主句be动词之后的序数词，如the first或the second，应该用动词不定式。答案中用followed而非following，因为这里省去了who was。
7. Only when total production expands faster than the rate of labor force growth plus the rate of productivity increase and minus the rate with average annual hours fall so does the unemployment rate.
A.at which average annual hours fall does the unemployment rate fall.
B.which average annual hours fall so does the unemployment rate.
C.in which average annual hours fall and so does the unemployment.
D.which average annual hours fall does the unemployment rate fall.
正确答案：A
[解析] 本句的问题有两个：一是at which的用法，二是以only、never等副词开始的主句动词的倒装。此句中的which指之前的rate，因此应该使用介词at。主句之前的状语是由only when开始的，所以全句应该以Only when…does…do的形式出现。
8. The woman proceeded gently to tickle that withered chin of seventy, much as it had been that of a four-or five-year old child.
A.much as if it was that
B.much as though it were that
C.much as though it has been that
D.much as though it had been that
正确答案：D
[解析] 此句是个纯虚拟句，以much as though引导的成分是虚拟的，所以之后的动词应该用had been，而much as though便是这种虚拟推测句的基本要素。
9. All mothers are of the same nature as a mother, and if your Mum will be a tycoon like Gates, she will be able to buy you the same car as your friend’s.
A.were…would
B.was…would
C.had been…would have been
D.is…will
正确答案：A
[解析] 此句为虚拟语气的用法。
10. Her face is a curious misture: the soft dreamy eyes contrast so sharply with the firm, I almost said, hard little mouth.
A.I have almost said
B.I had almost said
C.I would almost say
D.I should have said
正确答案：B
[解析] had almost done是一种虚拟含蓄条件，古英语常用should have been或would have been，而现代英语常用had been取代古时用法。
11. What do you say to dine with a stranger who might have committed murder hours ago?
A.to dining
B.about dining
C.that dining
D.that dine
正确答案：A
12. The suspect swore that he told the truth, the whole truth, but nothing and the truth.
A.or nothing and
B.and anything but
C.without anything and
D.and nothing but
正确答案：D
13. It was such a mess in the room hence it is unlikely for me to tidy it up in few minutes.
A.that
B.so
C.in that
D.therefore
正确答案：A
14. Mary said that she would rather have gone for shopping with her colleague than go to movie with her husband.
A.than went
B.than gone
