第二节：短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
A man went to an insurance office to have his life insured. The manager of the office ask him how old his parents were when they were died. “Mother had a bad heart and passed away at age of 30. Father died of tuberculosis (肺结核) when he was 35.” “I’ m very sorry,” said the manager, “We can’ t insure our life as your parents were not health” Disappointing, the man left the office. He met a clerk who had listened their talk. “You mustn’t be so frank and tell the truth.” said the clerk. “Not office will insure you if you speak like that. Use your imagination a little.” The man went to other office and was shown into the manager’ s room. “Well, young man, how old were your parents when they died?” “Mother was 93, and died while she was play football.”
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），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。
An old man whose eyesight was failing comes to stay in a hotel, a bottle of whisky in his hand. On the wall was a fly he took for a nail. The moment he tried to hang the bottle on it, they fell and broke. When the landlady discovered what had been happened, she decided to do him favor. The next morning when he was out, the hotel worker hammered a nail exact where the “fly” had been. Before the old man came back, the smell of the whisky reminded him the accident. Looking at the spot what he thought the “fly” was again, he was so angry that he slapped it with all his strengths. On hearing the loud cry, the landlady rushed in. To her surprise, the poor old man was sitting on the floor with his teeth clenched(咬紧) and the palm of his hand bleed.
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的文章.文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处.错误涉及一个单词的增加删除或修改.
The news which the English Entrance Examination will be reformed has caused a big “earthquake” in our country. Many people, included students, are for it. But there are also some people are against it. Then, is it better to do so or not? Personally, I think the reform has between advantages and disadvantages. On the one hand, it can reduce students’ learn burden and enable English to return back to its true function. On the other hand, it will cause students to spend less time on studying English and to attached less importance to English. If so, students will not have a good knowledge of English. What’s more, if students don’t have so a good ability, they will not be able to broaden our horizon and meet the future challenges.
Even today, a man with good manner will politely open the door for a lady, help her put on her coat when it necessary and see her safely to the door of her home after a date. When a man take a woman out for dinner, it is considered impolite to help her with her chair when she gets up or sits down. On a crowding train or bus, it is proper for a man to offer a woman his seat, especial if she is old or carries a baby. Even when it comes to shake hands, ladies come first. It is impolite for a man to extend his hand for handshake upon first greeting. Unless a woman does not extend her hand to the man first, the man shouldn’t offer theirs.
文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
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。
When a plane from London reached in Sydney airport, workers began to unload the number of wooden boxes where contained clothing. No one could know why one of the boxes were extremely heavy. It suddenly occurred to one of the workers to open the box. He was astonished at what he found. A man was laying in the box on top of a pile of woolen goods. He was very surprised at being discovered that he did not even try to run away. Before he was arrested, the man admitted hiding in the box before the plane left for London. He had had a long and uncomfortable trip, for he had stayed the wooden box for over eighteen hours. The man was ordered to pay￡3,500 for the cost of the trip. The common price of a ticket is ￡2,000!
下文中共有10处错误。在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写出该加的词。把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。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。
I have received and read your letter, in which you said you want to lose weight by dieting. It is natural that young girls at your age hopes to look beautiful. And in my opinion, health is more important than beauty. Do not let others' ideas to affect your normal life. If you do want to lose weight, it is good idea to do it by taking more exercise. But the most important thing is that you keep up a health state of mind. And it will help you on your studies and help us get over difficulties on dieting.I hope my advices will be helpful to you and I'm looking forward to hear from you soon.