短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该漏字符号下写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（ \ ）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该横线下写上修改后的词。
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。
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If you watch ads on TV , you may find some of the ads make you feeling 1.
uncomfortable. Companies spend lot of money in ads that will encourage 2.
customers to buy its products. To do so, they employ skilled advertisers 3.
sometimes try to sell us things by making us believe that we are good enough 4.
the way we are or people will not like us unless we buy their products. 5.
The way people look and act in ads may be entertaining , and there are 6.
experts who consider some ads misleading or even dangerous. For example, 7.
ads that show beautiful people wear expensive clothes may make people feel 8.
ugly or poor. Because young people easily influenced, they may believe that 9.
what they see in the ads are real . They must buy certain products if they want 10.
others to like them because they feel they are too fat or too ugly.
Speaking a foreign language is most people want. Every year many 1.
million of people start learning one. Some people try at home with books2.
and records or tapes; some use radios and TV programmes,the others 3.
go to evening classes. If they use the language only 2 and 3 times a week,4.
learning them will take a long time, like learning a foreign language 5.
at school . A few people try to learn a language fast by studying 6 or more 6.
hours a day. It is clearly easier to learn the language in the country that it is7.
spoken .However, most people can’t afford this and it is necessary for 8.
many.Whether the language is learnt quickly or slowly, it is a hard work. Good9.
books and machines will help, and they can’t do the student’s work for him. 10.
It was so a sunny day that I decided to go fishing. I went 1.
out early and sit on the bank of the river. I hoped that I would 2.
have a good harvest. A long time passed. Although I waited 3.
patiently, but there was no luck. When the sun was about to set, 4.
I caught nothing , it made me very disappointed. I walked 5.
home sadly with the fishing pole or the empty basket. I was 6.
sure that my mother would laugh at me. Passed a fish market, 7.
I suddenly had an idea. I bought two big fresh fish and brought 8.
them home. My mother would certainly happy when she saw 9.
the fish and she would encourage me to continue to fishing. 10.
Tim is third-grade pupil. Recently he failed in exams. When he 1.
got his report , he was deep worried. The report should be signed by 2.
his father in order that his father can know his poor work at school. On 3.
the way to home, an idea appeared in his mind. When he got home, his 4
father was reading a newspaper. Tim said jokingly,“Dad ,can you5.
write your name without your eyes shut?” His father repliedwitha smile 6.
“I can try,son,give a pencil or a piece of paper.”As his father shut his eyes,7.
Tim placed a report on the table just beneath the pencil. “okey! His 8.
father wrote his name in “a piece of paper”,The father went onreading 9.
his paper and Tim was satisfied with the report sign by his father. 10.
This year summer vacation was most enjoyable. I spent fifteen days 1.
helping my grandparents doing farm work in the countryside,there I 2.
saw mountains and fields cover with green plants. Sometimes I went 3.
swimming in the river to the west of the village, the water which was quite 4.
clear. I kept a diary every day. Besides do farm work，I helped the children 5.
in the neighborhood on their lessons. All of them showed much interest 6.
in English. They could read and write well，and they could hardly 7.
understand simple English. So every day in the morning Ispenttwo 8.
hours helping them improve their listening and speaking English.They all 9.
made great progresses. Their parents thought highly of me. 10.