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【題目】假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。作文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（\）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均僅限一詞；

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Antarctica, coldest place on Earth, is the fifth largest continent in the world. The conditions there are quite extremely with nearly no rainfall. 98% of the surface are covered permanently by ice and strong winds driving by gravity blow from the pole to the coastline. It is difficult to find a more inhospitable place. Besides, it is full of wildlife like the famous penguins, that can adapt to its hard conditions. It was not until 1895 the Norwegian explorer called Carstens Borchgrevink set his foot on the Antarctic mainland. In 1961, 12 countries sign a treaty to make it the world's biggest nature reserve. Today scientist from all over the world go there to study its resources and to work together for progress and peace.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】coldest前加the

【2】extremely→extreme

【3】surface后面的are→is

【4】driving→driven

【5】Besides→However

【6】that→which

【7】1895 后加that

【8】去掉foot 前的his

【9】sign→signed

【10】scientist→scientists

【解析】

試題分析：本文介紹地球上最冷的地方——南極洲。

【1】coldest前加the 形容詞最高級前要加定冠詞the，故在coldest前加the。

【2】extremely→extreme be動詞后面用形容詞作表語，故把extremely改為extreme。

【3】surface后面的are→is 句意：南極洲表面的98%被冰長期覆蓋著。主語是surface，是不可數(shù)名詞，故系動詞要用單數(shù)。

【4】driving→driven 表示“被地心引力驅(qū)使的強風(fēng)”，此處是過去分詞作后置定語，故把driving改為driven。

【5】Besides→However 句意：然而，這里充滿了像企鵝一樣的野生動物。與前面說“很難找到比南極洲更荒涼的地方”形成轉(zhuǎn)折，故把Besides改為However。

【6】that→which 在這里wildlife是先行詞，指物，后面是非限制性定語從句，不能用that作關(guān)系詞，要用which。

【7】1895 后加that 此處是not until的強調(diào)句式，故在1895 后加that。

【8】去掉foot 前的his 固定搭配set foot on，意為“進(jìn)入，踏上”，故去掉foot 前的his。

【9】sign→signed 根據(jù)In 1961可知，句子用一般過去時態(tài)，故把sign改為signed。

【10】scientist→scientists 來自全世界的科學(xué)家，不只一個，故scientist用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故把scientist改為scientists。

【知識拓展】

對not…until句式的強調(diào)有固定的句型，即It is / was not until…that…

It was not until yesterday that I noticed it.直到昨天我才注意到此事。

It was not until I saw Mary that I felt happy.直到見到瑪麗我才高興起來。

It was not until I met you that I knew real happiness.直到我遇到你以后，我才真正體會到幸福。

請看兩道題：

(1) It _______ we had stayed together for a couple of weeks _______ I found we had a lot in common.

A. was until; when B. was until; thatC. wasn’t until; when D. wasn’t until; that

答案為D。此題考查not…until…句式的強調(diào)形式——It was not until…that…的用法。注意不要想當(dāng)然地將其中的that換成when。

(2) It was not until she got home _______ Jennifer realized she had lost her keys.

A. when B. that C. where D. before

答案為B�？疾閚ot…until…的強調(diào)形式，其基本結(jié)構(gòu)為it was not until…that…形式。