Question

短文改错

Once a man got on a bus for New York. He hid herself in the toilet, because he did not want to pay. But the passenger saw him. She tapped the person in front of her on the shoulder and say, “There’s a bum (流浪汉) in the toilet. Tell the bus driver.” The message was pass from person to person. But anywhere along the way, it was changed. The bus driver told that there was a bomb in the toilet. He immediate stopped the bus and telephoned the police. When the police came, they told the passengers to get off the bus or stay far away. Then they closed the highway, which resulted from a traffic jam. The police searched for several hour. Of course they found no bomb at all!

Answer

Line 1: herself—himself, the passenger—a passenger

Line 2: say—said,

Line 3: pass—passed, anywhere—somewhere,

Line 4: told—was told, immediate—immediately,

Line 5: or—and

Line 6: from—in; hour—hours

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了在公交车上一个误传的消息引发的一场虚惊。

第一处：考查代词。句意：他躲在厕所里。指的是a man，故herself 改为himself。

第二处：考查冠词。句意：但是一个乘客看到了他。passenger第一次出现，应该用不定冠词表示泛指，故the改为a。

第三处：考查时态。句意：她拍了拍前面的人的肩膀说，“告诉司机有个流浪汉在厕所里”。事情发生在过去，应该用一般过去时，故say改为said。

第四处：考查语态。句意：这个消息一个人一个人地传下去。message与pass之间是被动关系，故pass改为passed。

第五处：考查副词。句意：但是在沿途的某个地方，它被改变了。此处指“某个地方”，故anywhere改为somewhere。

第六处：考查语态。句意：司机被告知厕所里有一个炸弹。driver与told之间是被动关系，且为过去的事情，应该用一般过去时的被动语态，故在told前加was。

第七处：考查副词。句意：他立即停车并打电话报警。修饰动词stopped用副词，故immediate改为immediately。

第八处：考查连词。句意：警察到达现场后告诉乘客下车并远离公交车。根据句意可知前后是并列而非选择关系，故or改为and。

第九处：考查固定短语。句意：他们封锁了公路，这导致了交通堵塞。result from表示“起因于”，result in表示“导致”，故from改为in。

第十处：考查名词。句意：警察搜查了好几个小时。several修饰可数名词复数，故hour改为hours。