Question

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。

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。

The British are supposed to be famous in laughing at themselves, but even their sense of humor has a limit. When Ratner took over his father’s shops in 1984, he introduced a very clearly company policy, which was great success. By 1991, Ratner’s company had owned 2,400 shops. And later that year, Gerald Ratner made a big mistake. At a big business meeting, he explained the secret of his success — people asked, “How can you sell your goods at such a low price?” He said, “Because of they are absolute rubbish.” His audience burst out laugh. But the British newspapers and the British public were not so amusing. People felt angry and stayed away from Ratner’s shops. Six months after his speech, sales fall sharply. The following year, things got bad and Gerald Ratner was forced to resign. By the end of 1992, he had lost his company and 25,000 of his employee had lost their jobs.

Answer

in → for

clearly → clear

在was和great之间加a

And → But

去掉Because后面的of

laugh → laughing

amusing → amused

fall → fell

bad → worse

employee → employees

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了，英国人虽以自嘲闻名，但他们的幽默感也有限度，Ratner就因为幽默的言语不当而导致事业失败。

1.考查介词。be famous for是固定搭配，意为“因……闻名”符合句意。故将in改为for。

2.考查形容词。分析句子可知，company policy是名词短语，需要形容词来修饰，应用clear。故将clearly改为clear。

3.考查不定冠词。分析句子可知，此处的success意为“一件成功的事”，是不可数名词的具体化，此处的success相当于一个可数名词，所以是a success。故在was和great之间加a。

4.考查连词。由前句By 1991, Ratner’s company had owned 2,400 shops.（到1991年，拉特纳的公司拥有2400家商店。）和后句Gerald Ratner made a big mistake.（Ratner犯了大错）可知，前后两句表转折关系，应用But。故将And改为But。

5.考查连词。because +从句，because of +名词/代词/动名词，分析句子可知，they are absolute rubbish是个句子，应用because。故去掉Because后面的of。

6.考查固定搭配。burst out doing固定短语，意为“突然……”，应用laughing。故将laugh改为laughing。

7.考查形容词。表示感情类的形容词，人做主语用常用ed结尾形容词，物作主语常用ing结尾形容词。amused感到有趣的，amusing令人感到有趣的。分析句子可知，主语the British newspapers and the British public（英国报社人群和英国大众）指人，应用amused。故将amusing改为amused。

8.考查时态。分析语境可知，文章发生在过去，全文以一般过去时为主，应用fell。故将fall改为fell。

9.考查比较级。分析语境，可知第二年情况变得更糟糕，应用比较级worse。故将bad改为worse。

10.考查名词的复数。分析句子可知，他员工（employee）中的25000人失去了工作，所以员工应用复数形式employees。故将employee改为employees。