Question

Ten years ago, I had worked as a night guard in a factory. On a rainy night, all the lights of factory went out all of a sudden. I rushed out and could see nothing. Lucky for me, the warning system was directly connected with the police station. Three or four minutes late, four police car arrived at the front gate. They searched for the factory carefully, tried to find something unusual. In the end, I am told that the rain had brought about   the short circuit, that caused the accident.

Answer 1

【小题1】去掉had
【小题2】of后加the
【小题3】and改为but
【小题4】Lucky→Luckily
【小题5】late→later
【小题6】car改为cars
【小题7】去掉for
【小题8】tried→trying
【小题9】am→was
【小题10】that→which

解析试题分析：
【小题1】根据前面的时间状语，说明只有过去时
【小题2】特指factory，故使用the
【小题3】上下文是转折关系，故使用but
【小题4】用副词做状语，修饰整个句子
【小题5】later放在一段时间的后面
【小题6】根据上文的four说明使用复数形式
【小题7】search可以作为及物动词search the place搜查某地
【小题8】they与try构成主动关系，使用现在分词做状语
【小题9】本文使用一般过去时
【小题10】非限制性定语从句不能用that引导
考点：考查短文改错
点评：考查考生在上下文中运用语法的能力，要学生根据文章的意思，找出错误的地方。需要用适当的形式填写，动词的时态，名词的数都要考虑。要特别注意动词时态。