Question

16．假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．作文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处．每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．
增加：在缺词处加一个漏子符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词．
删除：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．
Though a great progress has been made in science these years，there are still many people live in poor conditions．They made their lives by collecting and selling used things．Their children cannot go to school while they have not enough money to send their children there．Why you think so many people still suffer from poverty now？The answer lies on the population explosion．A president of a developing country once said；"It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to"produce"child without limit．"Although this few words sound simple enough，they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion．

Answer 1

分析 短文讲述了近些年科学取得了巨大进步，但仍有些人生活在贫困之中，他们通过收售废品为生，甚至没钱送孩子去上学，造成这个现象的原因就是人口的剧增，一位发展中国家的总统说过："我们自己要为贫穷负责，因为过去我们好哇节制地生了一大群孩子"，简短的一句话清楚地指出了人口剧增导致的后果．

解答 Though a great progress has been made in science these years，there are still many people livein poor conditions．They made 
         去掉a                                                                                                                 living
their livesby collecting and selling used things．Their children cannot go to school while they have not enough money to send
      living                                                                                                         because
their children there．Why∧you think so many people still suffer from poverty now？The answer lies on the population explosion．
                                      do                                                                                                          in
A president of a developing country once said；"It is us who are to blame for the poverty because we used to"produce"child without
                                                                              we                                                                                         children
limit．"Although this few words sound simple enough，they have clear pointed out one of the causes of the population explosion
                         these                                                             clearly
1．去掉great前面的a；考查名词，progress是不可数名词，前面不能加a．
2．live改为living；考查分词，这里living现在分词短语作后置定语，修饰people．
3．lives改为living；考查名词，make one's living 是固定搭配，意为"谋生"．
4．while改为because；考查连词，while意为"然而，当…时候"，because表示原因，根据句意，这里应该用because．
5．why后面加do；考查助动词，在这个句子中助动词do帮助构成特殊疑问句．
6．on改为in；考查介词，lie in 是固定用法，意为"存在于，取决于"．
7．us改为we；考查代词，这是一个强调句，在这个句子中we作主语，即we are to blame…所以用主格形式．
8．child改为children；考查名词复数，根据句意人们无限制地生了许多孩子，所以要用复数形式．
9．this改为these；考查指示代词，这里后面用了名词复数words，所以要用these．
10．clear改为clearly；考查副词，这里用副词clearly修饰动词短语point out．

点评 短文改错时要整体理解短文的中心思想，弄清短文的基本时态，再具体分析句子中的基本语言点，找出错误加以修改．