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1、郸城一高自主招生英语短文改错12篇Passage 1Error Correction(15 minutes)Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blan
2、ks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark () in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash () in the blank.Example:Television is rapi
3、dly becoming the literatures of our periods.1. time/times/periodMany of the arguments having used for the study of literature2. _as a school subject are valid for study of television.3. the_One major decision which faces the American student ready tobegin higher education is the choice of attending
4、a largeuniversity or a small college. The large university provides awide range of specialized departments, as well numerous71. _courses within such departments. The small college, therefore,72. _generally provides a limited number of courses andspecializations but offer a better student-faculty rat
5、io, thus73. _permit individualized attention to student. Because of its large74. _student body (often exceeding 20,000) consisting in many75. _people from different countries the university exposes itsstudents to many different culture, social and out-of-class76. _programmes. On the other hand, the
6、smaller, morehomogeneous(同性质旳) student body of the big college77. _affords greater opportunities in such activities. Finally, theuniversity closely approximates the real world and which78. _provides a relaxed, impersonal, and sometimes anonymous(隐姓埋名旳) existence, on the contrast, the intimate79. _at
7、mosphere of the small college allows the student four years ofstructural living in which to expect and preparing for the real80. _world. In making his choice among educational institutions thestudent must, there fore, consider a great many factors.Passage 2Thomas Malthus published his Essay on the P
8、rincipleof Population almost 200 years ago. Ever since then,forecasters have being warning that worldwide famine wasS1. _just around the next corner. The fast-growing populationsdemand for food, they warned, would soon exceed theirS2. _supply, leading to widespread food shortages and starvation.But
9、in reality, the worlds total grain harvest has risensteadily over the years. Except for relative isolated troubleS3. _spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years ofgood harvests, the worlds food crisis has remained justS4. _around the corner. Most experts believe this can continueeven as if
10、 the population doubles by the mid-21st century,S5. _although feeding I0 billion people will not be easy forpolitics, economic and environmental reasons. OptimistsS6. _point to concrete examples of continued improvementsin yield. In Africa, by instance, improved seed, moreS7. _fertilizer and advance
11、d growing practices have more thandouble corn and wheat yields in an experiment. Elsewhere,S8. _rice experts in the Philippines are producing a plant with fewS9. _stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that plantbreeders can continue to develop new, higher-yieldingcrop, but most researchers see
12、 their success to date as reasonS10. _for hope.Passage 3The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm thathas recognized the need for change and done something aboutit. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversityof the communities to which they provide information.It must reflect
13、that diversity with their news coverage or riskS1. _losing their readers interest and their advertisers support.Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racialS2. _minorities, the paper has put into place policies andprocedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. TheS3. _underlying r
14、eason for the change is that for information to befair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by theS4. _same kind of population that reads it.A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, andphotographers meets regularly to value the Seattle TimesS5. _content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff aboutdiversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a contentS6. _audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner ofrepresentation of wom
