判断正误并改错

1. The warm winter helped dry out alive trees and bushes，as well as the dead needles，leaves and limbs on the ground beneath the trees.

2. Researchers believe one way to minimizing the damage is to get better at predicting the risk of fire.

3. Indications that the moon underwent a heavy bombardment（撞击）date back the early 1970s.

4. Alongside these technical skills we need to extend and refine our social skills. The basis of this is to avoid any sense of be a special category of person.

5. There is never any need to feel shameless or even childish in wanting to move on to new experiences.

6. Only occasionally one could take a break out of season，getting the best bargains—though not necessarily the best weather.

7. Some people choose to go on cruises as a way of rewarding themselves. Certainly if you have plenty of money this can be a good idea，though it may not turn off quite as expected.

8. Overseas travel sounds excited and sometimes exotic but not everyone can afford it.

9. Many of the ships went down with valuable treasure；but none of them has made great treasure tales. As a good wine，treasure is improved by age.

10. A lot of urban people come into the country and suddenly become terrible concerned about its appearance and what the farmer is doing.

参考答案及解析

1. B错，应改为living。alive只能做表语，不能放在名词前。

2. A错，应改为to minimize。one way to do sth. 是固定结构。

3. D错，应改为date back to。date back to是固定结构。

4. D错，应改为of being。

5. A错，应改为ashamed。 ashamed意思是“害羞的”，符合句意；shameless是“无耻的”。

6. A错，应改为could one。

7. C错，应改为turn out。turn out意思是“结果会”，符合句意；turn off是“关掉”的意思。

8. B错，应改为exciting。exciting是“令人激动的”，而excited指“激动的”。

9. C错，应改为Like。treasure本身并不是wine，所以不能用as，而要用like，表示好像。

10. C错，应改为terribly。修饰动词词组become concerned about应用副词。