问答题 Sentence Correction
The following sentences may or may not contain some errors. Copy these sentences onto your answer sheet and correct all the errors.

问答题 Why young people are eager to offer their help to schoolchildren in relatively poor areas? I think there are several reasons.

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【答案解析】Why young people are—Why are young people[解析] 这是特殊疑问句中，特殊疑问问的构成是“特殊疑问词+一般疑问句”，因此，一般要将系动词置于主语之前，特殊疑问词之后。

问答题 The first twenty to thirty pages of James Joyce would give any reader a big headache. Fortunately, the rest pages are not hopelessly difficult.

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【答案解析】give any reader a big headache—be a big headache for any reader[解析] headache一般不与give搭配使用，而与be搭配be a (big) headache，意为“是件让人头疼的事”，其主语一般是某件事。这样改以后也与下一句的结构相近，比较符合英语写作的一般做法。

问答题 Semantics is the study of constant, literal meaning inherent in language. While pragmatics is the study of meaning that arise as language is used in various situations.

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【答案解析】arise—arises[解析] that引导的是定语从句，that引导的定语从句中，如果that作主语的话，其后面的谓语动词在数上要与先行词保持一致，而其先行词是the study of meaning，是单数，因此，arise也要用单数形式，即arises。

问答题 The decision to expand the MA program has already been made. In another word, it is too late for anyone to suggest that we reduce the enrolment this year.

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【答案解析】In another word—In other words[解析] in other words为固定短语，意思是“换句话说”，不存在in another word这样的说法。

问答题 Looking back my own learning experience, I found myself often relying on Chinese to construct English sentences.

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【答案解析】looking back∧—on[解析] 本句的意思很明显：回顾我的求学经历，我发现自己经常依赖汉语来构建英文句子。“回顾”在英文中对应表达应该是由look构成的短语look back，如果后面要带宾语则要加上on。

问答题 The doctors ruled out the possibility of a SARS outbreak on the basis of the symptoms appeared on the patients.

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【答案解析】appeared—appearing[解析] 本句中appear部分明显是作后置定语，用以修饰symptoms，而appear本身是不及物动词，不可能存在其-ed分词作定语的可能，因此，只能用其-ing形式，即appearing。

问答题 The study of literature should emphasize on examining literary works against the social context that produced them.

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【答案解析】emphasize on examining—focus on examination或者把on划掉。[解析] emphasize为及物动词，直接接宾语，不需要与on搭配，因此，可将该词改为focus，或直接把on去掉都可以，意思均为“强调，重视”。

问答题 "Children should learn to speak in a loud and clear voice." said the teacher, "no matter they speak in English or Chinese."

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【答案解析】no matter∧whether[解析] no matter后要接疑问代词或副词，构成no matter who/what/where/whether这样的结构，意为“无论……”。根据本句的句意：老师认为孩子们无论是说英语还是说汉语，都应该大声地、清晰地说出来。句中显然有选择之意，由此可知no matter后应加表示选择的疑问词whether为妥。

问答题 Many students are accustomed to use contracted forms such as "it"s" and "isn"t."

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【答案解析】use—using[解析] be accustomed to中to为介词，要求其后跟名词或相当于名词的表达。本句中use显然是做动词用的，后面带了宾语，因此应改为其-ing形式using。

问答题 Such policy may distract students from their study.

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【答案解析】Such∧policy—a[解析] policy为可数名词单数，因此，前面应加不定冠词a，这也符合such的用法。要注意such a good policy与so good a policy之间的区别，即so和such在此情形下的用法差异，主要是不定冠词的位置差异问题。