2003年春季高考英语短文改错题(北京卷),从选材到设题,都注意到了既要检查学生综合运用语言的能力,又要向学生进行素质教育。文章主要说明老师为学生过多地看电视而担忧,特别是大量电视广告影响学生的学习和才能的发展。

　　原题:

　　短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)

　　Many teachers worry about the effects of television on young people. According

　　to studies, any children spend more time 76.________

　　watching television than they spend in school. Because so 77.________

　　much viewing, children may not be develop the habit of 78.________

　　read and the ability to enjoy themselves. No one worries 79.________

　　much about the radio program young people listen to, 80.________

　　although radios can be very noise. Teachers also wonder about 81.________

　　the effects of television commercials. On one year the 82.________

　　average child will see 25,000 television commercials, all 83.________

　　planned and written by grown-ups to make children to want 84.________

　　things that they don't real need. 85.________

　　答案及剖析:

　　76.any→many/some。

　　any是不定代词,表示一定数量"一些",修饰和代替可数名词复数或不可数名词,既可指人,又可指物。但一般用在否定句、疑问句中。而此处为肯定句句式,根据上下文语境,应用不定代词many(接可数名词)或some(接可数或不可数名词)。

　　77.Because→Because of。

　　Because为连词,其后应跟从句,而此处其后跟的是动名词短语(so much viewing),因而应改为短语介词Because of。

　　78.去掉be。

　　情态动词may的否定式,为may not,后接不带to的不定式动词(与助动词一样),后接动词原形,而构成谓语动词。

　　79.read→reading。

　　因为句中read位于介词of之后,介词之后的宾语应是名词或动名词。

　　80.program→programs。

　　program为可数名词,此处the radio programs应为复数名词,因为由语境young people listen to判断肯定为多种广播节目。

　　81.noise→noisy。

　　前者为名词,后者为形容词,与be连用为系表结构,形成复合谓语。

　　复合谓语,主要说明主语的特征、类属、状态、身份等。如:

　　She seems quite optimistic about it.

　　她似乎对这件事很乐观。

　　82.On→In。

　　介词on表时间,特指某一天,某时间。如:

　　I usually go to the cinema on Sunday.

　　我通常在星期天去看电影。

　　而介词in表示一般时间或表年、月、季节。如:

　　In one year I can write about twenty letters to my mother.

　　在一年里我能给母亲写大约二十封信。

　　83.无错。

　　84.去掉第二个to。

　　句中make children to want things...中to为多余,因为动词make为使役性动词,主动态make接复合宾语时,应为make somebody do something.而不是make sobody to do something。类似用法,除使役动词let, have外,还有感觉动词,如feel, see, hear, watch, notice等。如:

　　Let me do it for you.让我来替你做。

　　What made you think like that?是什么使你这样想?

　　但注意使役动词,感觉动词改为被动结构时,其后的不定式仍需加to。如:

　　He was seen to enter the theatre.

　　有人看见他进了剧院。

　　85.real→really。

　　real是形容词,really是副词,really在句中they don't really need,修饰动词need。

　　(文/李宝忱；英语通高三版2004年第2期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)