(I)

　　The village was always very quiet. The people lived 1. ________

　　there were busy working in their many field during the day, 2. ________

　　and went to bed early at night, tiring after a long day’s 3. ________

　　hard work. All of them had lived in a village 4. ________

　　for all their lives but had never left for less than 5. ________

　　one day at a time. When they did left, they had to get up 6. ________

　　early in the morning. They filled their carts of 7. ________

　　fruit, vegetables and sheep and went the market in the town. 8. ________

　　They returned back in the evening with things, perhaps 9. ________

　　presents for their children. That was their life. 10. ________

　　(II)

　　I have a very embarrassing experience this evening. 1. ________

　　I saw a man at a bus stop when I was on my way back 2. ________

　　home. Though I saw him from behind, but I was sure he was 3. ________

　　a friend of mine whom I hadn’ t seen him for a long time. I gave 4. ________

　　him a tap on the shoulders with my umbrella and shouted to 5. ________

　　him at the same time. He turned round, completely taking by 6. ________

　　surprise. Unfortunately, he was my friend but a complete 7. ________

　　stranger. He was terribly embarrassed, for I didn’t know 8. ________

　　how to explain him. I could only say in a low voice, “I’m so 9. ________

　　sorry, sir.” After that I walked away as quickly as possibly. 10. ________

　　[答案与解析]

　　(I) 1. lived→living或在lived前加who。此处应改为现在分词作定语或定语从句。2. field→fields。根据语义,此处应该用名词复数fields。 3. tiring→tired。 tired意为“劳累的”,而tiring意为“累人的”。4. a→the。此处的village是第二次出现,应该用定冠词表特指。 5. less→more。根据上下文语义,此处应该用not more than表示“不超过”。 6. left→leave。助动词did后应该用动词原形,did表强调。 7. of→ with。fill...with是固定短语。8. went后加to。他们车上装满了水果、蔬菜和羊,到镇上的市场上去卖。 9. 去掉back。return意为“返回”, back属于多余用词。10. 本行无错。

　　(II) 1. have→had。由下文可知,本篇短文叙述的是过去发生的事情,故用动词的一般过去时态。 2. 本行无错。3. 去掉but。 状语从句中使用了Though, 主句中就不能再用连词but。 4. 去 掉him。 whom在定语从句中作 hadn’t seen的宾语,him属重复用词。 5. shoulders →shoulder。由 a tap可知,此处指在肩膀上拍了一下,shoulder应该用单数形式。 6. taking → taken。be taken by surprise是固定短语,意为“大吃一惊”。此处的taken是过去分词,该短语作状语。 7. was后加 not。由下文可知,是作者认错人了。 8. He→I。此处应表达“我很难堪”。 9. explain后加to。 表达“向某人解释”时,应该用explain to sb.。10. possibly → possible。 as...as possible是固定短语,意为“尽量……; 尽可能……”。

　　(文/张荣；英语辅导报高三版2003-2004学年第8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。)