The great whales are among the most fascinating creatures which __1__
have ever lived on the earth, and one of them, the blue whale, is the largest. People in ancient times thought whales as fearsome __2__
monsters of the ocean depths. So to hunt a whale, when one
occasionally swam toward shore, he was high adventure. People __3__
found the adventure was rewarding, too, for the oil and meat from
one whale alone could heat and feed a village for a whole winter.
Whales resemble huge fish. They were referred by the ancients as __4__
“great fish,” and any whale beaching along the coasts of England
was designated “the King’s fish” because it automatically belonged
to the Crown.
Ever since those early times, human have felt whales a sense of __5__
wonder mixed with an intense desire to capture, slaughter, and
exploit. Now the slaughter has reached alarming proportions. __6__
Even though some species are protected by the regulations of
the International Whaling Commission and theoretically all whale
hunting is regulated, but the earth’s stock of whales is still being __7__
depleted. In fact, some scientists worry that 100 years since now __8__
there may be no whales left. If this happens, mankind will
be blame for removing from the earth forever a remarkable and __9__
awe-inspiring creature that always fed man’s imagination and __10__
made the world a more exciting place
參考答案及解析:
1. 將which改為that。先行詞由最高修飾時(shí)定語從句的關(guān)系代詞只能用that。
2. 在thought 后面加of，或者將thought 改為regarded。“think of A as B”，指“把A看作B”，為固定搭配。
3. 去掉he。這句話的主語是“to hunt a whale”，“to hunt a whale was high adventure”。中間的“when…”只是插入的狀語從句。
4. 在referred后加to。“refer to A as B”只“把A稱作B”，這句話的意思是“古人把鯨稱作大魚”。
5. 在felt 后加for。這句話實(shí)際的結(jié)構(gòu)是“feel a sense of wonder for whales”指“對(duì)鯨懷有驚奇的感覺”，for引出對(duì)象。
6. 在exploit后加them。capture，slaughter，exploit都是及物動(dòng)詞，后面必須加賓語。
7. 去掉but。前面已有“even though”，后面就不應(yīng)該再用but。
8 .將since改為from。“100 years from now”指“從現(xiàn)在起100年后”since 只能用于完成時(shí)。
9. 在blame前加to。“be to blame for sth ”指“對(duì)某事應(yīng)負(fù)責(zé)任”，為固定搭配。
10. 在always前加has。這個(gè)定語從句強(qiáng)調(diào)對(duì)現(xiàn)在的影響，很明顯應(yīng)該用完成時(shí)，不能用過去式。
改錯(cuò)題出現(xiàn)的錯(cuò)誤經(jīng)常包括：語法;詞匯;語篇
1. 語法包括英語的時(shí)態(tài)，語態(tài)，倒裝句，虛擬語氣，主，謂，賓在數(shù)，格，人稱上的一致。
2 .詞匯方面，短文改錯(cuò)在用詞上的錯(cuò)誤主要集中在以下幾個(gè)方面：
名次單復(fù)數(shù)，可數(shù)名詞和不可數(shù)名詞的差異，形容詞與副詞，連詞與介詞的誤用，同義詞的混淆等。
3. 語篇的改錯(cuò)旨在測(cè)試做題者在具體語境上下文中使用語法和詞匯的能力。從邏輯的意義上看，句與句之間的關(guān)系可以分為順序，并列，時(shí)間，空間，層遞，對(duì)比，轉(zhuǎn)折，解釋，因果，過渡，推論等。最好的做法是先通讀全文，結(jié)合上下文的邏輯關(guān)系回答問題。