英语短文改错习题精选及答案 1 Many years ago a poor man grew an orange tree. 1. _On the tree there were many fine oranges. Some day he found2. _one of them was so big as a football . He took it 3. _for the king . The king was so happy that he gave the 4. _poor man lots money. When a rich man heard of it , 5. _he said for himself ,“Ill take my gold cup to the king 6. _and he will give me much money . Next day the king received 7. _from the cup . The king was very fond of the cup and he told 8. _the rich man,“I have an orange . It beautiful than the cup, 9. _so I have decided to give it to you as the reward instead money. 10. _ 2One day a doctor was starting his morning works. Suddenly1. _a man ran his room. His face was red and he could 2. _only say“Quick! Quick!”The doctor thought he can be3. _very ill. His assistant helped to get the poor man sit in 4. _a chair. The doctor gave the man some medicine to make 5. _him to sleep. Then he looked into the mans mouth and6. _pulled out all the bad tooths. As soon as the man woke 7. _up, he said“Quick, doctor, Quick,”with a low voice. 8. _“Its all over now,”the doctor told him.“You dont understand,”9. _said the man.“I came to tell you your house is on the fire.” 10. _ 3Every morning John goes to work by trains. He always 1. _buys a newspaper , it helps to make the time pass more quickly .2. _One Thursday morning, he turned on the sports 3. _page . He wanted to see the report about an important 4. _football match the night before . The report was such 5. _interesting that he forgot to get off at his station . He didnt know it when he saw the sea. He got off 6. _at the next station , and had to wait long time for a 7. _train to go back . Of course, he arrived very late 8. _at the office . His boss were very angry when Tom told him 9. _why he was late . “Work is very more important than football ! ” 10. _ 4 Dear Ralph,Im a senior student. I have be in love with a boy1.for three years.But he is a shy boy, so I wrote him a letter firstly2. to express my feeling. And he wrote back. In his letter3.he said, “We are students. Our task is study. Let us wait 4. to see until we have any chance after graduation.” So 5. after graduation I telephoned to him, asking him about 6.go out . But he said he didnt want to. He just 7. wanted to sleep and watched TV. 8. What do you think I should do? Do you think 9. I should continue to love him and give up?10. 5Nowadays,almost every family has TV set,and almost 1_.everyone likes watching TV.TV has become part of our lives 2_.TV has many advantages,for example,it informs us the 3_.latest news which is happening in the world;it can open our 4_.eyes,enlarge our knowledge and also help us to see more 5_.about the world.But,it also has some disadvantages.People 6_.waste too much time in watching TV and his normal life 7_.and work are affected.To the children who they spend too 8_.much time in watching TV,it can do harmful to their sight 9_.and healthy.So we should control the time of watching TV. 10_. 6Dear Tom,I am very sorry to have learned that your parents killed in 1_.the September 11th Incident.In this attack the World 2_.Trade Center,that was one of the tallest buildings 3_.in the world,was completely destroyed and thousand of 4_.people lost their lives.Im very angry with the terrorist 5_.activities.We against all forms of terrorist activities 6_.and supported the war against the terrorism.7_.Dont be too sad.Dont lose your heart.After all,the majority 8_.of the people in the world love peace.I wish you can recover 9_.from the sad as soon as possible.Do take care of yourself. 10_.Best wishes. 7Li Ming,who has been working as postman for 1_.two years,always wears a suit of green uniforms. 2_.He worked with care as well as wit