1、1第四节 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的 以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在 其下面写出该增加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线() 划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。ALife is full of the unexpectedIn May 2001，I found a job in New York at the World Trade Cent
2、er.On September 11，2001，I arrived at my building at around 8：30 am.I was about to go up when I decided to get a coffee at first.I went to my favorite coffee place even though it was two blocks east from my office.As I was waiting in line with other office worker，I heard a loud sound.Before I could j
3、oin the others outside to see what was going on，the first plane had already hit my office building.We stared in disbelief at the black smoke rise above the burning building.I felt luck to be alive.Almost 10 years late，I woke up at 10：00 am.on February 21，2011 and realized that my alarm had never gon
4、e off.I jumped out of bed and go straight to the airport.But by the time I got to the airport，my plane to New Zealand had already took off.“This is the first holiday Ive taken in a year，a nd now Ive missed my plane.What bad luck！” I thought with myself.other planes were full so I had to wait till th
5、e next day.The next morning，I heard about the earthquake in New Zealand the day before.My bad luck unexpectedly turned into a good thing.BOne April Fools Day，a reporter in England announced that there would be not more spaghetti because the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti.Ma
6、ny people run to their local supermarkets to buy as many spaghetti as they could.By the time people realized that the story was a hoax，all of the spaghetti across the country had been sold out.In Another famous trick a TV show in England reported the discovery of special water.They said this water w
7、ould help people lost weight and that one customer had already lost a lot weight in just four months.By the end of the day，more than 10，000 people had phoned the TV station to find out how to get this water.Many April Fools jokes may end up be not very funny.A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend into his show on April Fools Day.He asked her to marry with him.The lady was so happy because she really wanted to get married.However，when she said “yes”，he replied， “April Fool！” That little joke didnt have a very happy ending.The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show canceled.2参考答案34
