2010年特崗教師招聘考試模擬題(中學英語十)

　　得分評卷人

　　Ⅲ.Proofreading and Error Correction 20%

　　Directions:There are two passages in this part.Each passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the passages and correct them in the following way:

　　When∧art museum wants a new exhibit,1.an

　　it never buys things in finished form and hangs2.

　　去掉

　　them on the wall. When a natural history museum3.√

　　wants an exhibition, it must often build it.4.

　　exhibit

　　Passage One

　　Mr Grey was a biology professor, and he had

　　a big collection of extreme rare bones that he 1.

　　was very proud. One year he managed to get a better 2.

　　job at another university. Because he was very busy, 3.

　　his wife managed all their things to be taking in a trunk 4.

　　to their new home.

　　Three men started taking the things out the house 5.

　　and placed it in the truck. One man brought out a 6.

　　wooden box. He was just being about to throw it into 7.

　　the truck then Mrs Grey ran out and said, “Please 8.

　　treat that box very gentle! That one has all of my 9.

　　husband�餾 bones in it.” Then man was surprised 10.

　　that he nearly dropped it on his feet.

　　Passage Two

　　Nobody can tell exactly why people first began to use salt, 11.

　　but it is well�瞜nown that salt has used in many different ways 12.

　　throughout history. People who lived over 3000 years ago ate salted13.

　　fish. In ancient Egypt, salt was used to preserve dying bodies. 14.

　　Stealing salt were regarded as a serious crime in different 15.

　　times. In the 18th century, for example, a person was 16.

　　caught stealing salt, he was put into the prison. In the 17.

　　Roman Empire, one of the most important road was built 18.

　　specially for salt to be carried from the mines to Rome.

　　Guards were sent to protect the salt from stolen.19.

　　The guards got their pay in salt,from which the

　　English word “salary” originated.Any guard fell asleep 20.

　　while on duty was said to be “not worth his salt”.This

　　is still used today in English.