2010年6月英语六级考试改错题最后冲刺攻略(2)
3. 指代错误与冠词错误
同单复数一样,解指代错误题也要关注指代的对象到底是单数还是复数:
(1)During the 1980s’ culture wars, school systems across the country pulled some books from library shelves because its content was deemed by parents and teachers to be inappropriate.(07年1月新六级改错第9题)这里its指代前面的some books,所以物主代词应该是their而不是its。
(2)As a result, children memorize processes such as mathematical formulas or the periodic table, only to forget it shortly afterwards.(07年1月六级改错第7题)容易发现it指代前面的processes,因为是复数,所以该用复数的宾格them。
(3) At same time(06年6月六级改错第七题)地球人都知道的at the same time是固定短语。
(4) in first paragraph(06年1月六级改错第一题)序数词前面要加the,这是初中的知识。
(5) a number of leprosy cases around the world has been cut by ninety percent during the past ten years.(05年1月六级改错第一题)表示数量多少应该用the number of。
(6)The fast-growing population’s demand for food,they warned,would soon exceed their supply…(04年1月六级改错第二题)这里的their指代population,而人口是一个单数的概念,所以物主代词要用its。