Question

短文改错

A very new, young officer was at a railway station.
He was on his way to visit his mother in other town,	1．________
and he wanted to telephone to her the rime of his train,	2．________
so that she should meet him at the station in the car.	3．________
He looked in all his pockets, and found that he did not	4．________
have the right money for the telephone. So he went outside and
looked round at someone to help him.	5．________
At last he stopped an old soldier pass by, and	6．________
said, “Have you got any change for ten pence (便士)?”
“Wait moment,” the old soldier answered, “I'll see	7．________
whether I can help you.”
“Don’t you know what to speak to an officer?”the	8．________
young man said angry. “Now let's start again. Have you	9．________
got any change for ten pence?”
“No, sir,” the old soldier answered quickly.	10．________

Answer 1

答案：
解析：

1．将other改成another。青年军官的母亲生活在另一个城镇，所以他要坐火车去。而other表示“其余的，其他的”。 　　2．将to去掉，因为telephone为及物动词，后面接宾语时不需要to。 　　3．将should改成could或might should意为“应该”，表示从责任、道义上该做某事，而青年军官电话告知母亲火车的时间，是为了让他母亲“可能、能够”去接站。 　　4．将and改成but。他翻遍了衣袋，钱不凑整，前后两句应为转折关系。 　　5．将at改成for。 　　6．将pass改为passing。他拦住了一个过路的老兵。passing by这个现在分词短语作soldier的定语。 　　7．在wait后面加a。“等一等”，英文习惯上表示为“wait a moment”。 　　8．将what改成how。该句意思为“难道你不知道怎样跟长官讲话吗？”而不应是“难道你不知道跟长官说什么吗？” 　　9．将angry改成angrily，因为此处应为副词。 　　10．此行没有错误。