错误类型

　　1.逻辑表达错误 2.介词使用错误 3.代词使用错误 4.非谓语动词使用错误 5.主谓语前后不一致错误   6.名词的错误 7.代词使用错误 8.冠词的错误 9.句子结构的错误 10.时态语态和语气的使用错误 11.易混淆词的使用错误。

　　七、冠词的使用错误

　　冠词是英语限定词中最主要的一种，有且仅有两种形式：不定冠词 a （或者 an ）和定冠词 the .但是冠词又是英语中最为常用的词类，而且由于汉语中没有与之对应的词类，所以考生对冠词的用法的掌握尤感困难。冠词的使用错误一般包括如下情况： 
　　1.     该用冠词时漏用，如 all of sudden → all of a sudden ， tell truth → tell the truth ；
　　2.     不该用冠词时赘用，如 in the contrast → in contrast ， give a rise to → give rise to ； keep a pace with → keep pace with ；
　　3.     the 与 a/an 误用，如 on a whole → on the whole ；
　　4.     a 与 an 混用，如 a “ s ” sign → an “ s ” sign ， to a extent → to an extent ， a honor → an honor .

　　例 1

　　We were very much surprised that the village

　　was such long way from the main road.                                         1.__________

　　在“ such+a（an）+ 形容词 + 名词”结构中，定冠词不能省略，所以应该在 such 后加上不定冠词 a .

　　例 2

　　“I considered it a honor to be invited to address                             1.__________

　　the meeting of world-famous scientists,“ said

　　professor Johnson.

　　“ honor ”虽然首字母为 h ，却是一个以元音开头的单词，显然应该使用不定冠词 an ，这类题一般出现频率较少，却也容易犯错，在改错题应该格外注意，不容出错。

　　例 3

　　The nude human body at the rest must begin to                            1.__________

　　combat a lowering of body temperature when the

　　air temperature stands at approximately 31.0℃．

　　“ at rest ”为习惯用语，表示“处于休息状态”的意思，中间不用任何冠词，故应该将 the 删去。

　　例 4

　　Geologists have been studying volcanoes for a long

　　time. Though they have learned great deal, they still                       1.__________

　　have not discovered the causes of volcanic action.

　　“ a great deal ”表示“大量的，许多的”的意思，后面接不可数名词，此为习惯用法，前面不定冠词 a 不能省略。

　　练习题

　　1 They know that the inside of the earth is very

　　hot, but they are not sure what causes the great heat.

　　Some scientists now believe that much of heat                               1.__________

　　inside the earth is provided by the radioactive

　　elements.

　　2 Communications satellites have made it possible

　　for an entire world be closer than ever before.                                2.__________

　　3 A lighthouse must be high enough for its light to

　　be seen far away, but if it is too high, it has more

　　possibility to be destroyed by high wind; so it

　　is always true to say that the higher it is better.                             3.__________

　　4 Scientists have suggested that supersonic

　　aircraft may disturb the upper atmosphere to

　　such extent that dangerous radiation from the                               4.__________

　　sun might reach the earth.

　　5 Nowadays, higher education does not make

　　as much difference to the jobs women take as

　　it does in case of men.                                                                 5.__________

　　6 More than 90 percent of cigarette smoke is

　　made up of about dozen hazardous gases,                                    6.__________

　　carbon monoxide being the most important.

　　7 Primates are also known for their great

　　intelligence, related in a part to their great                                      7.__________

　　awareness of the environment plus the ability

　　to manipulate this environment

　　8 This tendency of technology to make workers

　　superfluous but at same time allowing                                           8.__________

　　their numbers to grow so large is deceasing

　　psychological tensions.

　　9 Most of the dollar differences stem from fact                               9.__________

　　that women tend to be more recently employed

　　and have fewer years on the job.

　　10 This island is to south of North Korea.                                     10.__________