初中三年级英语竞赛试题短文改错练习35道

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1.短文改错In alarge citylike London,there aremany thingsto seeand manyplaces togo.Butpeople oftendo not know each other well.

1.___________________________________It sometimeshappen thatyou havenever seenyour next-door

2.neighbour and don t know his name ornothing about

3.him.People livingin Londonare oftenvery lone

4.particularly（尤其）after work.If youwalk throughthestreets inLondon onSundays,it almost like anempty town.

5.

2.短文改错SARS failedto keepa groupof kite-lover from

1.enjoy thespring sunshineof Beijing.An oldworker

2.calls Wei Qi,said he,his familyand hisfriends hadn,t

3.missed a day ofkite flyingat thesmall park.How use

4.is itto lockingyourself up at home,being afraidof SARS

5.he ask.We readin thepaper that the keyto fightingSARS

6.is tobuild upyour body.”Her answerFresh air,open

7.space anda lightheart.WeiQiwas notworried ofSARS.

8.People werenot onlypaying moreattention towhat theyate

9.andwhere theywent,but spentmore timeswashing hands.

10.sei Issomething to a Frenchman,they mayboty sesEnglish.6Most businessletters aroundthe worldare wittenin7English.Half the world，s telephonecalls arevery in8English.Three quarterof the worlds books and newspapers9are writtenin English.English isthe mostwidely usingin10theworld.

22.短文改错Today was an veryimportant day.We had1the lastmatch in the league.Our schoolhad play

2、very wellduring thepast year,and beforethis match

3、we werealmost topthe league.If wewon this

4、match,we willbe top!I wokeup earlythis

5、morning.I hada quicklybreakfast,and gotall my

6、football clothesready.At schoolI founda bit

7、difficult to work inclass because I keptin thanking

8、on thematch in the afternoon.School endeda little

9、earlier,We allgo to the footballfield,and soon the

10、game started.Thomas Edisononce said:To be a inventorthere aresome71attracts big.numbers oftourists andsurfthings you have to do.First,you have to makegood plan.72riders everyyear.

80..Second,you have to makesure that there is a needfor your

73.invention.If there is noneed,then youcan tmake somemoney

74.on your invention.Then youhavetothink careful,you

75.need to get to the mostimportant ideasof yourinvention

76.and workfrom them.He said:You need to makesa survey

77.youhaveto study about youridea foryourinvention

78.and seeif elseanyone hasthe sameidea asyou,

79.Then youneedtowork hardand nevergive up.Don tworriedif youfail.

80.

24.短文改错Uncle Dicksent Johnand Rosewith abig vase.

1.But theirroom was too smallthat theydidnt have

2.enough roomfor it.So theygave itto afriend of them.

3.The vasewent fromone houseto other.In theend

4.a womansold itto Mr.Hill.What bigsurprise!

5.

25.短文改错If you go toHawaii,you mayfind beautifulbeaches havebig

71.waves there.It isgood placefor swimmingand surfing.That s

72.why manysurfers allover theworld goingthere to take part in surfingcompetitions.

73.Surfing is one of theworlds mostpopular watersports.

74.It firststarted in the islandsof Hawaii.Now itis enjoyedby

75.many peoplein theworld.Hawaii isfamous forthe water

76.sports.Waikiki isone of the best beach forsurfing inHonolulu.

77.The weatheris sonice,neither toohot ortoo coldall theyear

78.round.And alsothe waves thereis very high,so Waikiki

79.

26.短文改错Jack Londonwas afamous Americawriter.He wasborn inJanuary12,

1876.His familyis verypoor andJack hadto leaveschool makemoney.He workedhard inmany differentjob.Once he went toAlaska tofind gold.Instead,he foundideas herefor hisbooksandstories.He returnedback homeand startedto write.He becamefamous inhis twenty,Jack Londonwas nothappy man.While hedied,he was only fortyyears old.

1027.短文改错I vecome herefor halfa year.Life hereisveryinteresting.We gotup earlyin themorning.Afterthe breakfast,before classesbegin,we oftendo somereading.We cannow talkabout thenumberof thingswith English.How happyI am!We havefour classesin themorning.We allstudy hardly.There aremany otherinterestingactivities（活动）.We oftenlisten talkson ourcountry.For anexample,we studentsoften goouttofactories,villages to learn thepeople.

28.短文改错Mr Blackisoneof mybest teacher.He taughtour Englishwhen wewere inNo.1Middle School.He wasold,but hetaught verygood.He couldmake his classes lovely.Mr Blackgot ready for hislessonsand wasstrict for us,too.Whenever wemade mistakesin ourhomeworks,he wouldask uscorrectanddoit again.I was not goodat English.Mr Blackoften helpsme withmy lessonscarefully.Thank tohis helpand hardwork,I havemade greatlyprogress andcaught upwith theclass.

29.短文改错May be the word“hello“is usedmore oftenthan anyother onein the English language.Everyonein U.S.A andother countriesuses theword everyday of the week.The Americaninventor ThomasEdisonbelieved tobethe first personto use“hello“on the telephone.For first,people begantheir wordson thetelephone with“Are youthere”They werenot surethesmall machinecould reallysend voices.Edison wasa manof littlewords.He wastednota time.The firsttime hepicked upthe phone,he didn,t askif someonewas there.He wassuresomeone wasthere andhe onlytold“hello”.From thenon,“hello“is oftenhearingWhen youpick upthetelephone.

30.短文改错Radio andtelevision arevery usefulto allus.They maybe seensomewhere.Today thousandsofpeople watchTV.Perhaps evenmore peoplelistento theradio.On TVwe cansee what is happenedaroundus.By theradio wecan knowwhat isgoing onin theworld.TV isso largeforusto take.And radiocan bemade verysmall.It iseasy totake.You canput in your pocketand listento itin abus oron yourbike whenyougotowork.And radiois muchmore cheaperthan TV.

31.短文改错An old man waswalking slowalong astreet whenhe sawa littleboy try to reachadoorbell.And it was toohigh forhim.He wasa kind-hearted oldman,so hewas stoppedand said,“I willring abell foryou.And thenhe pulledit so hard thatit cantbeheard alloverthe house.The littleboy lookedup andsaid,“Nowwe willrun away.Go!And afterthe oldmanknow happened,the boyhas run roundthe cornerof the street.Mrs Whiteis anoldman.She hasa smallroomin anold building.She livedthere since

1973.Her husbanddied thatyear.He hadill formanyyear.After hisdeath,Mrs Whitehadnot moneyat all.She foundwork in a factory.Her jobwastoclean theoffices.Shehad betterto getupat5o clockin themorning.The lastyear she was illand herdoctor said,“Please worksohard.Now MrsWhite sellscakes outsidea shoeshop inmiddle oftown.She stilldoesn t have moneybut she is happiernow.

33.短文改错Snow fellon themountain.It snowedand snowed.The snowdidn,t melt（融化）.They becamedeeper orheavier,then it became ice.The icewas verywideand thickly.It beganto movedown themountain.It like a riverof ice.It wascalled aglacier（冰川）.Sometimes theglacier movedonly fewinches（英寸）each day.When itmoved,it tookrocks anddirt forit.It changedthe land.In someplaces,it leavehills.In someplaceswhen theglacier melted,itbecamerivers andlakes.A millionyears before,there weremany highglaciers.Glaciers werecoveredmany partsof theworld.

34.短文改错Mr Smithcalled thedoctor inmidnight.“Come quickly.You knowmy wifesleeps withher mouthopened,a mousehasruninside her!”I11be withyou afterten minutes,answered thedoctor.UntilI willarrive,try holding a piece of cheesein front of hermouth.It maycarry themouse out.When thedoctor arrived,Mr Smithwasnottaking apiece ofcheese.He washoldingafish in frontof herwife,s mouth.uWhat wereyou doing”asked thedoctor.A mousedoesn,t likethe fish.”“I know,saying MrSmith,“But wehavetoget acat first.”

35.短文改错Working peopleare usuallyvery busyor tiredafteradays workto docooking.They preferto eating out.This savesthem a lot oftime andtrouble.Eating outis thatmany peopledo tosolve theirmeal problemsalthough itcost a littlemore thanpreparing mealsby themselves.And thisis notto saythat nobodyreally doesany cookingatall.In thefact,many do.It isjust thateatingouteasier asno preparationis needand nowashingis tobe done.Some,however,eat outsometimes because they maywant littlechange fromtheirusual,ordinary,home-cooked meal.

3.短文改错Mrs Greenlive inan smallvillage Herhusband dead,she hada sonnamed Jack.Jack gotworkin atown andhewentto thereand livethere.The town,snamewas Greensea.It wasfar awaytohismother svillage andshewasnot happilyabout herson.Last SundayMrs Greenwent forGreenseawith train,when shesaw Jack,she saidto heJack,why haveyou neverphoned me”

4.短文改错While visitingFrance,we decide todosome shopping.

61.Not farthe hotelthere wasa shopwith all kinds of

62.clothing hangup.When wewent intothe shop,a

63.woman cameup andasked thatshe couldhelp us.

64.We saidthat wewould liketo lookaround bymyself.

65.She lookedat usrather strange.Not havingfound

66.anything weneed,we thankedthe womanand

67.left.Suddenly myhusband startedto laugh,

68.pointing toa smallsign,which readingin English:

69.“Dry-CLEANING SHOP.Please notsmoke here.“

70.

5.短文改错Holidays arefun butthey alsogive thievesa lot of chancessteal things.Follow myadvice,andyou willsafe duringholidays.Even thoughyou mightbe busyshop,always noticewhatisgoing onaroundyou.You neverknow whensomeone mightbe tryingto steal something fromyou pockets.Don,t forgetyour baginyourcar.It salso importantyour totake careofhomes duringthe holidays.

6.短文改错It wasa Sundayevening.Mary wentto buya newshoes.

76.There wasa niceshop nearher home.It soldwomen shoes

77.The shoesin theshop werequite welland werenot expensive.

78.Neither of them wasthe rightsize forher.The shopkeepersaid

79.sorry toMary,and toldher comeagain the next week.

80.

7.短文改错Last monthwe boughtour two-year-old daughtera littledog.

1.There areno manychildren of her agein ourarea,

2.And wethink adog wouldmake herless lonely.

3.We areright.They playtogether happyall day.

4.Our daughternow smilesand laughsalotmore thanher usedto.

5.In away it s liketo havetwo childreninthehouse.

6.All ofthem arevery untidy,and theycry

7.When theydo notget that they want.

8.That seasier to look afterthe dogthan mydaughter

9.It alwayseats allits foodand wedon,thavemany dirtyclothes towash.

10.My wifeis alsovery happybecauseI have givenup smoking.The dogdoesn,tlikethe smell.

8.短文改错Mr Mais ourscience teacher.We canstudyalot fromhisclass.76He oftenhelps usmaking things.Look atthe robot!We like it very much,77because ofit cando manythings.It isnow cleaningthe windowsof an78office building.It isnot easi1yforworkers todo thisjob,because thatis a79tall building.It sdangerous ofpeople todo thejob.The robotis agreat help.

809.短文改错The daybefore thespeech contestEnglish teachertalkedto me.She saidshe andmy schoolmateallwished mesuccess,but itdidn,t matterthat Iwouldwin ornot.When I wason the stagethenextday,I feltsonervous asI shooklikealeaf.There wereso manypeoplepresent!Suddenly Icaught asight of my Englishteacherin thecrowd.She wassmiling butnodding atme.I rememberedherwords andcalm down.I dida goodjob andwon thefistprize.Now mypicture andprize ishanging inthe library.Whenever Isee themI willoften thinkofmyEnglish.

1010.短文改错In theevening oflast Tuesday,my fatherwas hurryinghomeby bikeafter work.It wasdark outside.He doesntnotice atree

2.infront of him.He washit thetree andfell downtotheground.

3.He washurt badlyto standup himself.Just then,a youngman

4.passed thereand tookhimself tothe hospital.

5.Dear John,How areyou Thesummer holidaywas coming.

81.I wantstay atmy aunts forthe wholeholiday,

82.becausetheylive inthe countryand I don tlike

83.the noiseofthebig city.How areyou goingto

84.do inthe summerhoiidayWe hadexam ofthe subjectslast week.I did

85.good inall ofthem excepttheEnglishexam.English,

86.I think,is difficulttolearnit,but Idecidetolearn

87.it well.I11write toyou withEnglish nexttime.

88.____You askedme forsome interestedstamps.

89.Here Isend yousome.I hopeyou,11likeit.

90.Best wishes!Martin

12.短文改错I wenttotheShouxi Lakethis morning.On thegate Ihappened to meet someAmerican tourists.I greetedthem withEnglish andwe begantalking.I gotto knowingthattheywere collegestudentstravel inChina.I showed them tothe WhitePagoda,the Five-pavilion Bridgeand theTwenty-fourBridge.We enjoyedthe beautifulsceneries aroundthe lake.Then wego boatingontheShouxi Lake.We allhad wonderfultime there.After wecame outofthePark,I helpedthem dosome shopping.Theyhad thankedme,and thenwe saidgoodbye toeachother.Iwas very gladto have a chanceto practiseourspoken English.

13.短文改错For severalyear I ve boughtflowers froma littlegirl whocome fromMexico.For onething,she hasthe freshest or most beautiful flowers.For another,she isa fresh and beautiful flower himself,I don,tknowher name,nor hermine.We dont speakthe samelanguage.To her,I mustbe justothercustomer.She sthere withdifferent kindsof flowersin spring,summer andautumn.As thegrowingseason comes toa end,she bringsleaves to sell,and thenits over.On winter,I missher.OnceI tryto buyal1her flowersat once,but shesaid ina lowvoice,“No,madam”Thank verymuch foryour letter.Hollywood certainly66sound wonderful!I mvery busywith67uTwelfth Nights”.Tomorrow we are goup to

6814.短文改错Scotland:we aretouring herefor amonth.After69that I m goingto Liverpoolfor afew day.Ive70get apartina TVprogramme andwearefilming it71up there.It smy firstTV part.72Imgoing onholiday onJune.Helen andI are73going Italyfrom June14th to28,h.We arestaying74with Francescain Tuscany.Would youand Debbielikes75to comeOnDecember1952,a verythick cloudcame down

1.__________over London.It wasworst smogLondoners hadever

2.had.Much ofit wasbad factorysmoke.You cant see

3.your ownhand infrontofyou.Near fiftypeople died

4.in roadaccidents.The airwas toothick thatyou could

5.almost cutthem withaknife.The smellfrom the smog

6.wasverybad.After threeweeks,thesmogslowlybegan

7.to lift.Life inLondon beganto returnback tonormal.

8.But inthe followweeksand months,over fourthousand

9.people weredied asa resultofthesmog.

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16.短文改错A Frenchmanwas oncevisited NewYork.He wantedverymuchtotakewalk to see thecity,but hewas afraidthat hemight lost,because heknew verya littleEnglish.So afterheleft hishotel,he stoppedatthefirst cornerand carefulwrote downthe name ofthestreet.Then hewalked on.As lasthe realcouldn,t findhis way.He wasworrying andwalk onandon.Just thenhe founda policemaninthestreet corner.He stoppedasking himfor help.Hesaid hedidn tknow thename ofhotel,so heknew thenameofthestreet.He thenshowedthepoliceman thepieceofpaper andit said:ONE-WAY STREET”.

17.短文改错Old Sarahwasastrange richwoman.He didnot hopetoseeany

80.ofherrelative.She feltwhat they

81.were interestedin washer money.She wasall rightAftershe died,the relativesgot togetherto hearSarah s

83.lawyer（律师）to readher will（遗嘱）.They weresure that

84.Sarah hadleft manymoney andthey quarreledstrongly

85.with eachother whenthey waitedthe lawyerto arrive.

86.After thelawyer cameintheliving room,he askedthem

87.to sitdown.He beganto readthe willinaseriously

88.voice.Sarah hasleft allher moneyto hercats.

89.

18.短文改错For severalyear I”ve boughtflowers fromalittle

59.girl whocome fromMexico.For onething,she hasthe

60.freshestormostbeautifulflowers.For another,sheisa

61.freshandbeautifulflowerhimself.Idon“tknowher

62.name,nor hermine.We don”t speakthe samelanguage.

63.To her,I mustbe justother customer.She“stherewith

64.different kindsof flowersin spring,summer andautumn.

65.As thegrowing seasoncomestoaend,she bringsleaves

66.tosell,and thenit”sover.On winter,I missher.Once I

67.tryto buy allher flowersat once,but shesaid ina low

68.voice,“No,madam.”On ChristmasDay Ioften getpresent,such asbikes,watches,niceJackets.But I like onekind ofpresent welland thatisabook.I likeallkindof books.It canbeastory book,a sciencebook orothers.I enjoyread themall.I liketogetbooks.I liketobuybooks,also.I havebought alot ofbooks.I putallmy books ontheshelves inmy bedroombut soI canread themat anytime.I haveseensome ofmy booksnot onlyonce.Iliketolookatthebooksonmy shelvesand tofell thatIhavealotoffriends roundmine.Ihavelearned alot fromthem.I amsure underthehelp ofmy friend,my knowledgewill growquickly.

20.短文改错One Sundayafternoon afriend ofme visitedme.She stayedfor along time.She talkedonand ontome.Soon thatitwastime forme totake herdog.Blackie,for awalk,buther friendstill stayed.Blackie becamevery worryabout hiswalk inthe park.He walkedinthe roomfor severaltimes andthen satdown infrontofthe visitor and lookedher.But thevisitor paidno attention.She wenton talking.At lastBlacki couldnyt standitany longer.He waswent outoftheroom andcame backwith thevisitor shat inhismouth.

21.短文改错English isthefirstlanguage innone thesecountries.1So whyare theEnglish wordsz/Made in，zwriting onthese2thingsIt isbecause inthe mordernworld,English isvery3widely usedby bussinessbetween differentdountries.So4when aGerman buyssomething witha Japanese,oranIndian5。