Galileo Galilei, one of the greatest scientist, was born in Italy. 1.__________
He liked doing experiments to test if or not the previous 2. __________
theories were correct. In the leaning tower of Pisa 3. __________
in their hometown, he found the truth about falling objects 4. __________
through the great experiment. He always observed things 5. __________
carefully and never take anything for granted. Although 6. __________
Galileo found it difficulty for him to make people believe that 7. __________
his theories were correct, he was still stuck to his views 8. __________
His observations showed the theory when 9. __________
the earth moves around the sun was right, not other way around. 10. __________
It was only later that the world recognized his greatness.
Key: 1. scientist → scientists 2. if → whether 3. In → On 4. their → his 5. √
6. take → took 7. difficulty → difficult 8. 去掉was 9. when → that
答案解析:
1. 名词错误。One of the + 名词复数表示“……之一”,故应用scientist的复数形式。
2. 连词错误。Whether用来引导从句时可与or not连用,if不能。
3. 方位介词错误。在比萨斜塔上用介词on。
4. 代词指代错误。他的家乡用“his hometown”。
5. √
6. 动词时态错误。整篇文章的基本时态是一般过去时,故take应改为took。
7. 名词错用。Find后面接复合结构时,习惯上不用名词作宾补,而是用形容词。所以把difficulty改为difficult。
8. 语态错误。Stick作“坚持”讲时,不用于被动语态,故was多余。
9. 连词错误。“the earth moves around the sun”在句中是同位语从句,从句中不缺成分,故应用that引导。
10. 固定短语表达错误。The other way around表示“从相反的方向”,是固定结构。