北京大学

Paper Two 试卷二

（60　minutes）

Part I Error Detection and Correction (10 minutes, 10 points)

Directions: Each of the following sentences has four underlined parts. These parts are marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect. Then, write down the corresponding letter and, without altering the meaning of the sentence, put the correction on the ANSWER SHEET.

1. All of the performers in the play did well The audience applauded the actors excellent

A　B        C                 D

performance.

2. That the woman was saying was so important that I asked everyone to stop talking and listen.

    A            B                                       C              D

3. This is the longest flight I have ever taken. By the time we get to Los Angeles, we had flown for

            A               B                                        C      D

13 hours.

4. To control quality and making decisions about production are among the many responsibilities

             A       B             C

  of an industrial engineer.

          D

5. If one does not pick up his dry-cleaning within thirty days, the management is not obligated to

                     A              B                                C

 return it back.

         D

6. His recommendation that Air Force investigates the UFO sighting was approved

                                   A                    B          

by the mommission and referred to the appropriate.

 C                        D

7. Electronic mail to describe an upcoming workshop should use only if potential participants use

       A                                       B         C

   this form of communication regularly.

                            D

8. Confucius-- a statesman, scholar, and educator of great skill and reputation --is generally held

                                    A         B

   to be China's greatest and most influence philosopher.

                C             D

9. The first electric lamp had two carbon rods from which vapor served to conduct the current

     A                                  B            C                 

across the gap.

D