Part V Error Detection (10 minutes, 5 points)
Directions: In this section, there are 10 sentences. Each sentence has 4 underlined words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Identify the part of the sentence that is incorrect. Mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring ANSWER SHEET.
71. During the dinner we had agreeable conversation-nothing extraordinary-but catching up on
A B C
recent events of each other’s life.
D
72. Because of the injured people laying on the ground below the window, fire fighters were unable
A B C
to the windows on the northeast side of the building.
D
73. You’d better hurry up if you want to buy something because there’s hardly nothing left.
A B C D
74. A professional wine taste relies on sight, smell and tasting to determine the quality of a wine.
A B C D
75. Sam used to live in Oklahoma, but his company had him transfer to a better position In Georgia. A B C D
76. Not too many years ago, it was an excited experience to travel 25 or 50 miles away from home.
A B C D
77. It is perhaps not an exaggeration to say that we shall soon be trusting our health, wealth, and
A B
happiness to elements with whom very names the general public are unfamiliar.
C D
78.China has established three nature reserves to protect the rare species, covering a total of
A B C
more than600,000 sq km, an area 40 times of the size of Beijing.
D
79. It aims to establish a minimum list of standards that ought to include in all codes of conduct
A B C
covering labor practices.
D
80.I saw that the last update was made in January of 2002,so I wondered that the webmaster
A B C
had abandoned the site.
D