1、1第四节 短文改错假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改同桌写的以下作文。文中共有 10 处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号()，并在其下面写出该增加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下画一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅 限一词；2只允许修改 10 处，多者(从第 11 处起)不计分。AAn Accidental InventionDid you know that tea，most popular drink in the world(after water)，was
2、 invented by accident？Many people believed that tea was first drunk nearly 5，000 years ago.It is said that a Chinese ruler called Shen Nong was the first to discover tea as a drink.One day Shen Nong was boiling drinking water over an open fire.Some leaves from a tea plant fell into the water and rem
3、ained there for some time.It produced a nice smell so that he tasted the brown water.It was quite delicious，and so，one of the worlds favorite drinks was invented.A few thousand of years later，Lu Yu，“the saint of tea”，mentioned Shen Nong in his book Cha Jing.The book describes how tea plant were grow
4、n and used to make tea.It also discusses where the finest tea leaves were produced and what kinds of water were used.It is believed that tea was brought to Korea and Japan between the 6th and 7th centuries.In England，tea didnt appear until around 1660，but in less than 100 years，it has become the nat
5、ional drink.The tea trade from China to Western countries took place in the 19th century.This helped to spread the popular of tea and the tea plant to more places around the world.Even though many people now are knowing about tea culture，the Chinese are without doubt the one who best understand the
6、nature of tea.BDo You Know When Basketball Was Invented?Basketball is a muchloved and active sport that enjoyed by many for fun and exercise.It is over 100 years old and is played by more than 100 millions people in over 200 countries.It believed that first basketball game in history was played on D
7、ecember 21，1891.Then in 1936 in Berlin，it became an event at the Olympics.Basketball was invented by a Canadian doctor was named James Naismith，who was born in 1861.When he was a college teacher，he was asked to think of a game could be played in the winter.Dr.Naismith created a game to be played inside on a hard floor.Dr.Naismith divided the men in his class onto two teams and taught them play his new game.Player on the same team must work together to get the ball in the other teams basket.In the same time，they need to stop the competing team from getting the ball into their own basket.2参考答案3
