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There are ten mistakes in the following passage. Find and correct them.
We all know that cycling is a greatly exercise. A doctor tells me people who lives the longest are dancers and cyclists. Maybe it is because the combination of fresh air, smooth movement and exercise. Whether you ride a bicycle, you don’t use petrol. So they are not producing carbon dioxide and not cause air pollution. Just see how cars have been taken over our cities. They often run at high speeds, what may put our lives in danger. And there were traffic jams, too. Our cities will be better places if we replace cars with bicycle.
Answer keys:
1.greatly→great;
2.lives→live;
3.because→because of;
4.Whether→If/When;
5.cause→causing;
6.been (canceled);
7.speeds→speed;
8.what→which;
9.were→are;
10.bicycle→bicycles
Source: China National College Entrance Examination, English, 2022
I have two questions.
1. The use of "they" in the following sentence looks odd to me:
So they are not producing carbon dioxide and not causing air pollution.
I understand the pronoun “they” refers to bicycles but I don’t think it goes well with the singular form of noun “bicycle” in the previous sentence: When you ride a bicycle, you don’t use petrol.
Maybe it's better to say: So you are not producing carbon dioxide and not causing air pollution.
What do you say?
2. I don't understand why "speeds" in "They often run at high speeds" should be changed to the singular form "speed". Could you enlighten me?
We all know that cycling is a greatly exercise. A doctor tells me people who lives the longest are dancers and cyclists. Maybe it is because the combination of fresh air, smooth movement and exercise. Whether you ride a bicycle, you don’t use petrol. So they are not producing carbon dioxide and not cause air pollution. Just see how cars have been taken over our cities. They often run at high speeds, what may put our lives in danger. And there were traffic jams, too. Our cities will be better places if we replace cars with bicycle.
Answer keys:
1.greatly→great;
2.lives→live;
3.because→because of;
4.Whether→If/When;
5.cause→causing;
6.been (canceled);
7.speeds→speed;
8.what→which;
9.were→are;
10.bicycle→bicycles
Source: China National College Entrance Examination, English, 2022
I have two questions.
1. The use of "they" in the following sentence looks odd to me:
So they are not producing carbon dioxide and not causing air pollution.
I understand the pronoun “they” refers to bicycles but I don’t think it goes well with the singular form of noun “bicycle” in the previous sentence: When you ride a bicycle, you don’t use petrol.
Maybe it's better to say: So you are not producing carbon dioxide and not causing air pollution.
What do you say?
2. I don't understand why "speeds" in "They often run at high speeds" should be changed to the singular form "speed". Could you enlighten me?
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