4.我昨晚本来可以和你一起去。(could)

I with you last night.

5.房前站着一位妇女,她正在打电话。(完全倒装)

a lady who is on the telephone.

答案 1.won't be;before　2.was about to give up when　3.Whatever the reason is　4.could have gone　5.In front of the house stands

第四节 短文改错

Dear Jeremy and Alice,

　　Although we've been delighted to have you as neighbors, we're hoping to settle something that bothers to us. In a word, your dog-Cleo.

　　We've called several time about Cleo's early morning barking. It is difficult to understanding why she barks every minute she's outside. The early morning barking have been disturbing us as wc arc often up all night with the baby. Beside, Cleo tends to bark a average of six hours a day. This morning she starts barking even before 5 o'clock. That is too much for us. considering how closely the houses are.

　　We appreciate our apologies and goodwill, but we hope that you can figure a good way of settling the matter.

【答案】去掉us前面的to

【试题解析】动词bother困扰，麻烦；这是一个及物动词，后面直接加宾语，不需要使用介词to。

2. 【答案】time改为times

【试题解析】本句中的time表示"次数"，是一个可数名词，前面有several修饰，说明使用复数形式。

3. 【答案】understanding改为understand

【试题解析】本句中的it是一个形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式结构to understand why....；不定式结构中to后面要接动词原形。

4. 【答案】have改为has

【试题解析】本句的主语是单个的动名词短语the early morning barking，做主语时，谓语动词要使用单数形式。