Dutch to develop many excellent methods of 4. ________ (fight) floods. Thanks to the skill of Dutch engineers, flooding in Holland is rarely widespread, and is instead limited 5. ________ certain areas of the country. Two such areas are the valleys of the Rhine and the Meuse Rivers. In spite of large flood wall, these rivers regularly flood the surrounding areas. During dry times, however, those areas are perfectly 6. ________(pleasure) to live in. One solution that 7. ________ (develop)now is a type of house that seems normal in every day, except that it can float during times of high water rather than 8. ________ (simple) sink beneath the waves as normal houses would. Groups of houses would form floating neighborhoods in 9. ________ people could live together during times of high water, temporarily getting around by boat 10. ________ the flood ends.

Ⅳ. 短文改错

　　假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文, 请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误, 每句中最多有两处。每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(∧), 并在其下面写出该加的词。

　　删除: 把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

　　修改: 在错的词下划一横线, 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。

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