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1.The chair of the school board announced a plan to build two new elementary schools during an interview with a local news reporter. 这句错在：容易引起“在interview”期间建学校的歧义 2.（原题忽略）正确使用idiom : cite…as 而cite sth. to be 是错的 3.Cuban music was so popular in the Colombian city of Cali thus being the basis for the dance scene that predominated there during the 1940s. thus being为错误选项，CUUS上的解释是 idiom 为so …that/as 还有老师的解释是 首先，so..that是固定搭配，其次这个是一个awkward expression,应该改成that it was 4. Some scientists believe that mentally stimulating activities may increase the number of brain cells available to replace if any are lost through aging. 改为：available to replace any that 因为原句中replace 后面没有宾语 p.s 划线处的any解释为“任何”，不是一些 e.g I dont think you have ever seen any potatoes like this 5.The agency reports that by rigorously enforcing state regulations, industrial pollution has been successfully reduced to acceptable levels. 这里考的语法点有点像所谓的 Dangling Modifier, 即从句的主语和主句的主语要一致. 原句里主语是 the agency, 按照原样的话, 从句的主语是 industrial pollution. 为了保持主语一致, 更好的方法是用the agency 做主语’s Pittsburgh Cycle consists of ten plays,nine of which are set in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, an African American neighborhood, and each of which is set in a different decade of the twentietih century. 原句未错！ 7.After the grueling rehearsal, the pianist felt wore out and wanted only to sleep.wore错，wore是过去式，而正确的应为 worn out 8.One way in which orchestra bells differ with the xylophone is that the bells produce more resonant tones than the xylophones does. 固定搭配！differ from 9.(原题省略) feel 为系动词，后面加adj.而非 adv. e.g feel more free 10.Recently adopted as an emblem of humanitarian aid, the Red Crystal is ,unlike its counterparts the Red Cross and the Red Crescent, entirely devoid of religious connotation. 无错误，devoid of 为固定搭配——缺乏 11.Prior to the election of Henry Cisneros as mayor of San Antonio in 1981, no major city in the United States had had a mayor from Mexican descent. 是介词错误，应把from改为of ，be of… descent是…祖籍 如：She is of Chinese descent. 她祖籍中国 12.Aft