一、题型特征

　　作为CET传统题型之一，综合改错题仍然是与完型填空一起作为二选一出现，文章长度大约在200-250词之间，共包含10处错误。每行不超过一处错误，而且不包括标点符号错误和纯粹的单词拼写错误。综合改错题难度较大，它主要测试考生的英语综合理解与表达能力。它不但要求考生有扎实的语言基础知识（如词汇语法），而且要求考生有较强语篇理解能力与表达能力，以及利用上下文进行逻辑推理的能力。

　　二、考查方式

　　三、错误类型

　　逻辑表达错误、介词使用错误、代词使用错误、非谓语动词使用错误、主谓语前后不一致错误、名词的错误、代词使用错误、冠词的错误、句子结构的错误、时态语态和语气的使用错误及易混淆词的使用错误。

　　四、解题步骤

　　1、一般来说，做题时千万不要拿起来就改，先花1-2分钟从头到尾通读全文对文章大致内容有所了解，做到心中有数。

　　2、然后把重点放在有错误项的标有题号行，寻找较容易辨认的语法错误，如主谓不一致、时态、语态使用错误、非谓语动词错误等。

　　3、如果错行中不存在上述明显错误，则应查看是否有词语搭配错误、易混词错误、词性错误等等细节错误。

　　4、如果错行中急不存在语法错误，也不存在词汇错误，则从整体上查看上下文意思是否连贯，连接词是否使用正确，是否有逻辑混乱的现象，如否定句误用成肯定句造成句意不通等。

　　5、找到错误项后，按要求形式进行改正、删除或增添，并设法找到一个正确项使句子在语法语义逻辑上都成立。

　　第一期改错练习题目：

　　The National Endowment for the Arts recently released the

　　the results of its “Reading at Risk” survey, which described

　　movement of the American public away from books and

　　literature and toward television and electronic media.

　　According to the survey. “reading is on the decline on every　　62.__________

　　region, within every ethnic group, and at every educational level.“

　　The day the NEA report released, the U.S. House, in a tie 　　　 63.___________

　　vote, upheld the government's right to obtain bookstore and

　　library records under a provision of the USA Patriot Act. The

　　House proposal would have barred the federal government

　　from demand library records, reading lists, book customer 　　　 64.___________

　　lists and other material in terrorism and intelligence investigations.

　　These two events are completely unrelated to, yet they 　　　　　65.___________

　　echo each other in the message they send about the place of

　　books and reading in American culture. At the heart

　　of the NEA survey is the belief in our democratic　　　　　  66.__________

　　system depends on leaders who can think critically, analyze

　　texts and writing clearly. All of these are skills promoted by 　　　67.__________

　　reading and discussing books and literature. At the same time,

　　through a provision of the Patriot Act, the leaders of our

　　country are unconsciously sending the message that reading

　　may be connected to desirable activities that might　　　　　68._________

　　undermine our system of government rather than helping

　　democracy flourish.

　　Our culture's decline in reading begin well before the 　　　　 69._________

　　existence of the Patriot Act. During the 1980s' culture wars,

　　school systems across the country pulled some books from

　　library shelves because its content was deemed by parents 　　　 70.__________

　　and teachers to be inappropriate. Now what started in schools

　　across the country is playing itself out on a nation stage and 　　　71.________

　　is possibly having an impact on the reading habits of the

　　American public.