二、篇章理解错误
1．语意的颠倒：这类错误多指在语意表达上用了相反的词，造成上下文逻辑推理上的自相矛盾。做题前如先阅读全文，领会上下文承接关系与语意关系将裨益无穷。
例：If he was present because of sickness， there was often no job for him when he returned．（1994年1月第76题）
显然，将present改为absent才合乎逻辑。
2．指代关系的错误：这类错误主要指由于人称代词、物主代词及指示代词的误用，导致指示不清、逻辑混乱，甚至前后矛盾。细心推敲和全局观念是破解此类错误的杀手锏。
例1：A break in their employment，or a decision to work part time，will slow its raises and promotions．（1996年1月第75题）
从原文看，此处指妇女涨工资、被提升的速度会大大地减缓。所以，its应改为their（妇女的）。
例2：．．．，he finds it pleasing he is influ-encing people：they are drawn to them．（1995年1月第78题）
从文中看，them应改为him，指人们为他所吸引。
3．连接词与关系词的错误：这类错误主要出现在定语从句与状语从句中，正确地分析句与句之间的逻辑关系，才能选择合适的连接词与关系词。
例1：It appears that we all find company in sound，if we all demand a little quiet from time to time．（1995年6月第80题）
原文讲述噪音污染，从上下文看，前后两句之间应为转折关系，而非条件关系，所以，连词if应改为but或though。
例2：Instead，this other person told us a story，it he said was quite well known．．．（2000年6月第74题）
后半句显然是一个非限制性定语从句修饰story，所以，应将it改为关系词which。
一般而言，做综合改错题可遵循以下步骤：速读，把握主旨看标志行，找词汇错误找语法错误分析逻辑，推理错误的可能性重读全文，检查复核文字是否正确、合理。
总之，要想从根本上提高做综合改错题的能力，考生就要打好扎实的英语基础，有丰富的词汇用法、固定搭配及句式结构知识等。同时，在平日英语学习的过程中，要多多阅读，培养英语的语感，提高语篇理解能力，增强自己辨错、纠错的能力。
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Crime has its own cycles, a magazine reported
some years before. Police records that were studied 1.__________
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