挑战中考真题：阅读下列短文，找出错误，并将正确答案写在各小题规定的位置。
Confucius was born in the state of Lu in the year of 551 B.C.
When he is 3 years old, his father died. And;when he was 17,
1.（ ）
his mother died. And Confucius received a good
2. （ ）
education when hewas young. In his thirty,
Confucius
3.（ ）
began to teach. He spent the rest of his lifeteaching. In the age of 55,
4. （ ）
Confucius begins to travel around China.
5.（ ）
He tried to search for good rule of behavior.
6.（ ）
When Confucius was 68 years old,9nemAhe returned back to Lu, his home state.
7.（ ）
He wrote lots of books after he came back. Fiveyears after,
he passed away. Although he has been died for several thousand years,
9.（ ）
we can still remember he forever.
10.（ ）
答案简析：
1. was点拨发生在过去的事情，应用一般过去时。
2. But点拨前句说到孔子三岁丧父、十七岁丧母，紧接着说他接受了很好的教育，可知两句之间存在转折关系，
3. thirties点拨in one's thirties 在某人三十多岁时。
4. At点拨at the age of...在某人.....岁时。
5. began
6. rules点拨rule为可数名词。
7. returned点拨return= comeback回来。
8. later点拨five years later 5年后。
9. dead点拨瞬间性动词die不能与表示一段时间的状语连用，应改为表状态的dead。
10. him点拨remember为谓语动词,后应用人称代词的宾格形式。
