通過(guò)分析近幾年高考中的短文改錯(cuò)題，筆者認(rèn)為約一半的錯(cuò)誤設(shè)置與行文的一致性有關(guān)。因此，答題時(shí)查文章在行文中是否保持一致是發(fā)現(xiàn)錯(cuò)誤并加以糾正的一個(gè)突破口。在尋查錯(cuò)誤時(shí)，必須打破行的界限，起碼以一個(gè)完整的句子為單位，還要全篇考慮，注意上下文的語(yǔ)境。下面，筆者以高考試題為例，談?wù)劙涯膸讉€(gè)方面作為突破口去查尋行文不一致的錯(cuò)誤。
一、查時(shí)態(tài)是否一致
時(shí)態(tài)錯(cuò)誤幾乎是每年NMET短文改錯(cuò)中必設(shè)的改錯(cuò)題，要有目的地去檢查文中的每一個(gè)謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)與上下文、語(yǔ)境以及該句的時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)是否相符和一致。例如：
1. I don’t know why they don’t like to talk with me. Sometimes we talked to each other very well in class, but after class we become strangers at once.（NMET’2004） talked 與前面的Sometimes不一致，應(yīng)改為talk。
2. What should you do when your parents become angry? If your parents got mad, try to have a conversation with them. （02 北京）根據(jù)短文所用的時(shí)態(tài)，got 應(yīng)改為get。
3． There are advantages for students to work while studying at school. One of them was that they can earn money.  (NMET’05) 全文都是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，was 改為 is。
二、查主謂是否一致
在檢查謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)和語(yǔ)態(tài)是否正確的同時(shí)，還要注意檢查該動(dòng)詞在人稱和數(shù)上是否與主語(yǔ)保持了一致。例如：
1. Playing football not only...but also give us a sense of fair play and team spirit.  (NMET’98) 此句的主語(yǔ)是playing football，視為第三人稱單數(shù)，其謂語(yǔ)give應(yīng)改為gives。
2. Starting your collection of stamps are easy because they are everywhere.  (浙江卷2004)動(dòng)名詞作主語(yǔ)，謂語(yǔ)用單數(shù)。are應(yīng)改為is。
3． One evening she told me that something happened when her parents was out. (04 福建) par?鄄ents 應(yīng)為父母親，was 應(yīng)改為 were。
三、查指代是否一致
對(duì)于短文中出現(xiàn)的每一個(gè)代詞，都要查一下它所指代的內(nèi)容以及在句中的作用，注意其數(shù)、格、詞性是否正確和前后一致，包括人稱代詞、指示代詞、反身代詞、關(guān)系代詞以及疑問(wèn)代詞等。指代錯(cuò)誤也是高考改錯(cuò)題中常設(shè)的改錯(cuò)題。例如：
1. I live in Beijing, where is the capital of China. (NMET’97) 關(guān)系副詞where在引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句時(shí)不可作主語(yǔ)，應(yīng)將其改為關(guān)系代詞which。
2. I think I liked those classes because I felt that it helped me understand what the world works. (01 北京春) it 改為 they ,they 指代 those classes。
3. It was about noon we arrived at the foot of the mountain. The three of them were very tired. (NMET’02) 作者和他的父母一起去旅游，這里指的是“我們”，而不是“他們”。them應(yīng)改為us。
四、查名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)與修飾詞語(yǔ)或上下文是否一致
名詞數(shù)的錯(cuò)誤也是高考常設(shè)的改錯(cuò)題。要查一下名詞是否可數(shù)，與其修飾語(yǔ)是否一致。例如：
1. I used to love science class—all of them—biology, chemistry, geography and physics.  (01 北京春) 根據(jù)后面的四個(gè)學(xué)科，class 應(yīng)為 classes。
2． They want me to devote all my time to my studies so that I’ll get good marks in all my subject.（NMET’01）所學(xué)科目不只一科，subject 應(yīng)改為sub?鄄jects。
3． On the way up I was busy taking picture since the scenery was so beautiful. (NMET’02)  所拍照片不只一張，picture應(yīng)改為pictures。
4． They make their living by collecting and selling used thing.(2004 浙江卷)thing 應(yīng)改為things。
五、查平行結(jié)構(gòu)是否平行一致
由and， or， but，either...or...，neither...nor...，not only...but also...，as well as等并列連詞和詞組連接的結(jié)構(gòu)可稱為平行結(jié)構(gòu)。平行結(jié)構(gòu)在詞性、時(shí)態(tài)、非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的形式上往往要求前后一致。答題時(shí)要留心平行結(jié)構(gòu)前后是否對(duì)等平行，這也是常設(shè)的錯(cuò)誤。例如：
1. It was very kind of them to meet me at the railway station and drove me to their home.  (NMET’96)句中的drove顯然與and前面的to meet不平行，應(yīng)改為drive。
2. We fed monkeys, visiting temples and told stories. (NMET’02) 并列連詞 and 連接的是三個(gè)謂語(yǔ)：fed, visited和told。應(yīng)把visiting 改為visited。
3．She liked it very much and reads it to the class. (NMET’03) reads 與liked 并列，reads 改為 read。