题干
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧）并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2）只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
On Sunday morning, Jack was painting in the study while the phone rang. He hurried to the phone. He was his workmate, Mike. While they were chatting on the phone, but his little son knocked over painting. Jack rushed back to the study. The painting was on a mess and the baby was crying. He quickly cleared the mess, comforting the baby and then took him out. To his surprises, his wife came back from shopping ahead of the usually time. He was rather embarrassing. He told his wife that it was the cat which caused the disaster.
答案(点此获取答案解析）
① while→when；② He → It；③去掉but；④painting前面加上the；⑤ on →in；⑥comforting→comforted；⑦ surprises→surprise； ⑧usually→usual；⑨ embarrassing→embarrassed；⑩ which→that
