Common Errors -- Q --

Quiz 3

Cloze: Each blank in the following passage is provided with four possible choices. Read the whole passage and choose the best answer for each blank.

“Do you have any (questions/problems/issues)?” my English teacher asked. The whole class remained (quite/silent/still) for more than half a minute. I stood up and raised my hand. “I don’t see how it could be a(n) (question/problem/issue) whether we (cite/quote) the source of a (cite/quote),” I asked. All my classmates burst into laughter for the teacher seemed to have a hard time coming up with a reply. She just never expected such a (problem/question/issue). “Be (silent/still/quiet), please,” said the teacher. “Let me tell you how it could ever be. If you don’t do it accordingly, you stand a good chance of getting yourself into a big (problem/issue/question), like failing this composition class, because you violate the code of plagiarism then,” the teacher answered.