作者：袁國光

Between Virginia and Maryland on the Potomac River lie 1. ________

Washington D.C. It is about 220 miles in the south 2. ________

of New York City. The pleasantest and easiest ways to 3. ________

get there is by long-distance bus, or by the fast

(125-mile-an-hour) train which spends a little more money than 4. ________

the bus journey and a little less money than flying. I could travel far

more than 220 miles to see Washington. It's not city that has 5. ________

been grown up accidently as most big cities have done. 6. ________

It was carefully planned for the nation's capital by a 7. ________

Frenchman, Perril Enfant. The city was named 8. ________

George Washington, the much-loved, much-admired,

much-respected first president of the United States. 9. ________

In 1791 he himself arranged to buy the land which it stands. 10. ________

【答案與解析】

1. lie改為lies 。 這是一倒裝句, 該句的主語是Washington D.C.。2. in改為to。Washington D. C. 不在New York City 所屬范圍內。3. ways改為way。主語為單數,從下一行is 可看出。4. spends 改為 costs, 主語為物,作"花費"解。5. city 前加上 a。city 為單數。6. 去掉 been 。句中grow up 的意思是成長,無被動式。7. for 改為 as。是將Washington D.C. 作為首府。 8. named 后加上 after。從后半句看,此句的意思是"以......命名",而非"名叫......"。9. 此行無錯。10. 在which 前或stands后加 for。