Question

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. ________

Answer 1

1. lie改為lies

2. in改為to

3. ways改為way

4. spends 改為 costs

5. city 前加上 a

6. 去掉 been

7. for 改為 as

8. named 后加上 after

9. 此行無錯(cuò)

10. 在which 前或stands后加 for

解析:

1．這是一倒裝句, 該句的主語是Washington D.C.。

2. Washington D. C. 不在New York City 所屬范圍內(nèi)。

3. 主語為單數(shù),從下一行is 可看出。

4.  主語為物,作“花費(fèi)”解。

5. city 為單數(shù)。

6. 句中g(shù)row up 的意思是成長(zhǎng),無被動(dòng)式。

7. 是將Washington D.C. 作為首府

8. 從后半句看,此句的意思是“以……命名”,而非“名叫……”。

9. 此行無錯(cuò)

10. 定語從句用法。