作者：袁国光
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. ________
【答案与解析】
1. lie改为lies 。 这是一倒装句, 该句的主语是Washington D.C.。2. in改为to。Washington D. C. 不在New York City 所属范围内。3. ways改为way。主语为单数,从下一行is 可看出。4. spends 改为 costs, 主语为物,作"花费"解。5. city 前加上 a。city 为单数。6. 去掉 been 。句中grow up 的意思是成长,无被动式。7. for 改为 as。是将Washington D.C. 作为首府。 8. named 后加上 after。从后半句看,此句的意思是"以......命名",而非"名叫......"。9. 此行无错。10. 在which 前或stands后加 for。