熱點試題
PASSAGE 1
The white House began to be built in 1792, but it was not completed until ten years later. Every American president lived in it except for George Washington, although he did have a majority part in designing it.? The government held a competition to choose the best design for the president's house. The winner was a young man of South Carolina, James Hoban. His design was a three-level house of stone. And President Washington made some changes in the winning design. He made the house long and wider, and changed it into a two-storied house instead of three. The second president, John Adams, was first to live in the White House. When he and his wife moved onto the new house in November, 1800, work was still going on, although the main live area was completed. The whole work did not finish until the administration of the 3rd president, Thomas Jefferson. Twelve years later, the British army invaded Washington and burned the White House. The fire completely destroyed the inside of the building and experts said the White House was so dangerous to live in. Later on workers rebuilt the inside of the White House. More offices were added, most of which underground. None of the work, however, changed the appearing of the building. Many people asked why the president's house is called the White House. Historians say it has been so called simply because it was painted white. 1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. __________ 5. __________ 6. __________ 7. __________ 8. __________ 9. __________ 10.

[注釋]
1.for → ／?
在句子中說明前后兩個相等成份的關系時用except，否則用except for。本句是說每位美國總統，除了喬治·華盛頓，都曾在白宮居住過，“Every American president”與“George Washington”為對等成分，故應去掉for。
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2.majority → major?
majority意為“大多數”、“半數以上”，一般后接復數名詞，而major則為“主要的”。本句意為“華盛頓在設計白宮中起了主要作用”，故應用major。?

3.of → from?
要表示一個人的家鄉在哪里，介詞應為from。

4.long → longer?
本句意思是說華盛頓把白宮設計得比原來更長，更寬了一些。與原來作比較，long當然應用比較級，而且and連接的兩個形容詞也應為對等成分，既然wider是比較級，long也應為比較級。?

5. was ∧ first → the?
the +序數詞具有名詞意味，在這里the first即表示the first president。

6. onto → into?
“搬進新居”應為“move in”或“move into”,move on意為“繼續前進”，而“move onto”則是不存在的。

7.live → living?
live (a)意為“活著的”，而“living”則是“適于居住的”、“生活的”。the living area意為“適于居住的地區”。?

8. so → too?
原文說，戰火把樓房的內部完全燒毀了，專家們說白宮太危險了，不能居住了，所以后來工人們才又重修白宮內部。“太……太……”應為“too…too…”。?

9. which ∧ underground → were 或which → them?
本句有兩種改法，若想使這部分成為非限制性定語從句，則which引導一個句子，后面應加一個“were”；若想使這部分為獨立成分，則改which為them。?

10. appearing → appearance
原句意思是說，重建白宮的工作并未改變它的外貌。appearing為appear(出現)的v. + ing形式，appearance意為“外觀，外貌”。