Question

Decorate the Christmas tree is usually a family event. For many families,

1. ________

it starts with choosing a tree from either a farm and a store. Then the tree

2. ________

　　is brought at home and put into a Christmas stand that holds the tree up 3. ________

　　straight. Then everyone helps to hang balls and light. After the tree is 4. ________

decorated, a Christmas tree skirt rapped around the bottom of the tree.

5. ________

Sometime, people make all of the decorations for the tree by themselves.

6. ________

Many people collect Christmas trees decorations throughout their lifetime,

7. ________

　　adding a new decoration each year. Beside lights and balls, people may 8. ________

also put flowers, pine cones, strings of pop corn and garlands (花環) on the

9. ________

tree, There are as much different ways to decorate a tree as there are people!

10. ________

Answer 1

1. Decorate→ Decorating

2. and→ or

3. 去掉at

4. light→ lights

5. rapped前面加is

6. Sometime→ Sometimes

7. trees→ tree

8. Beside→ Besides

9. 本行無錯

10. much→ many

解析:

1. 此處應該用動名詞作主語

2. either... or... 是固定短語,意為“或者……或者……”

3. home在此句中是副詞, at屬多余用詞

4. light意為“燈”,是可數名詞,與balls是并列關系

5. 此處是被動語態

6. 此處應該用Sometimes表達“有時候”

7. 此處是名詞作定語,應該用單數形式

8. 根據語義,此處表達“除了……之外”

9. 本行無錯

10. 本句中的ways是可數名詞復數形式,故用“as many...as”。