( I )

　　I can’t swim because I have a strong fear of water. Look back 1. ________

　　my childhood experiences, I think that three reasons might 2. ________

　　explain the fear. The first reason is that I was not allow to go 3. ________

　　near the water when I was a child, for my mother had a 4. ________

　　unreasonable fear of it. So, even as a child that I was taught to 5. ________

　　see the water as something danger. Second, my eyes 6. ________

　　became bad when I was five. If I took off my glass in the 7. ________

　　water, I couldn’t see anything, or this increased my fear. 8. ________

　　The worst part of my experience is that as a child I saw 9. ________

　　a neighbor drowned. After then I have been more frightened. 10. ________

　　( II )

　　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 (花环) on the 9. ________

　　tree, There are as much different ways to decorate a tree as there are people! 10. ________

　　【答案与解析】

　　( I ) 1. Look→Looking。此处应该用现在分词作状语。2. my前面加on / upon。look back on / upon是固定短语,意为“回顾”。3. allow→allowed。此处应该用被动语态。4. 第二个a→an。unreasonable fear是以元音音素开头,故用不定冠词an。 5. 去掉that。此句是简单句,that是多余用词。6. danger→dangerous。形容词修饰复合不定代词。7. glass→glasses。复数名词glasses意为“眼镜”。 8. or→so。此处表达因果关系。9. 本行无错。10. After→Since。介词短语since then常与现在完成时态连用。

　　( II ) 1. Decorate→Decorating。此处应该用动名词作主语。2. and→or。either... or... 是固定短语,意为“或者……或者……”。3. 去掉at。home在此句中是副词, at属多余用词。 4. light→lights。light意为“灯”,是可数名词,与balls是并列关系。5. rapped前面加is。此处是被动语态。6. Sometime→Sometimes。此处应该用Sometimes表达“有时候”。7. trees→tree。此处是名词作定语,应该用单数形式。8. Beside→Besides。根据语义,此处表达“除了……之外”。9. 本行无错。10. much→many。本句中的ways是可数名词复数形式,故用“as many...as”。

　　(文/张荣 英语辅导报高三年级版2004-2005学年第25期；版权归英语辅导报社所有，独家网络合作伙伴新浪教育，未经许可，不得以任何形式进行转载。)