（一）

Hello!

I’m Hannah， is the former Editor of Kiwibox’s Life People section.1 __________

I’ve now moved and became the Senior Editor of Books School.2 __________

A little about me you may not know: I am 17- year-old high school3 __________

junior from Arizona. I’ve been on Kiwibox for January of 2004，4 __________

which I became a reporter. Outside of Kiwibox， my hobbies include5 __________

music， writing and just hanging out and try to get through high school.6 __________

I’m really happily to be a part of the Books School section.7 __________

I love to read and write， so book reviews are always a lot of funs.8 __________

If you have any questions or comments about this section， I’d9 __________

love to answer it. You can reach me at gingermulatta.10 _________

Hannah

（二）

Henry Royce did not like his car， that ran badly and 1 __________

often broke up. So he decided to make better car himself， 2 __________

and in 1904 he produced his first new model. Charles Rolls， 3 __________

a car maker， was very interesting in Royce’s car， and soon4 __________

Rolls and Royce go into business together. One of their first 5 __________

model was the Silver Ghost. In 1907， a Silver Ghost broke6 __________

the world’s record by drive 14，371 miles without breaking7 __________

down once. After the drive， it was cost just over ￡2 to put8 __________

the car back into perfect condition. 9 __________

This is not surprising that 10 _________

the Silver Ghost was regarded “the best car in the world”.

（三）

How much times do you spend with your parents?1 __________

When did you last tell them what is on your mind? 2 __________

Your parents are your dearest people in the world3 __________

when you are young. And they always care of you 4 __________

deep. But even though many children still love5 __________

their mum and dad， families may become more close6 __________

as you get older. The end of the year is a time for families7 __________

to get together. Have you ever thought what you can8 __________

show your parents that you love them? Find chance9 __________

and do something for them or to have a sincere talk with10 _________

them. If you can do this， your parents will be very happy.

（四）

“Practice makes perfect” was an old saying . It tells us that it1 __________

does not any matter if we are slow at doing something . As 2 __________

long as we keep on trying and practice ， we’ll do a good job 3 __________

in the end . The saying is especial useful in English study .4 __________

Since a student is poor at speaking ， he should grasp every 5 __________

chance to open mouth and speak English . His oral English 6 __________

may be excellent one day due to his hard works . Not only is 7 __________

the saying useful in English study ， it is also helpful in our 8 __________

daily life . To an extent ， it is no short cut in doing everything 9 __________

since key to success lies in “Practice makes perfect”. 10 _________

（五）

At a Friday night， a poor young artist stood at the gate of the1 __________

subway station and played his violin with large piece of paper on2 __________

the ground．Before long ， he was surrounding with people， who 3 __________

were all attracted by the word on that paper. It said，“ last night， 4 __________

a gentleman put an important thing into my hat by mistaken. Please5 __________

come to claim it soon.” Seeing this ， people wondered why itcould 6 __________

be. After about half an hour， a man came and brought back his lottery 7 __________

which won a prize of ＄500，000. Later someone asked the violinist: 8 __________

“ Why don’t you take the lottery ticket for yourself? ”He said，9 __________

“While I don’t have much money， I live happily. However ， I lose10 _________

honesty， I won’t be happy forever.”

短文改錯答案：

（一）

1．is the →the 2．became→become 3．17—year—old→a 17—year—old

4．for→since 5．which→when 6．try→trying 7．happily→happy

8．funs→fun 9．√ 10．it→them

（二）

1．that→which 2．better→a better 3．√ 4．interesting→interested

5．go→went 6．model→models 7．drive→driving 8．去掉 “was”

9．This→It 10．regarded→ regarded as

(三)

1. time→times 2. is→was 3. √ 4. of→for

5. deep→deeply 6.more→less 7.you→they 8.what→how

9.chance→a chance 10.去掉to

(四)

1．was →is 2．去掉any 3．practice→ practicing 4．especial→ especially

5．Since→ If 6． mouth前面加 his 7．works→ work 8．√

9．it→ there 10．key前面加the

（五）

1.第一個at改為on 2.with后加a 3.surrounding→surrounded 4.word→words

5.mistaken→ mistake 6.why→ what 7.brought→ took 8. √

9.don’t→didn’t 10.if后加I