作者：蔡振全

The zoo has big basket for rubbish. People can throw 1. ________

waste into them. On that Saturday afternoon there 2. ________

are usually a lot of people around the cages which 3. ________

the lovely animals are kept, and last Saturday nobody was 4. ________

there. Mr. Patties was surprised. But he was even much 5. ________

surprised to see few children around the basket near 6. ________

the tiger's cage. He quickly came up and looked over 7. ________

their heads and saw a little rat run about in the basket 8. ________

and looking for food. The rat was afraid and the children 9. ________

were interested in the rat than in the tigers. 10. ________

【答案與解析】

1. basket→baskets。用可數名詞復數形式表示類別。2. 去掉 that。此處表示泛指。3. which前 加in或者將which 改為where。關系副詞在定語從句中作狀語,修飾 are kept。4. and→but 5. much→more。even修飾比較級,此處even more surprised意為"更加驚訝"。 6. few前加a或few改為some。從下文看,在垃圾箱周圍站著一些孩子,所以此處表示肯定意義。 7. came→went 8. run→running。用現在分詞作saw的賓語補足語,表示當時的情景"小老鼠正跑來跑去"。9. 此行無錯。 10. 在interested前加more構成比較級。