Question

　　Once an old farmer had several sons who were often　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    1．________

quarreled with one another. The farmer told them not　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　   2．________

to quarrel, and they would not listen to him. So he　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　    3．________

decided to teach him a lesson. He called his sons together　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 4．________

and show them some sticks. He tied the sticks into a bundle（一捆）　　　　　　    5．________

and told his sons to break it. They all tried, but any of them could　　　　　　　　　　  6．________

do so. Then a family untied the bundle and the father told his sons to　　　　　　　　 7．________

break the sticks one by one. This time all of them did easy. The old　　　　　　　　    8．________

man said, “You see, my sons, when you are united, you are weak.　　　　　　　　　　 9．________

If you are not, your enemy beat you one by one.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  10．________

 

Answer 1

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解析：

1．删去were。 2．√。 3．and→but前后意思转折。 4．him→them是several sons不是one。 5．show→showed和called时态一致。 6．any→none转折，没有一个人。 7．a family→the family特指这一家人。 8．easy→easily修饰动词did用副词easily。 9．weak→strong团结时应该力量大。 10．beat→will beat是一种假设。

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