4. to改为at。laugh to...意为“对…大笑”。laugh at...意为“嘲笑”， 有明显的、 有意的敌意的含义， 根据后文and see me as a fool， 故应用laugh at才对。

3. well前加as。as well as“跟…(做得)一样好”。

2. quietly改为

quiet。describe后接名词或代词+ as +名词或形容词， 其中as +名词或形容词作宾语补足语， 表示“把…描写成什么/什么样子”。

1. of改为from。of表示所属意义， 此处应为“来自一个小城镇”。

10. word 改为 words。根据句意， 此处应为“他们的话语， ”用 words。

NMET 2004

　Dear Ralph,

　I’m a newcomer here of a small town. I would 1. _______

　describe myself as shy and quietly. Before my classmates, 2. _______

　it seems always difficult for me to do things well as3. _______

　them. I’m sure they will laugh to me and see me as4. _______

　a fool. So I feel unhappy every day. 5. _______

　Besides, I have few friends. I don’t know that they 6. _______

　don’t like to talk with me. Sometimes, we talked to each other7. _______

　very well in class, but after class we become stranger at 8. _______

　once. I am trying to improve the situation since it doesn’t 9. _______

　seem to work. Can you tell me about what I should do? 10. _______

　Yours,

　Xiao Wei

　答案及解析

9. reads 改为 read。and 连接两个并列的平行结构， 前后时态均为一般过去时态。

8. showed 后加 it。show 为及物动词， 后面应接宾语。

7. me 改为 myself。express oneself 为固定短语。

6. talk 改为 talking。enjoy doing 为固定用法。故此处必须用动名词作宾语。

5. 删去 should。and 连接两个并列的平行结构， 前后时态均为一般过去时态。