TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS (6)
-GRADE EIGHT-
TIME LIMIT: 195MIN
PartⅠ LISTENING COMPREHENSION (35 MIN.)
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
In this section, you will hear a mini-lecture. You will hear the lecture once only.
While listening, take notes on the important points. Your notes will not be marked,
but you will need them to complete a gap-filling task on ANSWER SHEET ONE.
Use the blank sheet for note-taking.
Now listen to the mini-lecture.
In Sections B and C, you will hear everything once only. Listen carefully and
then answer the questions that follow. Mark the correct answer to each question on
your answer sheet.
SECTION B CONVERSATION
Questions 1 to 5 are based on a conversation between an American man and a
British man. At the end of the conversation you will be given 10 seconds to answer
each of the following five questions.
Now listen to the interview.
1.____in British and American English have diverged very much according to the speakers.
A. Regular noun plural forms B. Irregular noun plural forms
C. Verb tenses D. None of the above items
2. The past tense of the Verb “eat”____
A. is spelled differently in British and American English
B. is pronounced differently in British and American English
C. is pronounced to rhyme with “get” in American English
D. is pronounced to rhyme with “late” in British English
3. In ____, we usually don’t hear the sounding of [r] after vowels like “bird”.
A. Scotland B. Ireland
C. the whole of the western counties of England D. areas around New Your City
4. As for the pronunciation of “a” in a word like “dance”, ____.
A. all Americans pronounce it as [
B. all British people pronounce it as [:]
C. educated speakers in Britain pronounce it as [:]
D. people in American West pronounce it as [:]
5. Both of the two speakers agree that ____.
A. in Britain and America people speak utterly different languages
B. there are few things identical in British and American English
C. British and American English are incomprehensible to each other
D. British and American English are understandable between the two people.
SECTION C NEWS BROADCAST
Question 6 and 7 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item, you
will be given 10 seconds to answer the question.
Now listen to the news.
6. The two Koreans signed a deal to allow ____.
A. reunion of the two nations B. reunion of the governments
C. reunion of families separated D. return of former South Korean prisoners
7. The reports said that ____.
A. a delegation was to travel to Seoul
B. 100 North Koreans would visit relatives in Pyongyong
C. the two sides agree to repatriate part of DPRK prisoners formerly held in South
D. the two sides agree to send home all DPRK prisoners formerly held in the South
Questions 8 and 10 are based on the following news. At the end of the news item,
you will be given 10 seconds to answer the questions.
Now listen to the news.
8. Government officials ordered a plant in Japan to halt production because ____.
A. its product left people with food poisoning
B. the plant is going bankrupt
C. its milk products don’t sell well
D. it has too limited a production which only serves 8,000 people
9. ____ is not one of the symptoms after drinking low-fat milk produced by Snow Brand Milk
Products Co. Ltd.
A. Headache B. Stomach pains C. Bowel disturbance D. Vomiting
10. In the summer of 1996, O – 157 bacteria left _____ with food – poisoning.
A. more than 8,000 people B. exactly 8,282 people
C. more than 9,500 people D. all together about 18,000 people
Part Ⅱ READING COMPREHENSION (30 MIN.)
In this section there are several reading passages followed by a total of 20
multiple-choice questions. Read the passages and then mark your answers on your
answer sheet.
TEXT A
I’m Margery Hooper, your course coordinator. I’d like to welcome you all to Grange Manor
Summer Music School. I hope you’ll enjoy your life here. If you have anything unclear, don’t
hesitate to ask. As you know, we are running three – weekly courses currently this year: History of
Music, Principle Tutor professor Hepworth; Choral Singing, conducted by Archibald Blake from
the Royal Institute of Music; and, last but not least, a new departure for us, classical Guitar for
Beginners, Tutor Clive Mortimer.
Now you all know—at least I hope you do what course you are registered for. As soon as
you’ve had tea, we’d like you to report to our secretary, Miss Mathews—you’ll find her in the
office on the first floor. She’ll give you your course number and timetable and explain where the
various classrooms are, what books you’ll need, and whether they are available in the library.
Besides, she’ll give you detailed information about how you are scored. If books are not available
in the library, you can try in the bookstore. Our bookstore is next to the reception in the main hall.
It’s open form 9 to 10 a.m. daily.
Now about meals—breakfast 8:30to 9.a.m., full evening meal 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the
dining room. I’m afraid you have to make your own arrangements about lunch, but the cafeteria in
the canteen is open form 10 to 4 for sandwiches and coffee. Classes finish at 5.
If you look at the notice board in the maim hall, you’ll see that we have arranged a variety
of evening entertainments for you, and Saturday excursions. Anyone who wants to go on an
excursion should inform the secretary as soon as possible as the coach company need to know
numbers.
I hope you’ll all have a very enjoyable time, and make a lot of new friends.
11. Margery Hooper is ____.
A. at a music conference B. on a holiday course
C. at a holiday resort D. on a training course
12. ____ is NOT run in the Summer Music School.
A. Music History B. Chorus
C. Elementary Guitar course D. Classic Music
13. The guitar course ____.
A. will not be held at Grange Manor B. will involve some traveling
C. is an innovation at Grange Manor D. will last less than three weeks
14. Students requiring course materials should ____.
A. buy them from the secretary B. buy them in the main hall
C. register with the secretary D. go to the bookstore after 10 a.m.
15. Students wishing to go on excursion are requested to ____.
A. book in good time B. produce their course number
C. book the coach direct D. note the coach number
TEXT B
Family Matters
This month Singapore passed a bill that would give legal teeth to the moral obligation to
support one’s parents. Called the Maintenance of Parents Bill, it receives the backing of the
Singapore Government.
That does not mean it hasn’t generated discussion. Several members of the Parliament
opposed the measure as un-Asian. Others who acknowledged the problem of the elderly poor
believed it a disproportionate response. Still others believe it will subvert relations within the
family; cynics dubbed it the “Sue Your Son” law.
Those who say that the bill does not promote filial responsibility, of course, are right. It has
nothing to do with filial responsibility. It kicks in where filial responsibility fails. The law cannot
legislate (=make laws about) filial responsibility any more than it can legislate love. All the law
can do is to provide a safety net where this morality proves insufficient. Singapore needs this bill
not to replace morality, but to provide incentives to shore it up.
Like many other developed nations, Singapore faces the problems of an increasing
proportion of people over 60 years of age. Demography is inexorable. In 1980, 7.2% of the
population was in this bracket. By the turn of the century, that figure will grow to 11%. By 2030,
the proportion is projected to be 26%. The problem is not old age per se. It is that the ratio of
economically active people to economically inactive people will decline.
But no amount of government exhortation or paternalism will completely eliminate the
problem of old people who have insufficient means to make ends meet. Some people will fall
through the holes in any safety net.
Traditionally, a person’s insurance against poverty in his old age was his family. This is not
a revolutionary concept. Nor is it uniquely Asian. Care and support for one’s parents is a universal
value shared by all civilized societies.
The problem in Singapore is that the moral obligation to look after one’s parents is
unenforceable. A father can be compelled by law to maintain his children. A husband can be
forced to support his wife. But, until now, a son or daughter had no legal obligation to support his
or her parents.
In 1989, an Advisory Council was set up to look into the problems of the aged. Its report
stated with a tinge of complacency that 95% of those who did not have their own income were
receiving cash contributions from relations. But what of the 5% who aren’t getting relatives’
support? They have several options: (a) get a job and work until they die; (b) apply for public
assistance (you have to be destitute to apply); or (c) starve quietly. None of these options is
socially acceptable. And what if this 5% figure grows, as it is likely to do, as society ages?
The Maintenance of Parents Bill was put forth to encourage the traditional virtues that have
so far kept Asian nations from some of the breakdowns encountered in other affluent societies.
This legislation will allow a person to apply to the court for maintenance from any or all of his
children. The court would have the discretion to refuse to make an order if it is unjust.
Those who deride the proposal for opening up the courts to family lawsuits miss the point.
Only in extreme cases would any parent take his children to court. If it does indeed become law,
the bill’s effect would be far more subtle.
First, it will reaffirm the notion that it is each individual’s—not society’s—responsibility to
look after his parents. Singapore is still conservative enough that most people will not object to
this idea. It reinforces the traditional values and it doesn’t hurt a society now and then to remind
itself of its core values.
Second, and more important, it will make those who are inclined to shirk their
responsibilities think twice. Until now, if a person asked family elders, clergymen or the Ministry
of Community Development to help get financial support from his children, the most they could
do was to mediate. But mediators have no teeth, and a child could simply ignore their pleas.
But to be sued by one’s parents would be a massive loss of face. It would be a public
disgrace. Few people would be so thick-skinned as to say, “Sue and be damned”. The hand of the
conciliators would be immeasurably strengthened. It is far more likely that some sort of amicable
settlement would be reached if the recalcitrant son or daughter knows that the alternative is a
public trial.
It would be nice to think that Singapore doesn’t need this kind of law. But that belief
ignores the clear demographic trends and the effect of affluence itself on traditional bonds. Those
of us who pushed for the bill will consider ourselves most successful if it acts as an incentive not
to have it invoked in the first place.
16. By quoting the growing percentage points of the aged in the population, the author seems to
imply that ______.
A. the country will face mounting problems of the old in future.
B. the social welfare system would be under great pressure.
C. young people should be given more moral education.
D. the old should be provided with means of livelihood.
17. Which of the following statements is CORRECT?
A. Filial responsibility in Singapore is enforced by law.
B. Fathers have legal obligations to look after their children.
C. It is an acceptable practice for the old to continue working.
D. The Advisory Council was dissatisfied with the problems of the old.
18. The author seems to suggest that traditional values ______.
A. play an insignificant role in solving social problems.
B. are helpful to the elderly when they sue their children.
C. are very important in preserving Asian uniqueness.
D. are significant in helping the Bill get approved.
19. The author thinks that if the Bill becomes law, its effect would be ______.
A. indirect. B. unnoticeable. C. apparent. D. straightforward.
20. At the end of the passage, the author seems to imply that success of the Bill depends upon
____.
A. strict enforcement. B. public support.
C. government assurance D. filial awareness
TEXT C
Although the distribution of recorded music went digital with the introduction of the compact
disc in the early 1980s, technology has had a large on the way music is made and recorded as well.
At the most basic level, the invention of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface), a language
enabling computers and sound synthesizers to talk to each other, has given individual musicians
powerful tools with which to make music.
“The MIDI interface enabled basement musicians to gain power which had been available
only in expensive recording studios,” One expert observed. “It enables synthesis of sounds that
have never existed before, and storage and subsequent simultaneous replay and mixing of multiple
sound tracks. Using a moderately powerful desktop computer running a music composition
program and a ’500 synthesizer, any musically literate person can write — and play! —a string
quartet in an afternoon.”
Whereas many musicians use computers as a tool in composing or producing music, Tod
Machover uses computers to design the instruments and environments that produce his music. As
a professor of music and media at the MIT Media Lab, Machover has pioneered hyper-instruments:
hybrids of computers and musical instruments that allow users to create sounds simply by raising
their hands, pointing with a “virtual baton,” or moving their entire body in a “senor chair.”
Similar work on a “virtual orchestra” is being done by Geoffrey Wright, head of the computer
music program at John Hopkins University’s Peabody Conservatory of Music in Baltimore,
Maryland. Wright uses conductors’ batons that emit infrared light beams to generate data about the
speed and direction of the batons, data that can then be translated by computers into instructions
for a synthesizer to produce music.
In Machover’s best – known musical work, Brain Opera(1996), 125people interact with each
other and a group of hyper – instruments to produce sounds that an be blended into a musical
performance. The final opera is assembled from these sound fragments, material contributed by
people on the Web, and Machover’s own music. Machover says he is motivated to give people “an
active, directly participatory relationship with music.”
More recently, Machover helped design the Meteorite Museum, a remarkable underground
museum that opened in June 1998 in Eseen, Germany. Visitors approach the museum through a
glass atrium, open an enormous door, enter a cave, and then descend by ramps into various
multimedia rooms. Machover composed the music and designed many of the interactions for these
rooms. In the Transflow Room.the undulating walls are covered with 100tubber pads shaped like
diamonds. “By hitting the pads you can make and shape a sound and images in the room. Brain
Opera was an ensemble of individual instruments, while the Transflow Room is a single
instrument played by 40 people. The room blends the reactions and images of the group.”
Machover’s projects at MIT include Music Toys and Toys of Tomorrow, which are creating
devices that he hopes will eventually make a Toy Symphony possible. Machover describes one of
the toys as an embroidered ball the size of a small pumpkin with ridges on the outside and
miniature speakers inside. “We’ve recently figured out how to send digital information through
fabric or thread,” he said. “So the basic idea is to squeeze the ball and where you squeeze and
where you place your fingers will affect the sound produced. You can also change the pitch to high
or low, or harmonize with other balls.”
Computer music has a long way to go before it wins mass acceptance, however. Martin
Goldsmith, host of National Public Radio’s Performance Today, explains why: “I think that a
reason a great moving piece of computer music hasn’t been written yet is that — the technology
stands between the creator and the receptor and prevents a real human connection,” Goldsmith
said. “All that would change in an instant if a very accomplished composer — a Steve Reich or
John Corigliano of Henryk Gorecki — were to write a great piece of computer music, but so far
that hasn’t happened. Nobody has really stepped forward to make a wide range of listeners say,
‘Wow, what a terrific instrument that computer is for making music!’”
21．According to one expert, MIDI ____.
A. makes it possible for anyone to write music.
B. is only available in expensive recording studios.
C. requires high – end computers and programming skills.
D. provides cheap, powerful ways of making music.
22. Machover’s experiments on digital music are for the following purposes EXCEPT ______.
A. creation of new types of musical instruments.
B. participation of people in making music.
C. improvement of current computer technology.
D. convenience in making unique music.
23. In the sentence “Using a moderately powerful desktop computer running a music composition
program and a ’500 synthesizer” (paragraph 2), the word “moderately” has the meaning of
_____.
A. properly B. slightly C. less D. a little
24. Martin Goldsmith believes that computer music has not yet been widely accepted because
_____.
A. the technology prevents composers from contacting their listeners.
B. no great music has yet been created through computer technology.
C. famous composers effuse to use the new technology to make music.
D. computer is not a terrific instrument for making musical work.
25. In the sentence “Visitors approach the museum through a glass atrium, open an enormous door,
enter a cave” (paragraph 6), the word “atrium” has the Chinese meaning of _____.
A. 门 B. 中庭 C. 墙 D. 通道
TEXT D
Packaging
It is said that the public and Congressional concern about deceptive(欺骗性的) packaging
rumpus started because Senator Hart discovered that the boxes of cereals consumed by him, Mrs.
Hart, and their children were becoming higher and narrower, with a decline of net weight from 12
to 10.5 ounces, without any reduction in price. There were still twelve biscuits, but they had been
reduced in size. Later, the senator rightly complained of a store - bought pie in a handsomely
illustrated box that pictured, in a single slice, almost as many cherries as there were in the whole
pie.
The manufacturer who increases the unit price of his product by changing his package size to
lower the quantity delivered can, without undue hardship, put h is product into boxes, bags, and
tins that will contain even 4-ounce, 8-ounce, one-pound, two-pound quantities of breakfast foods,
cake mixes, etc. A study of drugstore(杂货店) and supermarket shelves will convince any
observer that all possible size and shapes of boxes, jars, bottles, and tins are in use at the same
time, and, as the package journals show, week by week, there is never any hesitation in
introducing a new size and shape of box or bottle when it aids in product differentiation. The
producers of packaged products argue strongly against changing sizes of packages to contain even
weights and volumes, but no one in the trade comments unfavorably on the huge costs incurred by
endless changes of package sizes, materials, shape, art work, and net weights that are used for
improving a product's market position.
When a packaging expert explained that he was able to multiply the price of hard sweets by
2.5, from 1 dollar to 2.50 dollars by changing to a fancy jar, or that he had made a 5-ounce bottle
look as thought it held 8 ounces, he was in effect telling the public that packaging can be a very
expensive luxury. It evidently does come high, when an average family pays about 200 dollars a
year for bottles, cans, boxes, jars and other containers, most of which can't be used anything but
stuffing the garbage can.
26. Consumers are concerned about the changes in the package size, mainly because _____.
A. this entails an increase in the cost of packaging
B. they have to pay for the cost of changing package sizes
C. the unit price for a product often rises as a result
D. they hate to see any changes in things they are familiar with
27. The author is critical mainly of _____.
A. inferior packaging B. the changes in package size
C. exaggerated illustrations on packages D. dishonest packaging
TEXT E
The Economic Situation of Japan in the 18th Century
In the eighteenth century， Japan‘s feudal overlords， from the shogun to the humblest
samurai， found themselves under financial stress. In part， this stress can be attributed to the
overlords’ failure to adjust to a rapidly expanding economy， but the stress was also due to factors
beyond the overlords‘control. Concentration of the samurai in castle-towns had acted as a
stimulus to trade. Commercial efficiency， in turn， had put temptations in the way of buyers.
Since most samurai had been reduced to idleness by years of peace， encouraged to engage in
scholarship and martial exercises or to perform administrative tasks that took little time， it is not
surprising that their tastes and habits grew expensive. Overlords’income， despite the increase in
rice production among their tenant farmers， failed to keep pace with their expenses. Although
shortfalls in overlords‘income resulted almost as much from laxity among their tax collectors
（the nearly inevitable outcome of hereditary office holding） as from their higher standards of
living， a misfortune like a fire or flood， bringing an increase in expenses or a drop in revenue，
could put a domain in debt to the city rice-brokers who handled its finances. Once in debt，
neither the individual samurai nor the shogun himself found it easy to recover.
It was difficult for individual samurai overlords to increase their income because the amount
of rice that farmers could be made to pay in taxes was not unlimited， and since the income of
Japan‘s central government consisted in part of taxes collected by the shogun form his huge
domain， the government too was constrained. Therefore， the Tokugawa shoguns began to look
to other sources for revenue. Cash profits from government-owned mines were already on the
decline because the most easily worked deposits of silver and gold had been exhausted， although
debasement of the coinage had compensated for the loss. Opening up new farmland was a
possibility， but most of what was suitable had already been exploited and further reclamation was
technically unfeasible. Direct taxation of the samurai themselves would be politically dangerous.
This left the shoguns only commerce as a potential source of government income.
Most of the country‘s wealth， or so it seemed， was finding its way into the hands of city
merchants. It appeared reasonable that they should contribute part of that revenue to ease the
shogun’s burden of financing the state. A means of obtaining such revenue was soon found by
levying forced loans， known as goyo-kin； although these were not taxes in the strict sense， since
they were irregular in timing and arbitrary in amount， they were high in yield. Unfortunately，
they pushed up prices. Thus， regrettably， the Tokugawa shoguns‘search for solvency for the
government made it increasingly difficult for individual Japanese who lived on fixed stipends to
make ends meet.
28. The passage is most probably taken from _____.
A. an introduction to a collection of Japanese folktales
B. the memoirs of a samurai warrior
C. an economic history of Japan
D. a modern novel about eighteenth – century Japan
29. According to the passage, the major reason for the financial problems experienced by Japan’s
feudal overload in the eighteenth century was that _____.
A. trade had fallen off B. the coinage had been sharply debased
C. spending had outdistanced income D. profits from mining had declined
30. The passage suggests that, in eighteenth – century Japan, the office of tax collector ____.
A. remained within families
B. took up most of the officeholder’s time
C. was regarded with derision by many Japanese
D. was a source of personal profit to the officeholder
Part Ⅲ GENERAL KNOWLEDGE (10 MIN.)
There are ten multiple-choice questions in this section. Choose the best answer to
each question. Mark your answers on your answer sheet.
31. Which of the following is NOT true of the Hundred Years War?
A. A war between France and England.
B. It was conventionally dated 1337-1453.
C. The English kings attempted to dominate France.
D. All English conquests had been solidified by 1453.
32. If an American is invited to talk something about entertainment industry, he or she might not
mention ______.
A. Broadway B. Oscar C. Grammy D. West Point
33. Where is Westminster Abbey?
A. Scotland. B. Wales. C. England D. Manchester.
34. Which of the following is NOT affiliated to the UN?
A. WHO. B. FIFA. C. UNESCO. D. IMF.
35. James Fenimore Cooper was most famous for ______.
A. Moby Dick B. Walden
C. The last of the Mohicans D. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
36. Ulysses and Dubliners were written by ______.
A. Alfred Tennyson B. Thackeray C. James Joyce D. William Wordsworth
37. John Keats was a(n) ______.
A. British poet B. American poet C. British novelist D. American novelist
38. Modern Linguists give priority to ______ rather than ______.
A. prescriptiveness; descriptiveness B. the spoken language; the written language
B. grammar; context D. structure; form
39. An Englishman uses “I” to refer to himself, while a German uses “ich”, a Spaniard “yo”. This
is an example of language ______.
A. duality B. displacement C. transmission D. arbitrariness
40. ______ refers to a sociolinguistic situation: two varieties of a language exist side by side
throughout the community, with each having a definite role to play.
A. Dialect B. Diglossia C. Pidgin D. Creole
Part Ⅳ PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN.)
Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as instructed.
PART Ⅴ TRANSLATION (60 MIN.)
SECTION A CHINESE TO ENGLISH
Translate the following text into English. Write your translation on ANSWER
SHEET THREE.
偶然也会有一座小岛出现在地平线上，我们不知其名，但它却给人以神秘之感，那是海
底峰峦的顶部，孤独、凄凉、无暇、偏僻地矗立在海上。人们喜爱岛屿，是否因为在这难以
驾驭的广大世界里有这样一小块易于管理的领地，人们就不知不觉地要据为己有？我想到那
座岛屿一直就在那里（除非它只不过是耐心的珊瑚虫的作品），并且倘若我返回发现它在等
待着我时，这小岛还会仍然在原地不动。当我想到这些时，我就感受到一种奇特的情感。为
什么会这样，我自己也说不清。
SECTION B ENGLISH TO CHINESE
Translate the following underlined part of the text into Chinese. Write your
translation on ANSWER SHEET THREE.
The staff got right to business and conferred all day. Victor Henry worked with the planners,
on the level below the chiefs of staff and their deputies where Burne-Wilke operated, and of
course far below the summit of the President, the Prime Minister, and their advisers. Familiar
problems came up at one: excessive and contradictory requests from the British services, unreal
plans, unfilled contracts, jumbled priorities, fouled communications. One cardinal point the
planners hammered out fast. Building new ships to replace U-boat sinkings came first. No war
material could be used against Hitler until it had crossed the ocean. This plain truth, so simple
once agreed on, ran a red line across every request, every program, every projection. Steel,
aluminum, rubber, valves, motors, machine tools, copper wire, all the thousand things of war,
would go first to ships. This simple yardstick rapidly disclosed the poverty of the “arsenal fo
democracy”, and dictated - as a matter of frightening urgency – a gigantic job of building new
steel mills, and plants to turn the steel into combat machines and tools.
Part Ⅵ WRITING (45 MIN.)
There is a saying “We must live in the present. If we dwell on the past, we will lose the
present.” To what extent and in what ways do you agree of disagree with this statement? Explain
and illustrate your answer
You are to write a composition in no less than 400 words, on the above topic.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness.
Familiar to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your essay on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.
QUESTION BOOKLET
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ANSWER SHEET ONE
PartⅠ LISTENING COMPREHENSION
SECTION A MINI-LECTURE
Complete the gap-filling task. Some of the gaps below may require a
maximum of THREE words.
Make sure the word(s) you fill in is (are) both grammatically and semantically
acceptable . You may refer to your notes.
The American Way : Freedom
The heart of the American calendar is July 4. Americans have celebrat-
ed this date as “Independence Day” since 1776. In a (1)_____ atmosphere [1] _________
of this holiday, patriotic speeches remind Americans of their (2) _____. [2] _________
July 4 represents the heartbeat of America : freedom.
When Americans think of freedom they often think of (3) ______.A- [3] _________
merican – style democracy tries to protect individual rights. People in other
cultures may not understand this (4) _______. [4] _________
Privacy is one good example of individual rights. Personal freedom in
America often means the right of one’s own (5) ______. American don’t [5] _________
want to invade someone’s privacy, even if they know the person quite well.
They prefer to keep many “family matters” private. (6) ______, individuals [6] _________
may not share in conversation such information as salary, age, (7) ______ [7] _________
status or religion.
In American culture, freedom also implies equality. For Americans, e-
quality refers to equal worth and equal (8) ______. In America, people can [8] _________
still hear rags – to – riches stories often enough to (9) ______ it in the [9] _________
minds of many. Freedom arouses strong feelings for Americans. However,
problems still exist. One individual’s freedom can (10) ______ with the [10] ________
rights of others. The path to freedom is not completely smooth but for Amer-
icans it is worth traveling.
ANSWER SHEET TWO
PART II PROOFREADING & ERROR CORRECTION
The following passage contains TEN errors. Each line contains a maximum of
ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is involved. You should proofread the
passage and correct it in the following way:
For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct
one in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧”
sign and write the word you believe to be missing
in the blank provided at the end of the line.
For an unnecessary word, cross the unnecessary word with a slash “/’ and
put the word in the blank provided at the end of
the line.
Example
When ∧ art museum wants a new exhibit, [1] an
It never buy things in finished form and hangs them on the wall. [2] never
When a natural history museum wants an exhibition, it must often build it. [3] exhibit
If it were noly necessary to decide whether to
teach elementary science to everyone on a mass basis
or find the gifted few and take them as far as [1] _______
they can go, our task would be simple. The public
school system, therefore, has no such choice, for the [2] _______
jobs must be carried on at the same time. Because
we depend so heavy upon science and technology [3] _______
for our progress, we must produce specialists in
many fields. Because we live in a democratic
nation, which citizens make the policies for the [4] _______
nation, large numbers of us must be educated to
understand, to support and when necessary, to
criticize the works of experts. The public school [5] _______
must educate both the producers and users of scientific services.
In education, there should be a good balance between [6] _______
the branches of knowledge that attribute [7] _______
to effective thinking and wise judgement. Such
balances is defeated by too much emphasis on
any one field. This question of balance is involved [8] _______
not only the relation of natural emphasis among
the natural science themselves.
Similarly, we must make a balance between [9] _______
current and classical knowledge. The attention
of the public is continually drawn to new possibilities
in scientific fields and the discovery from new [10] _______
knowledge; these should not be allowed to turn our
attention away from the sound, established materials
that form the basis for courses for beginners.