ANSWER SHEET TWO
TEST FOR ENGLISH MAJORS
GRADE EIGHT
PART IV PROOFREADING& ERROR CORRECTION (15 MIN)
The passage contains TEN errors. Each indicated 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, For a missing word, For an unnecessary word, | underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. 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. 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 buys things in finished form and hangs (2) never
them on the wall. When a natural history museum
wants an exhibition, it must often build it. (3) exhibit
There are many a career in which the increasing emphasis is (1) ___________
in specialization. You find these careers in engineering, in (2) ___________
production, in statistical work, and in teaching. And there (3) ___________
is an increasing demand for people who are capable to take (4) ___________
in a great area at a glance, people who perhaps do not know
too much about any one field. There is, in the other words, (5) ___________
a demand for people who are capable of seeing the forest
rather than the trees, making general judgment. We can call (6) ___________
these people “generalists”. And these “generalists” are particular (7) ___________
needed for position in administration, where it is his job to (8) ___________
see that other people do the work, where they have to plan for
other people, to organize other people’s work, to begin it and
judge it.
The generalist understands one field; his concern is with (9) ___________
technique and tools. He is a “trained” man; and his education
background is properly technical or professional. The generalist
deals with people; his concern is with leadership, with planning,
and on direction giving. He is an “educated” man; and the (10) __________
humanities are his strongest foundation.
