Part IV Error Correction (15 minute)

　　Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In this passage, there are altogether 10 mistakes, one in each numbered line. You may have to change a word, add a word or delete a word. Mark out the mistakes and put the corrections in the blanks provided. If you change a word, cross it out and write the correct word in the corresponding blank. If you add a word, put an insertion mark ( ) in the right place and write the missing word in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.

　　　The Seattle Times Company is one newspaper firm that

　　has recognized the need for change and done something about

　　it. In the newspaper industry, papers must reflect the diversity

　　of the communities to which they provide information.

　　It must reflect that diversity with their news coverage or risk S1.____________

　　losing their readers' interest and their advertisers' support.

　　Operating within Seattle, which has 20 percents racial S2. ___________

　　minorities, the paper has put into place policies an

　　d procedures for hiring and maintain a diverse workforce. The S3. __________

　　underlying reason for the change is that for information to be

　　fair, appropriate, and subjective, it should be reported by the S4. ____________

　　same kind of population that reads it.

　　A diversity committee composed of reporters, editors, and

　　photographers meets regularly to value the Seattle Times’ S5. ____________

　　content and to educate the rest of the newsroom staff about

　　diversity issues. In an addition, the paper instituted a content S6. ____________

　　audit (审查) that evaluates the frequency and manner of

　　representation of woman and people of color in photographs. S7. _____________

　　Early audits showed that minorities were pictured far too

　　infrequently and were pictured with a disproportion

　　ate number of negative articles. The audit results from S8. _____________

　　improvement in the frequency of majority representation and S9. _____________

　　their portrayal in neutral or positive situations. And, with a S10. ____________

　　result, the Seattle Times has improved as a newspaper.

　　The diversity training and content audits helped the Seattle

　　Times Company to win the Personnel Journal Optimal Award

　　for excellence in managing change.

　　Part V

　　Writing Changes on State-owned Houses and Private Houses of China

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