Part
IV
Error
Correction
(15 minutes) Directions: This part consists of a short passage, hz
this passage, there are altogether IO mis-takes, one in each numbered line. You
may have to change ti word. add a word ordelete a word. Mark out the mistakes
and put the corrections in the blanks provided.lf 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, lf you delete a word, cross Rout and put a slash (/) in tile
blank. Example: Television is rapidly becoming the
literature of our period 1. time/times/period Many of the arguments \having\
used for the study of literature as a 2. school subject are valid for ^ study
of television. 3. the
Thomas Malthus published his "Essay on the Principle of
Population" almost 200 years ago. Ever since then, forecasters have being
warning that worldwide famine was S1_____ just around the next corner. The
fast-growing population's demand for food, they warned, would soon exceed
their S2_____ supply, leading to widespread food shortages and
starvation. But in reality, the world's total grain harvest has
risen steadily over the years. Except for relative isolated trouble
S3_____ spots like present-day Somalia, and occasional years of good
harvests, the world's food crisis has remained just S4_____ around the
corner. Most experts believe this can continue even as if the population
doubles by the mid-21st century, S5_____ although feeding I0 billion people
will not be easy for politics, economic and environmental reasons. Optimists
S6_____ point to concrete examples of continued improvements in yield. In
Africa, by instance, improved seed, more S7_____ fertilizer and advanced
growing practices have more than double corn and wheat yields in an
experiment. Elsewhere, S8_____ rice experts in the Philippines are producing
a plant with few S9_____ stems and more seeds. There is no guarantee that
plant breeders can continue to develop new, higher-yielding crop, but most
researchers see their success to date as reason S10_____ for
hope.
Part
V Writing
(30 minutes) Reduce Waste on Campus