Error Correction:$ z" S8 N) G" S8 f& Z% O
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 work, add a work or delete a work. 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.6 W& y+ j. q! g
Most people work to earn a living and they - V! F; j3 N( z8 g6 O
produce goods and services. Goods are either , }+ [. v, j) W3 F q
agricultural (like maize) or manufactured (like 6 T( m! R! h/ l) M9 ]
cars). Services are such things like education, 1._________
' p2 h# a9 F" @: Q8 M$ r9 r- Lmedicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.__________
9 B% @, Q3 f) w1 @! V$ ~goods; some provide services. Other people provide
V& z* Y( N$ A! C& zboth goods or services. For example, in the same 3.__________ 1 w( p6 X/ \; c9 X+ U: b
garage a man may buy a car or some service which $ e+ D7 z" ~6 ? P0 x
helps him maintain his car.
+ \) S& i+ v+ k3 L! lThe work people do is called as economic 4.__________ t$ L9 K! g/ n0 X$ d/ a
activity. All economic activities taken together make
2 U. B" N/ Z% q* }' P0 `. Rup the economic system of a town, a city, a country, + M$ n; a! s0 ^% |* D9 D
or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5.__________ 1 z' t/ L# n8 p" @$ n3 H
of what people do and what they want. The work
* v1 x2 H4 l& P( p. V1 {! Z# Npeople do either provides what they need or provides
7 @9 Y8 s$ o. R u; S2 \- s8 c! Dthe money with that they can buy essential 6.__________ $ L. A8 a' ?$ D2 _
commodities. Of course, most people hope to have
3 {1 `! r" S- ~( M* {: xenough money to buy commodities and services which 0 {1 j; K. ~; E3 N9 u' V2 D: q# [
are essential but which provide some particular 7. __________ , i( {# u6 a8 P1 ^) Z- e/ n1 X' C' _' u s
personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8. __________ 5 k7 H y9 Q5 j& }
the cinema, and books. ; C s7 c2 g! q4 a: F7 e! w
The science of economics is basic upon the facts 9. __________ % o- I' t' ]9 V: p( E; J
of our everyday lives. Economists study our everyday
" S7 { j3 Q$ m* Ilives and the general life of our communities in order
4 D# u' v$ l5 a2 ~" o- Rto understand the whole economic system of which we 6 _4 m' v* x, i8 z2 J. y
are a part. They try to describe the facts of the
) [' G0 S; C: e$ B5 g% meconomy in which we live, and to explain how it * F/ N4 t3 b: u. s4 P* z- T2 C
works. The economist methods should of course be 10. __________
$ `6 ?3 V$ a5 E. Fstrictly objective and scientific. % |: T3 I* b8 C# j1 I, }& V
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# f* i! j* T) k; X+ U& i参考答案：# w; e( `! K. F5 _
1. like → as
4 _7 M; w& J( ^2. Those → Some
4 z* t# [, }- G, r3. or → and # l% Q+ C l6 r3 ]
4. called as→ call 0 q7 ^- m) I( i }; q' D8 G+ _' F
5. Such → Such an
# R+ Q3 M4 [. a/ I: \6. that → which ! `- x5 p' P' X7 K7 q" n4 w
7. essential → nonessential or +not ! a3 y% L6 }! F- ]- C; P# C7 a
8. visits → visits to
9 H2 J' Y7 n+ O! K9 d; M* ?9. basic → based
$ ]. i7 i [; ?; K1 I* l10. economist → economist’s |
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