Error Correction:
5 X& i* P2 F" H* vDirections: 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.
* i& \' K: V3 z! ?5 E5 Q. [4 nMost people work to earn a living and they 3 B. I( P1 F$ t
produce goods and services. Goods are either
! \3 ~8 A* j$ I8 C1 Kagricultural (like maize) or manufactured (like / n( K% z8 V1 ^) Q1 k7 T
cars). Services are such things like education, 1._________ 0 W+ y4 z" t; m
medicine, and commerce. These people provide 2.__________
' l. h6 i- d/ Y( @) tgoods; some provide services. Other people provide
& ]; M( J7 H. q6 Bboth goods or services. For example, in the same 3.__________ ) Z& M9 Y I8 Q/ O$ k# y! B
garage a man may buy a car or some service which * j" C" \+ h4 B Z E; i
helps him maintain his car. # b0 i6 e$ o& V7 m* F0 t
The work people do is called as economic 4.__________ 5 ~6 T6 I3 i+ u, ]
activity. All economic activities taken together make
8 Z) Z5 o# X, z4 {8 hup the economic system of a town, a city, a country, 4 Z3 E/ F9 f' a# z" \
or the world. Such economic system is the sum-total 5.__________
* W9 _6 f( j; w/ Y1 }( p8 pof what people do and what they want. The work 1 q. w( I) l& M, H, b
people do either provides what they need or provides
# S5 Y" c8 f$ T kthe money with that they can buy essential 6.__________ 3 x2 S. M! q" k- }
commodities. Of course, most people hope to have
% H- d9 B, v! ~# z. menough money to buy commodities and services which
' {7 N5 Z2 W* ]( W4 A- Pare essential but which provide some particular 7. __________ + ]! I+ Z* [0 c, N
personal satisfaction, such as toys for children, visits 8. __________ + R& B6 f0 i( D+ }/ k5 m' L, S
the cinema, and books. ) T7 }6 i- U/ Z5 r4 b- ?
The science of economics is basic upon the facts 9. __________ 3 @$ H5 b; c+ o7 m4 Q! v' p
of our everyday lives. Economists study our everyday
1 O9 {' {- M4 @lives and the general life of our communities in order $ t% _3 t8 C# V
to understand the whole economic system of which we
" W- }0 ]0 N* i: \are a part. They try to describe the facts of the ! ^0 ] h3 d/ s: q0 H% Y+ i
economy in which we live, and to explain how it 2 x/ G; ~) l* X1 h: C
works. The economist methods should of course be 10. __________
! t. {- ^4 L; B- Bstrictly objective and scientific.
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参考答案:+ v0 X$ b/ Q/ z5 F" {9 R4 S# ~
1. like → as 0 N% L9 b, s# @ T
2. Those → Some
& E( d; D6 T5 [3. or → and ! c2 q. p, t/ o5 ?' Y7 @, w
4. called as→ call
& ~, x& I9 x9 p, C; R6 Y5. Such → Such an
4 {: O" i. R. o( X6 n6. that → which 5 o/ h- U% r- i3 X: y& W$ g
7. essential → nonessential or +not
) O/ c8 B* f) L+ o8 c8. visits → visits to / B8 M: S5 Y/ m" `& M
9. basic → based " N$ a; p" e+ u8 Y7 g+ S7 L
10. economist → economist’s |