Part Ⅳ Error Correction (15 minutes)

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 make (^) in the right place and write the missing
world in the blank. If you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (/) in the blank.

Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literatures of our periods.
1. time/times/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature.
2. _____／______
As a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television.
3. _____ the ______
Until recently, dyslexia an and other reading problems were
a mystery to most teachers and parents. As a result, too many
kids passed through school without master the printed page. S1.
Some were treated as mentally deficient: many were left
functionally illiterate (文盲的), unable to ever meet their
potential. But in the last several years, there’s been a
revolution in that we’ve learned about reading and dyslexia, S2.
Scientists are using a variety of new imaging techniques to
watch the brain at work. Their experiments have shown that
reading disorders are most likely the result of what is, in an effect, S3.
faulty wiring in the brain—not lazy, stupidity or a poor home S4.
environment. There’s also convincing evidence which dyslexia S5.
is largely inherited. It is now considered a chronic problem
for some kids, not just a “phase”. Scientists have also
discarded another old stereotype that almost all dyslexies are
boys. Studies indicate that many girls are affecting as well S6.
and not getting help.
At same time, educational researchers have come up S7.
with innovative teaching strategies for kids who are having
trouble learning to read. New screening tests are identifying
children at risk before they get discouraged by year of S8.
frustration and failure. And educators are trying to get the
message to parents that they should be on the alert for the
first signs of potential problems.
It’s an urgent mission, Mass literacy is a relative new S9.
social goal. A hundred years ago people didn’t need to be
good readers in order to earn a living. But in the Information
Age, no one can get by with knowing how to read well and S10.
understand increasingly complex material.
Part Ⅴ Writing (30 minutes)
Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a short essay entitled Traveling
Abroad. You should write at least 150 words based on the chart and outline give
below:
Number of people in City X traveling abroad in 1995, 2000 and 2005
1. 近十年來(lái)X市有越來(lái)越多的人選擇出境旅游
2. 出現(xiàn)這種現(xiàn)象的原因
3. 這種現(xiàn)象可能產(chǎn)生的影響
Traveling Abroad