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. Write your corrections on the Answer sheet.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our period. 1. Period → time
Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature as a 2. having → /
school subject are valid for study of television. 3. ∧study → the
Health at Every Size (HAES) is a lifestyle that encourages health eating and 1. ______
enjoyable physical activity as a way to feel better and live longer. Unlike other
programs, it does not believe weight loss through dieting is the way becoming 2. ______
healthy. Scientific evidence supports this idea. In a study by researchers at the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, 78 obese women were place into neither the 3. ______
HAES program or a traditional weight-loss program. Women in the weight-loss
program were constructed to eat less, count calories, and exercise more. 4. ______
The HAES group was encouraged to eat when they were hungry and to appreciate
the feeling of full, to make healthy food choices, and to find a style of physical 5. ______
activity that was most enjoyable for them. They were not given a list of “forbidding 6. ______
foods”, nor were they told to exercise to lose weight. They were also given techniques
to increase their self-esteem and to increase the confidence they had in their bodies. 7. ______
After two years, both groups weighted approximately the same. The women in the 8. ______
weight-loss group lost some weight after six months, but gained it after two years. 9. ______
The women in the HAES group had healthier blood pressure, lower cholesterol, and
were more physically active than the dieting group.
Linda Bacon said: “People who live by HAES ideas tend to feel better about
themselves, and that can lead to better health, too, with fewer stress.” 10. ______
