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 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.
Example:
Television is rapidly becoming the literature of our periods. 1. times/time/period
Many of the arguments having used for the study of 2. ______/_______
literature as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. _____the_______
The World Consumer Rights Day on March 15 is an
occasion to celebrate and advocate what we as consumers
deserve and should thus enjoy. And ever since it became a 51. ________
red-character day on the Chinese calendar, stunning
revelations has tested our confidence in the things we 52. ________
consume.
This year, they included, but were not limited on, 53. ________
paper napkins made from garbage, animal blood
preserved with formaldehyde(甲醛), and pork containing
ractopamine or clenbuterol(瘦肉精)banning nine years ago. 54. ________
Authorities responsible for monitor the market and 55. ________
consumer products were quick to respond, a practice after
the melamine scandal, which dealt with a nasty blow to the 56. ________
domestic dairy industry.
But people’s worries are not limited on cases exposed 57. ________
on March 15 alone. They fear that what has been exposed
was just the tip of the iceberg. 58. ________
Those caught in the act may be punished. But the
legitimate questions that follow: Are they the only bad 59. ________
guys we are paying for? Will there comes a time when we
can feel assured which our safety is in the hands of a group 60. ________
of trustworthy people?