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综合演练十四 Part Ⅰ Writing Directions: For this part, you are allowed 30 minutes to write a composition about TRAVEL in three paragraphs. You are given the first sentence of each paragraph and are required to develop its idea by completing the paragraph. Your part of the composition should be about 100 words, not including the words given. 1. Travel has become a world-wide activity. 2. People travel for many reasons, but perhaps the most common is travelling for pleasure. 3. Travel is also one of the best means for learning. Part Ⅱ Error correction 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 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 eblank. A great deal of nonsense is written about the character of a nation, chiefly because many observers, influenced by national pride and prejudices, feeling irresistibly tempted to generalize 1. ______ about everything. In a nation of many millions of people, there bound to be many different kinds: rich and poor, clever and 2. ______ stupid, good and bad, modest and conceited, patient and impatient, honest and dishonest. However, a nation may develop a 3. ______ sort of collective character in its politics and literature which is not recognizable in individual people. Generalizations therefore tend to be realistic, and should be made and accepted with 4. ______ caution. One word of warning is necessary. The British people take 5. ______ up appointments in Asia and Africa are not fully typical of their nation. For one thing,