高英期末改错题2.doc

V. Proofreading The following passages contain several errors each, each line with a maximum of one error. And ATTENTION, some lines might be free from error. In each case only one word is involved. You should proofread the passage and correct the errors in the following way: For a wrong word, underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a missing word, mark the position of the missing word with a “∧” sign and write the word you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the line. For an unnecessary word, cross out the unnecessary word with a slash “\” and put the word in the blank provided at the end of the line. For a correct line, place a tick “√” in the blank provided at the end of the line. 第一册第12单元(倒数第二段) V. Proofreading The study of custom can be profitable only after certain preliminary propositions have been accepted, and some of these propositions have been violently violated. (2)In the first place any scientific study which requires that there be no preferential (3)weight of one or another of the items in the series it (4)decides for its consideration. In all the less controversial fields (5)such like the study of cacti or termites or the nature of nebulae, the(6) one necessary method of study is to group the relevant material and (7)∧take note of all possible variant forms and conditions. In this way we (8)∧learned all (9)what we know of the laws of astronomy, or of the habits of the social insects, let us say.(10) It is only in the study of man himself that the major social sciences have substituted the study of one local variation, that of Western civilization opposed Which weighting selects such one to have that √ 第13单元（第三段） (1)But it is not particularly easy for one to climb up out of the working-class --- especially ∧he is handicapped by the possession of ideals and illusions.(2) When I lived o