VI. Put one suitable word in each space. Write the word in your answer sheet (15 points)
WRONGED BY HOW YOU WRITE
The handwritingof school children could spell the diference between success and failure in examinations according to research carried out by the Open University.
In a study (0)……. Dennis Briggs of the Faculty of Educational Studies, it was found that essays which were written (53)……….different styles of handwriting attrcted different marks. ‘The findings suggest that (54)……..is a boderline zone within examination marking where (55)……..an essay is written may be almost as important as what the essay is about,’ said Mr.Briggs. Five essays were double marked (56)……..the second marker unaware of the marks of the first marker. The essay scripts for the second marker (57)……..been copied out in three writing styles. Two of the styles were ones (58)…….had been the subject of continual criticism at school.
(59)………the markers were practising teachers who (60)……….told that the effectiveness of double marking was (61)……….checked. the results showed that a 12-year old who can present an essay one way will do better, perhaps (62)…….better, (63)………a friend who presents the (64)………..standard in terms of content but who (65)……..not or cannot make it look so attrative. The conclusion is that school children may not do as (66)………as perhaps they could (67)…….. their handwriting is untidy.
VII.In questions 68-77, each sentence has four words or pharses underlined. The four underlined parts of the sentence are mark (A),(B),(C),(D). you are to I dentify the one underlined ord or phrase that should be corrected or rewritten. Then, on your answer sheet, find the number of the question and mrk your answer (10 points)
68. When we go on vacation, we prefer swim and active sports to
(A) (B)
sightseeing and lying the beach
(C) (D)
69. Because it was stucturally unsafe and too expensive to repair, the
(A) (B)
75 years old building had to be demolished
(C) (D)
70. Ecologists feared the American eagle might be near extinction as there
(A) (B)
were so few sights of them in the last decade
(C) (D)
71. The factory let go of many its employees because it had automated so
(A) (B) (C)
many operations.
(D)
72. Copyright law clearly stated that you have to have the permission of the
(A) (B) (C)
authors or the publishers before copying their work
(D)
73. These interested paintings were donated to the library by the Gilmore
(A) (B) (C)
Foundation over twenty years ago
(D)
74. I think it would be easier to hold the audience’s attention if you had a
(A) (B) (C)
slide show along to the lecture
(D)
75. The wooden fence surrounded the factory is beginning to deteriorate
(A) (B) (C)
from rain.
(D)
76. The building manager is having all the windows and doors replace on the
(A) (B)
second and third floors as well as in the restaurant.
(C) (D)
77. If you like to travelling a lot, you shoud consider career opportunities in
(A) (B) (C)
the cruise industry or in other travel-related fields.
(D)