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199年改错PartⅡProofreadingandErrorCorrection(15min)ThefollowingpassagecontainsTENerrors.EachlinecontainsamaximumofONEerror.Ineachcase,onlyONEwordisinvolved.Youshouldproofreadthepassageandcorrectitinthefollowingway.Forawrongword,underlinethewrongwordandwritethecorrectoneintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.Foramissingword,markthepositionofthemissingwordwitha“∧”signandwritethewordyoubelievetobemissingintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.Foranunnecessarywordcrossouttheunnecessarywordwithaslash“/’andputthewordintheblankprovidedattheendoftheline.ExampleWhen∧artmuseumwantsanewexhibit,(1)anitnever／buysthingsinfinishedformandhangs(2)neverthemonthewall.Whenanaturalhistorymuseumwantsanexhibition,itmustoftenbuildit.(3)exhibitThehunter-gatherertribesthattodayliveasourprehistoric1.______humanancestorsconsumeprimarilyavegetabledietsupplementing2._____withanimalfoods.Ananalysisof58societiesofmodemhunter-gatherers,includingtheKungofsouthernAfrica,revealedthatonehalfemphasizegatheringplantfoods,one-thirdconcentrateonfishingandonlyone-sixthareprimarilyhunters.Overall,two-thirdsandmoreofthehunter-gatherer’scaloriescomefromplants.Detailed3.______studiesoftheKungbythefoodscientistsattheUniversityofLondon,showedthatgatheringisamoreproductivesourceoffoodthanishunting.Anhourofhuntingyieldsinaverageabout1004.______ediblecalories,asanhourofgatheringproduces240.5.______Plantfoodsprovidefor60percentto80percentoftheKung6._______diet,andnoonegoeshungrywhenthehuntfails.Interestingly,iftheyescapefatalinfectionsoraccidents,thesecontemporaryaborigineslivetooldagesdespiteoftheabsenceofmedicalcare.7._______Theyexperiencenoobesity,nomiddle-agedspread,littledentaldecay,nohighbloodpressure,onheartdisease,andtheirbloodcholesterollevelsareverylow(abouthalfoftheaverageAmerican8._______adult),ifnooneissuggestingwhatwereturntoanaboriginallife9.________style,wecertainlycouldusetheireatinghabitsasamodelfor10.________healthierdiet.22000改错grammarareforthemostpartsharplyandobviouslydifferent1meaning”,butinfactsomegrammarianshavecalledthem“empty”wordsasopposedinthe“full”wordsofvocabulary.3.________Butthisisarathermisledwayofexpressingthedistinction.itisveryfarawayfrombeingmeaningless;thereisasharpvile”,yettheisthesinglevehicleofthisdifferenceinmeaning.Moreover,grammaticalwothemselvesastheamountofmeaningtheyhave,eveninthelexicalsense.Anothernamefort“littlewords”.ButsizeisbynomeanagoodcriterionfordistinguishingthegrammaticalwordsofEnglish,whconsiderthatwehavelexicalwordsasgo,man,say,car.Apartfromthis,however,thereisagopeoplesay:wecertainlydocreateagreatnumberofobscuritywhenweomitthem.ThisisillustraRobertBrowningbutintheproseoftelegramsandnewspaperheadlines.32001改错verylifebloodofWesternCanada.Peopleoncitytheyieldsandthepriceofwheatinalmostasmuchfeelingasiftheyweregrowers.ThemarketingofwheatbecameanincreasingWarsetthestageforthemostdramaWheatpricesweregenerallylowintheautumn,sofarmerscouldnotwaitformarketstheysoldtheirwheatsoonshortlyafterharvestwhenfarmdebtswerecomingdue,justtoseepricesrisingandspeculatorsgettingrich.Onvariousoccasions,producergroups,askedfirmercontrol,butthegovernmenthadnowishtobecomeinvolving,atAnxioustocheckinflationandrisinglifecosts,thefederalboard.Tohandlewiththecropof1919,thegovernmentappointedthefirstCanadianWheatBoard,withtotalauthoritytobuy,sell,andsetprices.42002改错Therearegreatimpedimentstothegeneraluseofastandardinpronunciationcomparabletothatexistinginspelling(orthography).Oneisthefactthatpronunciationislearnt“naturally”andunconsciously,andorthographyislearnt1__________deliberatelyandconsciously.Largenumbersofus,infact,remainthroughoutourlivesquiteunconsciouswithwhatourspeech2.__________soundslikewhenwespeakout,anditoftencomesasashock3.__________whenwefirstlyheararecordingofourselves.Itisnotavoicewe4._________recognizeatonce,whereasourownhandwritingissomethingwhichwealmostalwaysknow.Webeginthenaturallearning5.__________ofpronunciationlongbeforewestartlearningtoreadorwrite,andinourearlyyearswewentonunconsciouslyimitatingand6.__________practicingthepronunciationofthosearoundusformanymorehourspereverydaythanweeverhavetospendlearningevenour7.___________difficultEnglishspelling.Thisis“natural”,therefore,thatour8.__________speech-soundsshouldbethoseofourimmediatecircle;afterall,aswehaveseen,speechoperatesasameansofholdingacommunity9.__________andgivingasenseof'belonging'.Welearnquiteearlytorecognizea“stranger”,someonewhospeakswithanaccentofadifferentcommunity-perhapsonlyafewmilesfar.10.__________2003改错DemographicindicatorsshowthatAmericansinthepostwarperiodweremoreeagerthanevertoestablishfamilies.Theyquicklybroughtdowntheageatmarriageforbothmenandwomenandbrought5thebirthratetoatwentiethcenturyheightaftermorethanahundred(1)______yearsofasteadydecline,producingthe“babyboom.”Theseyoung(2)_______adultsestablishedatrendofearlymarriageandrelativelylargefamiliesthatWentformorethantwodecadesandcausedamajor(3)_______buttemporaryreversaloflong-termdemographicpatterns.Fromthe1940Sthroughtheearly1960s,Americansmarriedatahighrate(4)________andatayounger