Part V Error Correction (15 minutes)

　　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. time/times/period

　　Many of the arguments having used for the study of literature 2. ____/____

　　as a school subject are valid for ∧ study of television. 3. ____the____

　　Language learning begins with listening. Individual

　　children vary greatly in the amount of listening they do after 62. ________

　　they start speaking, and late starters are often long listeners.

　　Most children will "obey" spoken instructions some time

　　before they can speak, though the word obey is hardly

　　accurate like a description of the eager and delighted 63. ________

　　cooperation usually shown by the child. Before they can

　　speak, many children will ask questions in gesture and by 64. ________

　　making questioning noises. Any attempt to trace the

　　development from the noises babies make to their first

　　spoken words lead to considerable difficulties. It is agreed 65. ________

　　they enjoy making noises, and that during the first 66. ________

　　few months one or two noise sort themselves out as 67. ________

　　particular indicative of delight, distress, sociability, and so 68. ________

　　on. But since these can be said to show the baby's intention to 69. ________

　　communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of

　　language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they

　　play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they

　　are able to add new sounds to their repertoire. This

　　self-imitation leads on to deliberate imitation of sounds

　　making or words spoken to them by other people. The 70. ________

　　problem then arises as to the point which one can say that 71. ________

　　these imitations can be considered as speech.

　　Part VI Translation (5 minutes)

　　Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

　　72. It turned out that getting fired from that company ________________________ (對我來說是發生在我身上的最棒的事情).

　　73. It is necessary that ________________________ (馬上把他送到醫院).

　　74. Make a list each day of all that you are grateful for, ________________________ (這樣你就能每天都注意到從別人那里得到了什么).

　　75. His silence suggested that ________________________ (他贊成我的決定，并決定執行那個計劃).

　　76. Only with combined efforts, ________________________ (我們才能期望我們的國家有新的面貌).