HE PUT HIS RUDE MANNER ________ TO IGNORANCE OF OUT BRITISH CUSTOM...

50. He put his rude manner ________ to ignorance of out British customs. V. Underline ten mistakes in the following sentences and correct them. Write the correction in the box provided. (20 points) The word processor and the calculator are with doubt here to stay, and in many respects of our lives are the much richer for them. But teachers and other academics are claiming that we are now starting to feel the first significant wave of their effects on a generation for users. It seems nobody under the age of 20 can spell nor add up any more. Even several professors at leading universities have commented on the detrimental effect the digital revolution has had at the most intelligent young minds in the country. The problem, evidently, lies with the automatically spellcheck now widely available on word processing software. Professor John Silver of the Sydney University, Australia, said: ‘Why should we bother to learn how to spell correctly, or to learn even if the most basic of mathematical sums, when at the press of a button we have our problem answering for us. The implications are enormous. Will the adults of the future look to the computer to make decisions for them, to tell them who to marry or what house to buy? Are we heading for a future individually incapable of independent human thought?

C. READING. (40 points)

I. Read the following passage and circle the best answer for each blank. Write your answer (A, B, C or D) in the box provided. (15 points) THE LANGUAGE OF TEARS The ability to weep is a uniquely human form of emotional response. Some scientists have suggested that human tears are evidence of an aquatic past – but this does not seem very likely. We cry from the moment we enter this (1) ___________ for a number of reasons. Helpless babies cry to (2) ___________ their parents that they are ill, hungry or uncomfortable. As they (3) ___________ they will also cry just to attract parental attention and will often stop when they get it. The idea that (4) ___________ a good cry can do you (5) ___________ is a very old one and now it has scientific (6) ___________ since recent research into tears has shown that they (7) ___________ a natural painkiller called enkephalin. By (8) ___________ sorrow and pain this chemical helps you to feel better. Weeping can increase the quantities of enkephalin you (9) ___________. Unfortunately, in our society we impose restrictions upon this naturally (10) ___________ activity. Because some people still regard it as a (11) ___________ of weakness in men, boys in particular are admonished when they cry. This kind of repression can only increase stress, both emotionally and physically. Tears of emotion also help the body (12) ___________ itself of toxic chemical (13) ___________, for there is more protein in them than in tears resulting from cold winds or other irritants. Crying comforts, calms and can be very enjoyable – (14) ___________ the popularity of the highly emotional films which are commonly (15) ___________ ‘weepies’. It seems that people enjoy crying together almost as much as laughing together.