Directions: This part consists of a short passage. In the
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
pat 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
alt insertion mark (∧)in the right place and write the missing word in the
blank, lf you delete a word, cross it out and put a slash (—) in the blank.
Books, even in this age of cheap literature, cost money. The
short of pa-
62.______ per, together with the high cost of living, has made books an
inexpensive item
63.______ in our list of requirements. This would mean that fewer
people can afford to have them. Yet there are people who think nothing of
spending money on a rich dinner, but don’t like to spend the same sum on
books. Therefore, the time has come for a new public library policy to be
introduced, for the higher the price of books tile great the need to give
them the widest circulation possi-
64.______ ble. The Hong Kong Government has set up
Urban Council Libraries and study rooms in various districts. There is no
doubt when books arc wisely selected.
65.______ The libraries and study rooms have a great
educational value, and have done much to courage the habit of reading among
the people.
66.______ For setting up libraries, some factors should be
taken to consideration. In
67.______ the first place, it is not enough to have just a
building, equip it with shelves and fill it books. The library building
itself must be attractive in structure, desira-
68.______ ble in atmosphere, and uncumbered in administration.
Then secondly, there is the choice of suitable books to look into.
Though most of the books are novels and most of the readers are
novel- readers, read science fiction is quite a source of amusement and
pleasure, Al-
69.______ so, it is a mean of broadening one’s mind and learning more
about life and hu-
70.______ man being. Yet, there should always be many serious
books--history, biogra- phy. travel, poetry and literature, which is
appreciated by many readers.
71.______