Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as
instnwted. ANSWER SHEET
TWO The passage contains TEN errors. Each
indicated line contains a maximum of ONE error. In each case, only ONE word is
involved. You should proofread the passage and correct it in the following
way: For a wrong word,
underline the wrong word and write the correct one in the blank provided
at the end of the line. For a missing word,
mark the position of the missing word with a "∧" sign and write the word
you believe to be missing in the blank provided at the end of the
line. For an unnecessary word, cross the
unnecessary word with a slash "—’ and put the word in the blank provided at the
end of the line.
No Englishman believes in working from book learning. He
suspects everything new, and dislikes it, unless he can be compelled by the
force of circumstances to see that this new thing has advantage over the old.
Race-experience is what he invariably depends upon, when he can,
(1) ______ whether in India, in
Egypt, or in Australia. His statesmen do not consult historic
precedents in order to decide (2) ______ what to
do: they first learn the facts that they are; then they depend upon
(3) ______ their own common sense, not at all upon their university
learning and upon (4) ______ philosophical theories. And in
case of the English nation, it must be (5)
______ acknowledged that this instinctive method has been extremely
successful. The last people from whom praise can be expected,
even for what is worth of all praise, are the English. The Englishman all the
time is (6) ______ studying, considering,
trying to find fault. Why should he try to find fault So that he will not
make any mistakes at a later day. He was inherited the (7)
______ trouble caution of his ancestors in regards to mistakes. It must be
granted (8) ______ that his caution has saved him from a number
of very serious mistakes that other nations have made. It must also be
acknowledged that he exercises a fair amount of moderation in the opposite
direction—this modern Englishman; he has learned caution of other kind, which
his ancestors (9) ______ taught him "Power
should be used with moderation; for whoever finds himself among valiant men
will discover that no man is superior than others." (10) ______