Proofread the given passage on ANSWER SHEET TWO as
instructed. 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.
Usually, there are two reasons to pursue scientific knowledge:
for the sake of the knowledge itself, and for the practical use of that
knowledge. Because this second aspect of science effects the lives of most
people, (1) _____ it
is much more familiar than the first. Knowledge must be gained,
however, after it can be applied, and often the most important
technological (2) _____
advances arise from research
pursued for its own sake.
Traditionally, new technology has concerned with the
construction (3)
_____ of machines, structures, and tools
in a relatively large scale. The
(4) _____ development
of materials for building bridges, skyscrapers or highways
is an example of this, as it is the development of the
internal-combustion (5) _____
engine and the nuclear
reactor. While such activities involve all sections
of the sciences, the overriding goal has been the same, that is,
improve (6) _____
the human condition by finding good ways
to deal with the macroscopic
(7) _____ world.
Since World War IL the focus of technological activity underwent
a major change. While the old activities are still
pursued, they have been
largely superseded by
applications of technology at the microscopic level.
Instead of building large-scale structures and machines, modern-day
technology tends to concentrate on finding
improving ways to transfer
(8) _____ information
and to develop new materials by studying the way atoms come
together. The silicon chip and microelectronics typify this new
technological
tread, as did the blossoming of
genetic engineering. The trend can be
(9) _____
expected to continue for the foreseeable decades.
(10) _____