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
Women’ s minds work differently from men. At least, that is
what (1)
______ most men are convinced of. Psychologists view the subject either as
a matter of frustration and a joke. Now the biologists have moved
(2)
______ into this minefield, and some of them have found that there are
real differences between the brains of men and women. And being
(3) ______ different, they point out hurriedly, is not the same
as being better or bad. There is, however, a definite structural variation
between
(4) ______ the male and female brain. The difference is a part of the
brain that is used in most complex intellectual processes — the link between
(5)
______ the two halves of the brain. Research showed that
these two halves of the brain had different functions, and that the corpus
callosum enable them
(6) ______ to work together. For most
people, the left half is used for word-handling, analytical and logical
activities; the right half works on pictures, patterns and forms. We need
both halves working together. The better the connections, the more harmonious
the two halves work. And,
(7) ______ according
to research findings, women have the better connections. In the
schools throughout the world girls tend to be better than boys
(8) ______ in "language subjects"
and boys better at math and physics. We
(9) ______ shall’ t
know for a while, partly because we don’ t know of any precise
relationship between abilities in school subjects and the functioning of the
two halves of the brain, and we cannot understand how the two halves interact
via the corpus callosum. But this striking difference must have some effect
and, because the difference is in the parts of the brain involving in
intellect,
(10) ______ We should be looking for differences in intellectual
processing.